by Ellie Dix | Nov 11, 2019 | News
A new company is offering parents an amazing Christmas present: they can have their children back. Ellie Dix, the woman behind BuzzleBox – a box containing games and puzzles – says: “Our aim is to help parents to get their own children back. “We really can help...
by Ellie Dix | Nov 9, 2019 | Dark Imp Stuff, News
This week has been all about the BuzzleBox. The second game, Don’t Count Your Chickens, arrived from the printers and together with Gnome Grown (and several other games and puzzles), it is going in the first BuzzleBox. There’s been a lot of lightbox...
by Ellie Dix | Nov 4, 2019 | News, Video
Ellie and family attended the 2019 Spiel held at the Messe Essen in Germany. The Spiel is the biggest board game convention in the world! It was a full-on four days. Lots of games played, quite a lot purchased, 6 halls to explore, live shows, live streaming, giant...
by Ellie Dix | Nov 2, 2019 | Board Game Design, Game Reviews, News
Last week we went to the Internationale Spieltage a.k.a. The Spiel in Essen, Germany. The Spiel is the biggest board game convention in the world. It lasts for four days and sprawls six massive halls. This year there were over 1000 new board game releases being...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 26, 2019 | Board Game Design, News
I had another 5-minute hack in Fabulous Magazine, which comes with The Sun on Sunday, this week. The 5-minute hack appears at the bottom of the agony aunt page. My first hack, back in August, was on “How to get your teens off screens and playing board...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 19, 2019 | Board Game Design, News
I was a guest on the Sue Atkins Podcast this week. You can listen here. My interview is at the start of the podcast. Do have a listen. Game design this week has all been about Uranus! The cooperative network builder has been through two more versions and had a few...
