“We have both worked together on many fields, we are friends outside working hours and what’s probably most important – both companies have excellent and successful games in their portfolios,” the announcement said. “We want to move to the next level in the board games industry and we know we can do this together by joining our potentials under one refreshed Board & Dice brand.”
The company also teased planned releases for 2019, including expansions for Teotihuacan and Dice Settlers, a new big box game set in the Exodus universe, and teaser graphics for projects titled Inuit, World Shapers, Dust in the Wings, Sierra West, and Escape Tales 2.NSKN Games is known for its recent hits Teotihuacan: City of the Gods and Snowdonia (see “'Teohihuacan: City of the Gods,' 'Scare It!,' More”), as well as its many partnerships with Passport Game Studios for titles including Mistfall and Exodus: Proxima Centauri (see “'Exodus: Proxima Centauri'”). NSKN’s games are currently distributed in the U.S. through PSI (see “NSKN Games Joins PSI”).
Board & Dice is best known for The Networks (released in the U.S. by Formal Ferret Games) (see “Expand Winning TV Lineups with Three Expansions for 'The Networks'”), Harvest Dice, Pocket Mars and SUPERHOT (released in the U.S. by Grey Fox Games (see “Grey Fox, Board & Dice Team Up”).