{"id":714,"date":"2023-07-12T14:31:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:39:11","slug":"czech-games-edition-to-shine-a-light-on-its-creative-process-in-8-part-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/12\/czech-games-edition-to-shine-a-light-on-its-creative-process-in-8-part-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Games Edition to shine a light on its creative process in 8-part documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Czech Games Edition, the publisher behind board games including Codenames, Through the Ages and Lost Ruins of Arnak, is releasing an eight-part documentary delving into how it made the most notable games in its 16-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documentary features interviews with CGE co-founder and legendary designer Vlaada Chv\u00e1til, industry notaries such as Dice Tower creator Tom Vasel and others including The Big Bang Theory actor Kevin Sussman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Czech Games was created in 2007 after a group of friends worked together on the first edition of Through the Ages, and realised board game design was what they wanted to do for a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company released its first game, Galaxy Trucker, the same year, and has since published more than 40 games and expansions including Space Alert, Last Will, Tzolk\u2019in and Pictomania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CGE focuses on publishing the games of Czech and Slovak authors such as Vlaada Chv\u00e1til, Vladim\u00edr Such\u00fd, Mat\u00fa\u0161 Kotry, Ondra Skoup\u00fd, Tom\u00e1\u0161 &#8220;Uhl\u00edk&#8221; Uhl\u00ed\u0159, and designer couple M\u00edn and Elwen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trailer for the documentary series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXHBGwfPxvY\">is available to watch on YouTube<\/a>, with full episodes set for release on the following dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>July 18th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 1:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/25613\/through-ages-story-civilization\">Through the Ages<\/a>&nbsp;and founding CGE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>August 8th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 2:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/31481\/galaxy-trucker\">Galaxy Trucker<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/38453\/space-alert\">Space Alert<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>August 29th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 3:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/45315\/dungeon-lords\">Dungeon Lords<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/97207\/dungeon-petz\">Dungeon Petz<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/98229\/pictomania\">Pictomania<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September 12th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 4:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/126163\/tzolk-mayan-calendar\">Tzolk\u2019in<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/146278\/tash-kalar-arena-legends\">Tash Kalar<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/161970\/alchemists\">Alchemists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September 26th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 5:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/178900\/codenames\">Codenames<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 10th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 6: CGE Digital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 24th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 7:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/275467\/letter-jam\">Letter Jam<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/276830\/sanctum\">Sanctum<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/306735\/under-falling-skies\">Under Falling Skies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>November 7th<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Episode 8:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgameexpansion\/360232\/galaxy-trucker-keep-trucking\">Galaxy Trucker: Keep on Trucking<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/312484\/lost-ruins-arnak\">Lost Ruins of Arnak<\/a>, Newer Releases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BoardGameWire\/about\" style=\"background-color:#f6bf00\">Help keep BoardGameWire producing high-quality news and features focused on the business of board games &#8211; 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