Rio Grande Games

Rio Grande Games is a board game publisher based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The company primarily imports and localizes foreign language German-style board games.

History

In 1995, Jay Tummelson began working for Mayfair Games. At that time, Mayfair had begun to import German-style board games for sale, without doing any localization. Tummelson first suggested that they incorporate an English translation, and then that they completely localize the game for American audiences. Tummelson acquired the rights for Detroit/Cleveland "Grand Prix", "Manhattan", "Modern Art", "Streetcar", and "Settlers of Catan", which were published together in 1996.

One part of the localization process was to create original art and components. Tummelson thought that a better solution would be to use the same artwork and components as the originals and to share the cost of printing, as well. In 1998, he founded Rio Grande Games to take that approach.cite web |url=http://boardgames.about.com/library/weekly/aa012300a.htm |title=Changing the Board Game Market |author= |last=Arenson |first=Erik |date= 2000-01-23 |publisher=About.com ] Carcassonne", "Puerto Rico", "Lost Cities", "Power Grid", "Bohnanza", and "Race for the Galaxy". More recently, Rio Grande Games has begun publishing its own games and has even begun licensing its games to partners in other countries wanting to local the games in their local languages. Thus, Race for the Galaxy will soon be seen in Chinese, Korean, and others, as well as its original English, French, and German.

Notable Games

Rio Grande has published a number of award winning games.

Spiel des Jahres
*"Zooloretto" (2007)
*"Thurn and Taxis" (2006)
*"Niagara" (2005)
*"Alhambra" (2003)
*"Carcassonne" (2001)
*"Torres" (2000)
*"Tikal" (1999)
*"Elfenland" (1998)
*"Mississippi Queen" (1997)
*"El Grande" (1996)

Deutscher Spiele Preis
*"Louis XIV" (2005)
*"Saint Petersburg" (2004)
*"Amun Re" (2003)
*"Puerto Rico" (2002)
*"Carcassonne" (2001)
*"Taj Mahal" (2000)
*"Tikal" (1999)
*"Löwenherz" (1997)
*"El Grande" (1996)

References

External links

* [http://www.riograndegames.com/ Rio Grande's website]