Parallel Games

Parallel Games We design, develop, and publish tabletop games. Our first game City of the Big Shoulders launched in

At Parallel Games, we believe that making memorable and compelling experiences begin with a perfect marriage between innovative mechanics and theme from day one. Our pledge to our growing family of gamers is this: We will only produce the highest quality, most innovative games possible which will leave you with memories you shall always treasure. We want you to love our games and our company, and we will do everything we can to earn that.

Check out Shut Up and Sit Down on Twitch. They're livestreaming a play through of City!
01/26/2021

Check out Shut Up and Sit Down on Twitch. They're livestreaming a play through of City!

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01/23/2021
A while back there was a survey done by Paul Booth about Board Games, demographics, and the Game Industry. The survey re...
01/07/2021

A while back there was a survey done by Paul Booth about Board Games, demographics, and the Game Industry. The survey results were compiled, released, and posted in an article on Meeple Mountain (Link in comments), but now Paul has written a book about his findings. The book is being released in one week. You can buy Board Games as Media from Bloombury Press and Amazon. Check it out!

Leading expert Paul Booth explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game. What does a game communicate? How do games play us? And how do we decide which games to play and which are just wastes of cardboard? With little scholarly research in thi...

01/01/2021

Happy New Year! May you have a happy and healthy holiday.

11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends. Stay safe and game on!

11/03/2020

It's that time! Get out and let your voice be heard. Cast your vote if you haven't already done so!

The Heavy Cardboard Golden Elephant award announcement is tonight. Wish us luck!
10/16/2020

The Heavy Cardboard Golden Elephant award announcement is tonight. Wish us luck!

The 2019 Golden Elephant Award Finalists were previously announced and now, finally, we have a winner! Edward hosts a round table discussion with this year's...

Thank you so much to Heavy Cardboard and Edward Uhler for playing (and enjoying) City of the Big Shoulders and allowing ...
08/06/2020

Thank you so much to Heavy Cardboard and Edward Uhler for playing (and enjoying) City of the Big Shoulders and allowing us to go toe to toe with so many other awesome games for Heavy Cardboard's coveted Golden Elephant award. We're so excited to be included and have so much love for everyone who also enjoys these games as much as we do.

Visit the Heavy Cardboard youtube channel to see the finalist announcement and then check out the announcement of the winner in two weeks!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnuxFrI7_2mBmeay2R5FhXg

Thank you so much for your kind words Jamey! We appreciate the awesome feedback!
08/05/2020

Thank you so much for your kind words Jamey! We appreciate the awesome feedback!

Jamey discusses his favorite mechanisms in the stock-buying worker-placement game, The City of Big Shoulders. Become a champion of this channel: https://ston...

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