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Unmatched
Unmatched: Slings and Arrows (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Verily, Unmatched: Slings and Arrows Will Have You Cry Havoc in 2024 The lates...
An interview with designer Jason Viddal
Even among the stellar submissions to the Unmatched Design Contest, Jason Viddal’s submission ...
An interview with designer Zack Mader
Unmatched: Sun’s Origin is now available for sale and we’re celebrating by chatting with...
The Magician, the Writer, the Welder, and the Genie.
In the summer of 2020, we ran a contest, inviting fans to design original Unmatched decks. The winni...
Journey Through Darkness
By Rob Daviau In the summer of 1982, I played Dark Tower. It feels like a lot, but I think it was&nb...
The Wizard Tim
By Tim Burrell-Saward It’s Gen Con 2018. The third day I think, or maybe the fourth. Time goes...
A Christmas Story
Christmas, 1981. The snow wasn’t falling. I was wearing shorts. I remember looking at the tree...
The Show: Our Gen Con 2019 Wrap-Up
We’ve finally recovered from the chaos that is the largest gaming convention in the U.S.: Gen ...
Origins: Keeping Score
We’ve finally recovered from our first official trip to the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohi...
Welcome to Fireball Island! – Fireball Island Design Diary 6
We’re almost there! The Kickstarter begins on Tuesday, April 3rd, at approximately noon EDT. W...
Gassing Up the Embermobile – Fireball Island Design Diary 5
We’re one week away, folks. Next Tuesday, April 3rd, hopefully around noon EST, we’ll be launchi...
Too Much Awesome for One Box – Fireball Island Design Diary 4
When we started working on Fireball Island, the first thing we did was brainstorm ideas for features...
All Predators Great and Small
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: The island is out to get you. Fireballs, of course. But...
Come with me if you want to live!
The last adventurer has been stranded on Fireball Island a long time. He knows every cave, every pa...
Say Goodbye to the Hello-Copter – Fireball Island Design Diary 3
The original Fireball Island was a path game. It had a start and it had a finish. There were a few c...
Pack Your Bags (and Sign the Waiver) – Fireball Island Design Diary 2
In the first Design Diary, we talked about the design of the island itself. Making it look cool was ...
Wild Fire – Fireball Island Design Diary 1
When we finally acquired the license to bring back Fireball Island – after a round of cheering –...
Working To Make the Brothers Murph … Murphier
Restoration Games is thrilled to announce that we are sponsoring “The Brothers Murph”. N...
A Fireball on the Horizon
2017 was an amazing year for Restoration Games. When Rob and I started this wild venture a little ov...
Fireball Island Contest: November Results
Sometimes it’s just about brute force and iron will. Hats off to Nick M. aka @ShredDemon on tw...
Fireball Island Contest Results: August and September
We just finished our September drawing for our Fireball Island contest. We’ve had some amazing...
Downforce Soundtrack by Steve & Tiffany
The Distance
Postcards from Indy
We’re finally back from Gen Con and at least somewhat back to a sense of normality. This was o...
Burn Baby Burn!
A year ago, almost to the day, Rob and I started this wild ride, finding old games, fixing them up, ...
We’ll Be at GenCon 2017!
So you’re going to Gen Con this year? Samesies! Come visit us at booth #12345...
Getting Ready for the Big Score
We've got big plans. (No, bigger than that.) But we knew we'd need some help...
Why You Should Back the Stop Thief! Kickstarter
The Stop Thief! Kickstarter campaign is entering its final hours. By every measure it's been...
How I Did #500plays and What I Learned Doing It
Shortly after the beginning of last year, I randomly decided I would try to play...
Welcome Mike to Restoration, You Will
One of the first things Rob said to me when we set out on this adventure was: “We should talk ...
Games You Won’t See from Restoration Games
Now that we’ve announced our first three games, it seems like a good time to talk about how we cho...
An interview with designer Jason Viddal
Even among the stellar submissions to the Unmatched Design Contest, Jason Viddal’s submission ...
An interview with designer Zack Mader
Unmatched: Sun’s Origin is now available for sale and we’re celebrating by chatting with...
The Show: Our Gen Con 2019 Wrap-Up
We’ve finally recovered from the chaos that is the largest gaming convention in the U.S.: Gen ...
Origins: Keeping Score
We’ve finally recovered from our first official trip to the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohi...
Postcards from Indy
We’re finally back from Gen Con and at least somewhat back to a sense of normality. This was o...
We’ll Be at GenCon 2017!
So you’re going to Gen Con this year? Samesies! Come visit us at booth #12345...
Getting Ready for the Big Score
We've got big plans. (No, bigger than that.) But we knew we'd need some help...
Welcome Mike to Restoration, You Will
One of the first things Rob said to me when we set out on this adventure was: “We should talk ...
Games You Won’t See from Restoration Games
Now that we’ve announced our first three games, it seems like a good time to talk about how we cho...
An interview with designer Jason Viddal
Even among the stellar submissions to the Unmatched Design Contest, Jason Viddal’s submission ...
An interview with designer Zack Mader
Unmatched: Sun’s Origin is now available for sale and we’re celebrating by chatting with...
Welcome to Fireball Island! – Fireball Island Design Diary 6
We’re almost there! The Kickstarter begins on Tuesday, April 3rd, at approximately noon EDT. W...
Gassing Up the Embermobile – Fireball Island Design Diary 5
We’re one week away, folks. Next Tuesday, April 3rd, hopefully around noon EST, we’ll be launchi...
Too Much Awesome for One Box – Fireball Island Design Diary 4
When we started working on Fireball Island, the first thing we did was brainstorm ideas for features...
All Predators Great and Small
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: The island is out to get you. Fireballs, of course. But...
Come with me if you want to live!
The last adventurer has been stranded on Fireball Island a long time. He knows every cave, every pa...
Say Goodbye to the Hello-Copter – Fireball Island Design Diary 3
The original Fireball Island was a path game. It had a start and it had a finish. There were a few c...
Pack Your Bags (and Sign the Waiver) – Fireball Island Design Diary 2
In the first Design Diary, we talked about the design of the island itself. Making it look cool was ...
Wild Fire – Fireball Island Design Diary 1
When we finally acquired the license to bring back Fireball Island – after a round of cheering –...
A Fireball on the Horizon
2017 was an amazing year for Restoration Games. When Rob and I started this wild venture a little ov...
Burn Baby Burn!
A year ago, almost to the day, Rob and I started this wild ride, finding old games, fixing them up, ...
Why You Should Back the Stop Thief! Kickstarter
The Stop Thief! Kickstarter campaign is entering its final hours. By every measure it's been...
How I Did #500plays and What I Learned Doing It
Shortly after the beginning of last year, I randomly decided I would try to play...
Downforce Soundtrack by Steve & Tiffany
The Distance
Unmatched: Slings and Arrows (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Verily, Unmatched: Slings and Arrows Will Have You Cry Havoc in 2024 The lates...
Working To Make the Brothers Murph … Murphier
Restoration Games is thrilled to announce that we are sponsoring “The Brothers Murph”. N...
Fireball Island Contest: November Results
Sometimes it’s just about brute force and iron will. Hats off to Nick M. aka @ShredDemon on tw...
Fireball Island Contest Results: August and September
We just finished our September drawing for our Fireball Island contest. We’ve had some amazing...
Journey Through Darkness
By Rob Daviau In the summer of 1982, I played Dark Tower. It feels like a lot, but I think it was&nb...
The Wizard Tim
By Tim Burrell-Saward It’s Gen Con 2018. The third day I think, or maybe the fourth. Time goes...
A Christmas Story
Christmas, 1981. The snow wasn’t falling. I was wearing shorts. I remember looking at the tree...
Unmatched: Slings and Arrows (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Verily, Unmatched: Slings and Arrows Will Have You Cry Havoc in 2024 The lates...
An interview with designer Jason Viddal
Even among the stellar submissions to the Unmatched Design Contest, Jason Viddal’s submission ...
An interview with designer Zack Mader
Unmatched: Sun’s Origin is now available for sale and we’re celebrating by chatting with...
The Magician, the Writer, the Welder, and the Genie.
In the summer of 2020, we ran a contest, inviting fans to design original Unmatched decks. The winni...