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R&R Games, Inc. is an international publisher and distributor of family entertainment products with a focus on original board games and toys.[1][2][3][4] Since its formation in 1996 by Frank DiLorenzo & Edward Miller, they have published hundreds of games, and are best known for their casual, family oriented board games.[5][6] Their bestselling games include Times Up!, Hanabi,[7] and Rajas of the Ganges.

Award-Winning Games

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R&R Games has received many awards from notable board game reviewers including BoardGameGeek’s The Golden Geek, Mensa Select and The Dice Tower. Their most notable award-winning games include:

  • Hanabi, Spiel Des Jahres Game of the Year Award[8]
  • Rajas of the Ganges, Spiel of Approval Award[9]
  • Time’s Up!, Mensa Select Winner[10] and Golden Geek Award from BoardGameGeek[11]
  • Hide & Seek Safari Monkey II, Preferred Choice Award[12]
  • MiMiQ, NAPPA “Gold Award” Winner[13] and “Laugh Out Loud” Award Winner[14]
  • Cup-A-Cup, Oppenheim Award Platinum[15]
  • Birds, Bugs and Beans, 2004 “Seal of Approval” from The National Parenting Center[16]
  • Slideways, “Figgie” Award for Most Innovative Game[17]
  • Mystic Paths, “Casual Game Recommended” by Casual Game Insider Report[18]

History and the Hidden Hunts

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Frank DiLorenzo grew up playing board games with his five siblings.[19] After losing his job as an engineer, and then selling his business, he decided to go into board games.[20] DiLorenzo began in 1996 with just a few games a year, beginning with Riddles & Riches.[21] For the first few years of the company, DiLorenzo indicated that it operated at a loss, which slowly broke even. It wasn't until 2000, after running the company for four years, that it started turning a modest profit at 50,000 games a year.[22] By 2008, he was selling over 75,000 games a year.[23] Since then, people have come to rely on R&R Games for a multitude of fun, family-friendly games of superb quality.[24][25]

DiLorenzo has said that his philosophy is two-fold. As a designer of treasure hunts, he also wanted to imbue his games with the “mystique of hidden treasure adventure and excitement.”[26] R&R Games launched their first game, Riddles & Riches,[27] as a treasure hunt game designed as an investigation and exploration pursuit experience. But within the game, they hid an actual treasure hunt as well.[28] Since then, many – if not all - of R&R’s games include a hidden treasure hunt within the game.[29][30]

DiLorenzo has said[31] that one of the primary puzzles revolves around what exactly what the letters in the term "R&R" represent. In many of his interviews, he’s told his fans that treasures and clues to the meaning of R&R have been secreted throughout many of their games, which R&R calls Hidden Hunts.[32] All of these Hidden Hunts provide prizes to the people who solve them. Solving the hunts first often results in cash or other prizes and many have plenty of runner up prizes as well. Hundreds of clues have already been found. R&R states that some Hidden Hunts still remain unsolved, including what R&R stands for, and more Hunts are released each year[33]

References

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  1. ^ Morgenegg, Ryan (2014-05-29). "R&R Games offers family-friendly games galore". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. ^ "Great Big Table: Great Big Table Talk: R&R Games President and CEO Frank DiLorenzo at Gen Con 2014 on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
  3. ^ Witsil, Frank (2001-05-08). "Board game believer". The Tampa Tribune. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  4. ^ Morgenegg, Ryan (2015-07-07). "Six great family games from R&R Games' 2015 lineup". Deseret News. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  5. ^ "R&R Adds Strategy". ICv2.
  6. ^ "Great Big Table Talk: R&R Games President and CEO Frank DiLorenzo at Gen Con 2014". Great Big Table.
  7. ^ "Hanabi Sales Top 106,000". ICV2.
  8. ^ "Spiel Des Jahres". Spiel Des Jahres.
  9. ^ "Spiel of Approval Award". thespiel.
  10. ^ "Mensa Select Winner". Mensa Mind Games.
  11. ^ "Golden Geek Awards". BoardGameGeek.
  12. ^ "Creative Child". Creative Child.
  13. ^ ""NAAPA Gold Award Winner"". NAPPA Awards.
  14. ^ "Laugh Out Loud Award Winner". tillywig.
  15. ^ "Oppenheim Award Platinum". ToyPortfolio. 23 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Seal of Approval from The National Parenting Center". The National Parenting Center. 23 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Figgie Award for Most Innovative Game". Boston Fig.
  18. ^ "Casual Game Recommended by Casual Game Insider Report". Casual Game Revolution.
  19. ^ Walker, Kevin (2003-12-12). "Are You Game To Learn About The Cassowary?". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Walker, Kevin (2003-12-12). "Are You Game To Learn About The Cassowary?". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Witsil, Frank (2001-05-08). "Board game believer". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  22. ^ Witsil, Frank (2001-05-08). "Board game believer". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  23. ^ Tinsman, Brian (2008). The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, & Everything in Between!. New York: Morgan James Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1-60037-447-0. Retrieved 2024-01-17 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ Morgenegg, Ryan (2014-10-31). "R&R Games Rockin Games Reviews Fall 2014". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  25. ^ Morgenegg, Ryan (2018-02-26). "Game reviews: Rajas of the Ganges, Dragon Island and In or Out are three solid gaming experiences". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  26. ^ "Great Big Table Talk: R&R Games President and CEO Frank DiLorenzo at Gen Con 2014". Apple Podcasts.
  27. ^ "Dream With Board Games: Interview with Frank DiLorenzo".
  28. ^ "HARDLY BORED – Chicago Tribune". www.chicagotribune.com. 2 December 1998.
  29. ^ DiLorenzo, Frank (Oct 8, 2020). "Frank & Dan DiLorenzo – Where Did Everyone Go??" (video). Double Exposure, Inc.
  30. ^ "R & R games Hidden Hunt? | BGG". BoardGameGeek.
  31. ^ "Interview with Frank DiLorenzo". Dream With Board Games.
  32. ^ "Great Big Table Talk: R&R Games President and CEO Frank DiLorenzo at Gen Con 2014". Apple Podcasts.
  33. ^ "Around the Table Winter 2020 by Fahy-Williams Publishing - Issuu". issuu.com. 28 January 2020.
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