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R&R Games, Inc.
TypePrivately owned
IndustryEntertainment, Games, Toys
Founded1996 (1996)
FounderFrank DiLorenzo
Edward Miller
Headquarters
Tampa, Florida
,
U.S.
Area served
International
Key people
Frank DiLorenzo (Co-founder, President, CEO)
ProductsBoard games, card games, toys
Number of employees
-11 (as of Feb 2024) (2024)
Websiternrgames.com

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, 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 in business, DiLorenzo indicated his company operated at a loss before it slowly broke even over time. It wasn't until 2000, four years post-Riddles & Riches, 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][24][25]

As a designer of treasure hunts, DiLorenzo wanted to imbue his games with the “mystique of hidden treasure adventure and excitement.”[26] Riddles & Riches, an investigation and exploration pursuit experience themed as a treasure hunt, even included an actual treasure hunt within the game.[27][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 that one of the primary puzzles revolves around what exactly what the letters in the term "R&R" represent.[31] In many of his interviews, he’s suggested that treasures (including clues to the meaning of the company's name) have been hidden throughout many of their games through a process called Hidden Hunts.[32] All of these Hidden Hunts provide prizes to the people who solve them. Being the first to solve a Hunt may merit a prize, cash or otherwise, and many of the Hunts have offered 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 the meaning of R&R's name. 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. Retrieved 2024-01-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ↑ Witsil, Frank (2001-05-08). "Board game believer". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 2024-01-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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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