Welcome back to the final segment of my much delayed interview with Ignacy Trzewiczek. The interview went right on time; the delay is that it took me nearly 2 years to write it up and present it in website format. And yes, I am still copy and pasting Ignacy’s last name. The food has come …

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Welcome back to my dinner with Ignacy. The food has arrived, and I have been endlessly entertained by tales of an early gaming industry in Poland. Our waiter, however, seems a bit more concerned that Ignacy is barely eating. Little does he know, Ignacy sustains himself with storytelling, potatoes, and onions.

Welcome back to a wonderful steak dinner with designer and publisher Ignacy Trzewiczek. Well, I had steak. He had a potato. This interview happened back in July 2022 at Dice Tower East, but the stories Ignacy tells about the early days of gaming in Poland are just timeless. I find it fascinating to look back …

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Welcome back to another edition of dinner with Ignacy. The food is arriving, and Ignacy is on a roll talking about creating an industry in the wake of the fall of communism. Today – creating a user base through conventions.

Welcome back to an interview dinner with Portal Games founder and designer Ignacy Trzewiczek, that I was lucky enough to hold during Dice Tower East 2022. Ignacy was describing the gaming scene in post-communist Poland around 1991; Role Playing Games were heard of, magazines were starting to come out, but there were no games as …

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Welcome to another from the lost archives of dinners with Corey. Back in July of 2022, during Dice Tower East, when we thought the world was going back to normal, I was fortunate enough to corner one Ignacy Trzewiczek, founder of Portal Games, designer of Robinson Crusoe, Imperial Settlers, and many more. Before you ask …

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