Press releases
Photo report: How is a Ravensburger puzzle made?
Ravensburger has a wide range of puzzles, the smallest of them has one piece and the biggest with 40,320 pieces. We want to show you exactly how a puzzle is made, based on the 1,000-piece puzzle “The Magic Deer”. Read more…
World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship joins all the pieces together
Around 3,000 competitors from 75 countries are expected to participate. The favorites across various categories include the United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Spain. The prize money for this edition has doubled, and a cash total of €12,000 will be paid out to the fastest puzzlers. Tens of thousands of people from around the world will follow the live broadcast in several languages provided by the Organization Read more…
“Labyrinth Chronicles”: Ravensburger and Awaken Realms transform classic game into 3D campaign adventure
• For the 40th anniversary of “Labyrinth”: Elaborately designed board game with real walls and 3D game pieces • Campaign game with an entry age of eight and up, also appeals to experienced board gamers thanks to its increasing complexity • Follow the campaign on Gamefound now, help shape it and order from February 2026 Read more…
Ravensburger achieves considerable growth and expands management board
Ravensburg, 28 January 2025 – The Ravensburger Group once again achieved extraordinary growth in 2024, increasing its turnover by 18.2% to 790 million euros; therefore performing significantly better than the market environment. The strong results are attributed primarily to international expansion, the development of a new business division around the trading card game ‘Disney Lorcana’ and the relaunch of the bestseller ‘tiptoi®’. The company's continued success was also reflected in management and staffing: Ravensburger strengthened its two-person board with the appointment of a further two members and the company’s workforce also grew by 182 to 2,483 employees by the end of last year. Read more…
PREPARE TO SET SAIL IN “AZURITE SEA,” THE NEW DISNEY LORCANA TRADING CARD GAME SET LAUNCHING IN NOVEMBER 2024
SEATTLE, September 10, 2024 – Ravensburger, the award-winning publisher of games, puzzles and toys, announced the new Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game (TCG) set, Azurite Sea, today during its most recent Lorecast event. Azurite Sea, the sixth set of the wildly popular Disney Lorcana TCG, will be released at local game stores and select retail locations at Walt Disney World® Resort, Disneyland® Resort and Disneyland Paris on November 15, 2024, followed by mass market retailers on November 25, 2024. New Disney Stitch-themed Holiday Collectors Set Also Available in November Plus, North America and European Challenge Championship Details Announced Read more…
Ravensburger celebrates 50 years of the blue triangle
Ravensburg, 8/8/2024 – August 14, 1974 was an important day for Ravensburger. Since its founding in 1883, the company had used a variety of different trademarks for its books and games – until that day 50 years ago, when a triangle with the Ravensburger lettering was registered at the German Patent Office. The Ravensburger brand was born. From that time on, the company's products carried the protected blue trademark in the bottom right-hand corner, where it was easily recognizable. This was the beginning of a success story: the blue triangle developed into a consumer favorite, ranking at the top of brand surveys. And it embodies values: enjoyment, education and togetherness. It is no surprise a Ravensburger product can be found in most German and many family households worldwide. Read more…
Next Edition of Ravensburger Game Inventor Days
The search for new game ideas is on: That's why the “Ravensburger Game Inventor Days” will take place for the fifth time on July 12 and 13, 2024. Once again, game designers from around the world will be able to present their latest ideas to the Ravensburger game editors via video call. If the team is impressed by this initial presentation, the prototypes will be put through their paces at Ravensburger – and could potentially become the next game craze. Read more…
THE GREAT CELEBRATION GETS UNDERWAY IN “SHIMMERING SKIES,” NEW DISNEY LORCANA TCG SET LAUNCHING AUGUST 2024
LONDON, June 12, 2024 – Ravensburger the award-winning publisher of games, puzzles, and toys, announced the newest set coming to the wildly popular Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game lineup. During today’s Lorecast event, Ravensburger revealed details about Shimmering Skies, the fifth set of Disney Lorcana TCG, that not only introduces new Disney characters and evolved game mechanics but also gives players a glimpse of what’s next for the realm now that the power-hungry Ursula glimmer has been defeated. Shimmering Skies will be released first at local game stores, Disney Stores and Disney Parks on August 9, 2024, followed by mass market retailers and DisneyStore online on August 23, 2024. Ravensburger also announced a Shimmering Skies foil card featuring alternative art that will be available for a limited time in new, stickered copies of Disney Villainous: Introduction to Evil board game launching the beginning of July. It will be available at local gaming stores. Read more…
NEXT DISNEY LORCANA TCG SET "URSULA'S RETURN" ANNOUNCED, ALONG WITH NEW COOPERATIVE GAME LAUNCHING MAY 2024
RAVENSBURG, March 20, 2024 – Ravensburger the award-winning publisher of games, puzzles and toys, held its inaugural Disney Lorcana Lorecast Livestream event, announcing new additions to the wildly popular Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game (TCG) lineup as well as new details about the game’s new competitive Disney Lorcana Challenge. Disney’s Ursula’s Return, the fourth set of the Disney Lorcana TCG, introduces new Disney characters and evolved game mechanics while also continuing the story told over the first three sets. The Illumineer’s Quest “Deep Trouble” is a brand-new, cooperative game that will have players facing Ursula in an epic battle for the first time. Both products will be released first at local game stores and Disney Parks on May 17, 2024, followed by mass market retailers and The Disney Store retail locations on May 31, 2024. Read more…
Ravensburger achieves growth through innovation against market trend
Ravensburg, January 30, 2024 - The Ravensburger Group has achieved one of its most successful years despite the subdued consumer climate worldwide. The company’s turnover rose by 11.6% to EUR 669 million last year, with an investment in the trading card industry being a key contributing factor. The innovation "Disney Lorca-na" accomplished the largest product launch in the company's history. Ravensburger was equally innovative in its sustainability strategy: with "GraviTrax Junior", the company released its first product with materials made from bio-plastic. Ravensburger is optimistic about 2024: the blue triangle, widely recognized as a trusted brand, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a year-round campaign. Read more…
RAVENSBURGER OFFERS AN EARLY GLIMPSE INTO DISNEY LORCANA TCG’S 2024 LINEUP AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PLAYER EXPERIENCES
Ravensburg, Jan. 17, 2024 –Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher of award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, has unveiled a portion of the 2024 Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game lineup, including new products, competitive events, and Organized Play activations. In addition, the company is also sharing the official on-sale dates for the (4) sets slated to debut throughout the year. Read more…
RAVENSBURGER ANNOUNCES THE NEWEST DISNEY LORCANA TRADING CARD GAME SET, INTO THE INKLANDS, FOR FEBRUARY 2024
SEATTLE, Dec. 6, 2023 – Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher of award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, revealed today the newest expansion to the Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game (TCG), named Into the Inklands. The third installment of the wildly popular Disney Lorcana TCG, Into the Inklands introduces location cards, which feature beloved Disney story settings and offer players special abilities and interactions. The set also debuts new in-game mini-stories and expands featured characters. Into the Inklands will be released first at local game stores on February 23, 2024, followed by mass market retailers on March 8, 2024. Read more…
RAVENSBURGER ANNOUNCES DISNEY LORCANA TRADING CARD GAME COMING TO 10 NEW COUNTRIES IN 2024
SEATTLE, Oct. 11, 2023 – Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher of award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, announced today that the Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game (TCG) will be available in 10 new countries in 2024. Read more…
Ravensburger announces new set for Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game - “Rise of the Floodborn” - and limited edition collection “Disney100 Edition”
Ravensburg, Sept. 12, 2023 – Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher of award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, announced today two new additions to the massively popular Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game (TCG) lineup – Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn, the game’s second set, and Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Edition, a limited-edition, premium collection of cards from the first two Disney Lorcana TCG sets. Both will be available for purchase at local game stores and mass retail locations later this year. Read more…
Ravensburger launches complementary Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game Companion App ahead of eagerly anticipated launch
App Available on Apple and Google Play Stores and Includes Card Library, Deck Builder and More Read more…
Ravensburger reveals Disney Lorcana Gameplay ahead of summer launch
Highly anticipated trading card game (TCG) will be supported by nationwide events in gaming stores which emphasise fun and community for TCG enthusiasts and beginners. LONDON, 12 April 2023 – Today, Ravensburger has revealed how to play Disney Lorcana – the most anticipated new game of 2023. The company also unveiled initial plans for its organised play programme to support events at specialist retailers across the UK. TCG enthusiasts will have an early opportunity to see Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter and accompanying accessories at the UK Games Expo (UKGE) in early June (Birmingham NEC, 2-4 June 2023)*. Read more…
Ravensburger receives Europe’s Toy Industry Performance Award 2022 for CreArt – Painting by Numbers
Ravensburger is one of the prize-winners of the “Toy Industry Performance Awards 2022”. The toy manufacturer received the award in the category Arts & Crafts for “CreArt – Painting by Numbers”. The awards are presented by the NPD Group and reward strong growth in the retail business. Read more…
Disney Lorcana: New trading card game from Ravensburger
Nuremberg/Ravensburg, January 31, 2023 – At this year's Press Preview at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, Ravensburger is showing the Disney Lorcana trading card game, which will be launched internationally starting in August 2023. This brand-new trading card game (TCG) will feature beloved Disney characters in both original and reimagined art styles that live in an all-new world with unique gameplay. The game is suitable for beginner and seasoned TCG players, Disney fans as well as collectors alike. Until now, fans only knew some cards, but today Ravensburger is showing the products available from September for the first time and also reveals new characters. Read more…
Ravensburger business slows after pandemic
Ravensburg, January 31, 2023 – After exceptionally strong growth during the pandemic years, the net revenue of the Ravensburger Group declined in 2022 by 6% to EUR 598 million. This was due to changed market circumstances: declining purchasing power and economic uncertainty among consumers led to decreasing net revenue in the toy industry in Germany and other European countries. Despite this, Ravensburger’s net revenue compared to the pre-pandemic year 2019 was up by 14%. In the current business year, the company is pinning great hopes on its entry into the collectible trading card business. This is to begin in September with the global market launch of the “Disney Lorcana” collectible trading card game. Read more…
Ravensburger invests in Circular Economy Start-up ‘Tribu Box’
Ravensburg, October 10, 2022 – Ravensburger’s ‘Next Ventures’ investment program is moving forward: the globally operating toy manufacturer is supporting the online platform ‘Tribu Box’, thereby announcing its second investment this year. The Berlin-based start-up offers parents of babies and toddlers pedagogically valuable, qualitative toy boxes for rental, based on a subscription model. Read more…
Ravensburger and Gamefound are looking for “The Next Big Family Game”
Ravensburger is blazing new trails in the search for new game concepts. Together with Gamefound, a crowdfunding platform that specializes in board games, Ravensburger is on the lookout for the next big game. Game designers from around the world can submit their ideas for “The Next Big Family Game” from November 15 to December 27, 2022. The designers of the three most promising game ideas can then publish them as a crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound. The game that receives the most backers will subsequently be published by Ravensburger with a guaranteed edition of 10,000 copies. Read more…
Ravensburger unveils its first-ever Disney Collectible Trading Card Game – Disney Lorcana
Uniquely designed to be enjoyed by Disney fans, those new to trading card games, and seasoned players alike – To feature whimsical and never-before-seen versions of Disney characters SEATTLE, Aug. 31, 2022 – Ravensburger, acclaimed publisher behind award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, announced an exciting collaboration with Disney to launch its first-ever collectible trading card game, Disney Lorcana. This brand-new trading card game (TCG) will feature beloved Disney characters in both original and reimagined art styles that live in an all-new world with unique and magical gameplay. The game is slated for global release in Fall 2023. Read more…
Who can keep cool when playing “Coco Crazy”?
Six colorful monkey gangs have hidden themselves in coconuts. Who can remember which color is inside which? The players roll the dice, swap, turn and guess like crazy – but still don’t get it right! The first player to get hold of six monkeys in different colors wins. Even 30 years ago, fast-starting “Coco Crazy” from Ravensburger delighted children and adults alike. The new edition of this classic now provides today’s families with exciting game rounds that awaken many a childhood memory. Read more…
Peek-a-boo, where is the bunny hiding?
“My First Funny Bunny” invites toddlers to discover the world of Lotti and friends in beginners games. Three colorful boxes tell illustrated stories and wander back and forth, but under which one is the electronic bunny figure hiding? That means you have to watch carefully, lift up the right box and suddenly it goes, “Boo, hahaha!” – Cuckoo, there it is! This fun game of hide-and-seek is for one to three children age one and a half and up. Read more…
Scotland Yard: cult classic game to be released as Sherlock Holmes edition
In the new edition of Scotland Yard, the arguably most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his team hunt for the mysterious villain Professor James Moriarty. The classic game is presented in a new look. The chase takes us through Victorian London circa 1895 by horse-drawn streetcar, carriage and Underground. The players are spoilt for choice: they can either chase him down according to the original rules – or supplement it with the special “Sherlock Holmes” rules. With the latter, the detectives have special powers to catch Moriarty. But beware: he is planning other crimes and his new escape routes are even more clever than ever. Read more…
Minecraft Portal Dash – can the players escape the fiery Nether dimension?
Three years ago, the successful Minecraft board game premiere of “Minecraft: Builders & Biomes” and the Farmers Market expansion focused on constructing buildings and mining blocks. Now it’s getting blazingly dangerous: in the new cooperative strategy game “Minecraft Portal Dash”, players are trapped in Minecraft’s fiery Nether dimension. Hordes of hostile mobs are lurking for the players. Only by working together as a team and making clever use of their equipment and dwindling supplies, players will be able to reach the exit portal, defeat the final opponent, and escape from the Nether. A modular system with multiple mobs, game board pieces and different final bosses, allows the game to constantly offer new and continuously challenging adventures. Read more…
Who will save the Village from the Illagers?
“Minecraft Heroes of the Village” is the new Ravensburger board game that the whole family can play, which is based on the world-famous videogame phenomenon “Minecraft”. Players cooperate to defend a village from the raid of the hostile Illagers. To do this, they explore the world, collect blocks, construct buildings and fight mobs. Faithful pets with special abilities help the players accomplish these tasks. Only when the players have constructed all three buildings before the Illagers reach the village, they win the adventure. Read more…
My favorite mobs and the challenge of developing a game during the pandemic
Mister Blum, The first Minecraft game “Builders & Biomes” (released 2019) and the add-on “Builders & Biomes Farmers Market” were very well loved – not only by board game fans, but also among the fans of the digital Minecraft world. Even then, you were full of ideas and had enough material for sequels and other exciting game concepts. Now the time has come, and “Minecraft: Portal Dash” brings us a ... Read more…
EAMES design meets game fun and relaxation
Charles and Ray Eames, the world-famous industrial designers from the USA, created design icons back in the middle of the last century that are still trending today. More stylish than ever, for example, is the “Plastic Side Chair” from 1950, which is currently a furnishing element in the most modern apartments. In their good forty-year design career, the couple created countless pieces of furniture, toys and patterns that have attained cult status. In the process, they have always tested the limits of materials and explored the significance of shapes and colors. The result is a variety of experimental furniture prototypes and other useful objects that are both tastefully and timelessly designed. Ravensburger now presents the most beautiful designs on five products for playing, puzzling and relaxing. Read more…
Collector’s Edition – memory® for fans
Now, the popular memory game with the square cards challenges families, adult players and collectors to find matching pairs: that feature designer images, great travel destinations or Disney scenes. Every Collector’s Edition memory® game also offers something special. This makes the world-famous game from Ravensburger a unique present for trendsetters or a cool party gift. The memory® game concept is as simple as it is ingenious: Who has the best memory and can find the most pairs among the face-down picture cards? Read more…
Spanish Jigsaw Puzzle Champion wins the 2nd World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship at Valladolid
For many people, doing puzzles is simply a relaxing pastime. For some, it is even more: a real passion and challenge. That’s why puzzle assemblers from around the world met in Valladolid (Spain) to participate in the 2nd World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship and an exciting competition – with puzzles from Ravensburger. As expected, those who placed first set new best times. At the very top of the list was the winner of the individual competitions and new Jigsaw Puzzle World Champion Alejandro Clemente León. It took him less than 35 minutes to complete a 500-piece puzzle, one of Ravensburger’s newest creations. Read more…
alea announces Puerto Rico 1897 - reimagined version of award-winning tabletop classic
Celebrates Story of Local, Independent, Puerto Rican Farmers Building Economy Post Spanish Rule Read more…
GraviTrax THE GAME
Playing and thinking excitement based on the Ravensburger marble run system. Read more…
Ravensburger Invests in Board Game Crowdfunding Platform “Gamefound”
Ravensburg, February 10, 2022 – Ravensburger is investing four million euros (4.5 million US$) in the Polish start-up Gamefound. The international board game crowdfunding start-up is the first to receive funding from Ravensburger’s innovation and investment program “Next Ventures”. Read more…
Full capacity utilization and high investment at Ravensburger
Ravensburg, February 1, 2022 – After record growth of more than 20% in the previous year, the Ravensburger Group again increased sales slightly in 2021 by some 1% to EUR 636 million. The company achieved this despite the fact that the previous growth had already pushed it almost to its capacity limits, and even though it supplied fewer goods due to the reorganization of logistics in the US and global transport bottlenecks. In response to these factors, the Group had already initiated high investment as from 2020: more than EUR 100 million, above all for increasing manufacturing capacities as well as for new jobs and workplaces. Other targets of investment are expansion abroad, innovation partnerships, and sustainability within the company. Read more…
Ravensburger Launches Innovation and Investment Program, “Next Ventures”
Ravensburg, February 1st, 2022 – Today, Ravensburger announced the launch of “Next Ventures”, a new corporate program to fund innovation projects and start-up investments around the world. Ravensburger intends to invest in up to four projects a year, and will allocate a multi-million US$ annual amount. “Next Ventures” is part of Ravensburger Group’s broader corporate strategy, to grow through innovation and international expansion. Read more…
Fourth Edition of Ravensburger Game Inventor Days
The search for new game ideas is on: The pandemic still makes it difficult to make face-to-face meetings at trade shows and other events where game designers can connect with publishers. On March 11th and 12th, 2022, the "Ravensburger Game Inventor Days" will take place online for the third time. The first editions were a resounding success. Once again, game creators from around the world will be able to present their latest ideas to the Ravensburger game editors via video call. If the team is impressed by this initial presentation, the prototypes will be put through their paces at Ravensburger – and could potentially become the next game craze. Read more…
Ali Mitgutsch, the “Father of the ’Wimmelbuecher’” has died
Bold, funny, sweet – Ali Mitgutsch’s view of the world, of the magic of everyday life, was unique, inspired generations of children and adults and made him the “father of the ‘Wimmelbuecher’”. At sea, on land, in a village or the big city. On the evening of January 10, 2022, the man who never left the house without paper and pen, passed away in Munich at the age of 86, as his literary agents Ingmar Gregorzewski and Oliver Brauer announced. The Ravensburger Verlag humbly salutes its friend and longtime author. Read more…
Piece by piece ‒ Strange facts and record-holding data on Ravensburger puzzles
US-American Erin Gumpert was missing 1 puzzle piece for her 18,000-piece puzzle “Paradise Sunset”. She posted a photo of the mishap on the Internet and asked for help. The Ravensburg Service Center promptly responded and sent the missing piece to Maryland – along with a children’s puzzle for Erin’s baby, who had chewed up the “missing piece”. The wife of a man who had nearly finished a 12,000-p... Read more…