About
franjos Spieleverlag is a small German board and card game publisher run by Franz-Josef Herbst, founded in 1987 in Lichtenau-Henglarn. It publishes roughly one to two titles a year aimed at families and adults, plus a line of two-player games, with simple rules and play times under an hour. Billabong, Black Box, Mahé, Kippit and Can't Stop are the publisher's most successful titles; Billabong and Buzzle were shortlisted for the Spiel des Jahres, and Mahé won the 2015 U-more Award in Japan. Early games used screen-printed art vinyl as the game board, giving the boxes their long, thin shape; sin…
Activity
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Latest Game
- BREMER Stadtmusikanten
- Latest Year
- 2024
- Games listed
- 45
Exhibitions
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SPIEL Essen
2026Listed exhibitor
Location: 6H125Germany
Published Games(45)
| Game Name |
|---|
| Aladdins Erbe |
| Auf & Ab |
| Billabong |
| Black Box |
| Black Box + |
| Bremer Stadtmusikanten |
| Buzzle |
| Can't Stop |
| Can't Stop: 5-6 Player Expansion |
| Caro |
| Cinco |
| Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War |
| Crash! |
| Devil Take the Hindmost |
| Die Drei |
| Domus Domini |
| Donkey Derby |
| Finca |
| Finca |
| Formel Fun |
| Formula Fun |
| FrachtExpress |
| Friesen-Törn |
| Glastonbury |
| Husarengolf |
| Hyle |
| Hyle 7 (Holzbrett) |
| Hyle de Luxe |
| Jupiter |
| Kippit |
| KIPP X |
| Mahé |
| MARK |
| Offline |
| Pow Wow |
| Runes |
| Sabotage |
| Sabotage Pur |
| Schuss und Tor |
| Schuß und Tor |
| Tahiti |
| Trüffeln Schnüffeln |
| up N dn |
| Wu Hsing |
| Zoodiak |