Black Forest Studio

About

Black Forest Studio is a small game studio that designs and sells card games, escape games and hand-crafted chess equipment. Its own products include playing cards illustrated by outside artists such as Aaron Griffin, Lindsey Kustusch, Artur Jag and Daria Rashev, printed by United States Playing Card Company (Bicycle), plus individually hand-carved chess pieces and chessboards in woods including padauk, boxwood, ebony, maple, walnut, mahogany and acacia. Chess pieces are sold with an extra queen per side and felted bases, and are offered separately from the boards. Sales run through the studio…