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CMYK @cmyk.games · 30/09/2026

"The purest, most perfect way to laugh for 5 minutes" — Space-Biff "Surely going to be one of my favorite games of the year" — Dale Yu "I had a blast" – SVWAG "Go Fish for Jerks - 9/10" — Pixel Die "Another vibrant, colorful hit from CMYK" — Board Game Animal www.cmyk.games/products/gra...

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Grabble

Everybody scrambles to fill their cup with lost game pieces: traffic cones, bananas, hogs! Then the showdown begins. Name a piece: everyone tosses one back in the box. Don't have it? You're out. Last ...

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Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The game here is clearly in the first half, but for me it's the "weirdly intense" second half that really makes this one. There's no bluffing, no real strategy, and yet somehow it captures the feel of a high stakes Liars Dice game in a seedy backroom somewhere. Such a cool trick!

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Sam / ceefox @ceethefoxrun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had a chance to play this, and it's the most stupid (complimentary), chaotic fun. We kept on asking for one more game, it's so quick to play. Though don't get too enthusiastic like me and accidentally elbow your friend in the face 🫣

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 29/09/2026

"I would recommend that you run, not walk, to…grab one now before you’ll be eliminated in the game of life when your friend leads with his copy and you don’t have one to match." opinionatedgamers.com/2026/09/29/d...

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Dale Yu: Review of Grabble

Grabble Designer: Naoki Fukuda Publisher: CMYK Players: 2-6 Age: 6+ Time: 5 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Here’s how it works: you have a box of gloriou…

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 29/09/2026

Here's Quinns to explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zpc...

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How to play GRABBLE

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 29/09/2026

Our new game GRABBLE is out today. It's a 5-minute frenzy of grabbing mismatched game pieces out of a box, then having a weirdly intense showdown with them. www.cmyk.games/products/gra...

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time to check out @cmyk.games latest; Grabble!! youtu.be/AS4W1etyPaQ?... #cmyk #grabble #boardgames

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 02/07/2026

Going to add those!

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 01/07/2026

The dog’s out of the bag: we’ve got a brand new how to play video for Spots (ft. Quinns)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP_C...

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How to play SPOTS

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 06/05/2026

If it’s from us as a seller, it’s legit—we just sold through the first amount coming in

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 19/04/2026

In my latest review I put on some trainers and try to catch up with a Big Baby and a Banana. It's Magical Athlete from @cmyk.games giantbrain.co.uk/2026/04/19/k...

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Keep on Running - The Giant Brain

Roll & Move is an oft maligned mechanism that the reprint of Magical Athlete from CMYK turns inside out for a riot of races

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 15/04/2026

Would it be under another name? Can’t find any—could you email us at hello@cmyk.games and we’ll investigate?

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 14/04/2026

Magical Athlete is an all-timer, especially if you have kids. Every kid I've shown it to, it captures their imagination almost instantly and they get obsessed. I'm also excited to play Molly House, I backed the recent reprint ^_^

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 15/04/2026

Very soon—should be loads of copies next month on our site and Amazon!

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The American Tabletop Awards @theattas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The 2026 American Tabletop Award for Early Gamers goes to Magical Athlete, from @cmyk.games! For more information, please see americantabletopawards.com/magical-athlete

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The American Tabletop Awards @theattas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The 2026 American Tabletop Award for Casual Games goes to Hot Streak, also from @cmyk.games! For more information, please see americantabletopawards.com/hot-streak.

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

CMYK's Hot Streak and Magical Athlete race to wins in this year’s American Tabletop Awards, Fate of the Fellowship and Molly House also triumph: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Huge congrats to @cmyk.games @perryjon.bsky.social @mattleacock.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social @alex.cmyk.games!

A hand reaches down to move one of four plahing pieces on a green board shaped like a running track. The four pieces represent people in mascot suits - a hot dog, a queen, a bear and a fish. Jon Perry's board game design Hot Streak from CMYK Games.

Six wooden playing pieces with images of various characters on, including a banana wearing a hat and an aardvark on a unicycle. They are on a track-style board composed of different coloured squares, some with numbers on. Takashi Ishida and Richard Garfield's board game design Magical Athlete from CMYK Games.

Characters from the Lord of the Rings novel on the front of a board game box, with a surprised-looking Frodo at the centre looking into a bowl supported by a white tree. Box cover for Matt Leacock's board game design Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowshop, from Z-Man Games / Asmodee.

A pink board game box with black line drawings of dozens of people in 18th century high society dress, with the words Molly House in the centre in a lighter pink. Board game box cover for Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle's design Molly House

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issa 🍉 @issaissa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

someone drew the banana during a game of magical athlete last night

the banana from magical athlete drawn on a small piece of paper. it’s anthromorphic, wearing a hat and shoes, and has an uncanny face

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Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

game board my niece designed after we played Magical Athlete the other night

Game board drawn with pink ink on a piece of paper, featuring a "Start" space, a "You Win" space and intermediary spaces with numbers from 1 to 6. Some of the spaces are blacked out.

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charlesjpratt @charlesjpratt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Looks like Hot Streak is the second @cmyk.games release where I'm going to have to buy a second copy because my daughter fell in love with the pieces

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Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.com · 18/01/2026

Catan with Huge Baby as the robber!

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intertextual experience @intertextuality.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

@cmyk.games's @alex.cmyk.games joins Intertextual Experience for its newest episode. It's unsurprisingly amazing, and I could type a whole bunch of words explaining why it is. But I'll just let the episode, colors, and Alex speak for themselves. open.spotify.com/episode/1uqV...

“Anthropomorphic hot dog mascot with, you know, some, like, sort of soulless eye holes.”

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SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Hot Streak ABSOLUTELY lives up to the hype

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Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There isn't a boardgames wrapped but MAGICAL ATHLETE is easily my favourite of 2025 - I've played loads of times and it never stops being funny and interesting. I love introducing people to it. Huge recommendation! (not sure you can get it everywhere yet soz)

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Magical Athlete

PRE-ORDER – SHIPPING LATE DECEMBER 2025 IF YOU WANT HOLIDAY DELIVERY OF OTHER GAMES, ORDER THIS SEPARATELYMagical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd r...

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 15/12/2025

Funny you should say that…

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Adam Richards - Punchboard @punchboard.co.uk · 10/12/2025

Opinion time! In before the rest of the world is sick of end-of-year top lists, here are my top few games for 2025. Read it, or don't, you're a grown-up now and can make your own decisions. punchboard.co.uk/game-of-the-...

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Game of the Year 2025

You didn't ask for it... I didn't have to write it... It holds no sway in the hobby... That's right! It's my games of the year for 2025!

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Elizabeth Goodspeed @goodspeed.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I collaborated with CMYK and Angela Kirkwood on the redesign of cult classic game Magical Athlete! I worked on the brand identity, art direction, and all the graphic design for components like cards & tokens. Now ask me how much math I had to do to make an evenly spaced game board with 31 spaces...

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Betting on Queen Mum financially ruined me in Hot Streak.

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Shut Up & Sit Down @shutupshow.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are finally tackling the dynamic duo of Hot Streak and Magical Athlete! Spoilers; they’re both absolutely fabulous. The games. Though the lads do have their moments. www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...

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Podcast #286 - THE BIG WET SPRINT - Shut Up & Sit Down

On this free-flowing episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about competitive marble-pilfering simulator 12 Rivers, as well as a double-bill of absurd racing games in Hot...

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ᡣ𐭩 Mandi ᡣ𐭩 @613mandi.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

✨ Loving CMYK Games’ bright colours and paper packaging. It really stands out! No Thanks! ➡️ pass or pay chips to dodge cards, but tension builds fast. I’m Out! ➡️ race to drop cards and be first to shout “I’m out!”. We enjoyed both. Light, quick, and great with more players! @cmyk.games

No Thanks! game with the box open. Components in a paper back and the cards are face down beside them in their own slot.

No Thanks! cards scatterfed on the table face down with a green and silver back. The cards face up are in a staggered horizontal stack and another pile has a few cards on it with the number 19 on top. There are pink round wooden components in a pile.

I'm Out! cards are scattered on the table. The cards have large numbers on them and multi coloured. There is a deck of the cards face down and the back of the cards also have a melange of colours.

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Hilk @hilk.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I have often bemoaned the dryness of many modern games. Somebody on the web wrote "boardgames are just math made fun", and I answered that many boardgames are math made not fun. In such games, scores are no longer a reward for good play, but the entire games just consist of calculations. (1/X)

The board game Hot Streak by Joe Perry (published by CMYK in 2025) on a table

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ᡣ𐭩 Mandi ᡣ𐭩 @613mandi.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The game Magical Athlete seems to have a hold on anyone it teach it to! 😆 @cmyk.games

A text message between me and Stéphanie about the game Magical Athlete.

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Corey Young @coreyyoung.com · 31/10/2025

I'm late to the party on "No Thanks" Just picked up the re-release by @cmyk.games First simple card game I've played that had at least 4 "Oh wait, I'm doing this wrong!" moments. Not in terms of rules, but in strategies.

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

CMYK has released two more titles in their Magenta series, aggressively pink big-box versions of small-box classics. The pair, No Thanks! and I'm Out, also happen to be my favorite Magentas thus far. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/27/n...

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Moregenta

On the whole, I appreciate CMYK’s Magenta series, which takes classic card games and shrouds them in oversized pink boxes. Don’t believe me? Uh, that’s an odd thing to not believe…

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 22/10/2025

That’s unacceptable! Email us (hello@cmyk.games) and we’ll get it sorted out. We’re all at Essen right now but will take care of it as soon as we’re back. So sorry!

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 14/10/2025

These releases wrap up the FIRST YEAR of Magenta: half a dozen frankly perfect (?) card games that should be equally at home at game night or a big family holiday

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 14/10/2025

Quinns with the play by play on I'm Out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAi7...

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How to play I'M OUT | Magenta

YouTube video by CMYK

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 14/10/2025

We just launched TWO new Magenta titles: the instant classic I'm Out and the 20+ year old classic No Thanks! No Thanks: www.cmyk.games/collections/... I'm Out: www.cmyk.games/collections/...

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 08/10/2025

If you told me a few years ago that I'd have an opportunity to review a new edition of Magical Athlete, I'd have called you a liar. If you followed up by telling me it was from @cmyk.games and was perfect in every discernible way, I'd have asked who put you up to this. pixeldie.com/2025/10/08/m...

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Magical Athlete – Review

Excitedly crouched at the starting line.

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CMYK @cmyk.games · 07/10/2025

Here's Quinns with the how to play: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0EC...

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How to play MONIKERS

YouTube video by CMYK

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