R&R Games

R&R Games, Inc. is an international publisher and distributor of family entertainment products with a focus on original board games and toys.[1][2][3][4] Since its formation in 1996 by Frank DiLorenzo & Edward Miller, they have published hundreds of games, and are best known for their casual, family oriented board games.[5][6] Their bestselling games include Times Up!, Hanabi,[7] and Rajas of the Ganges.

Award-Winning Games

R&R Games has received many awards from notable board game reviewers including BoardGameGeek’s The Golden Geek, Mensa Select and The Dice Tower. Their most notable award-winning games include:

• Hanabi, Spiel Des Jahres Game of the Year Award[8]
• Rajas of the Ganges, Spiel of Approval Award[9]
• Time’s Up!, Mensa Select Winner[10] and Golden Geek Award from BoardGameGeek[11]
• Hide & Seek Safari Monkey II, Preferred Choice Award[12]
• MiMiQ, NAPPA “Gold Award” Winner[13] and “Laugh Out Loud” Award Winner[14]
• Cup-A-Cup, Oppenheim Award Platinum[15]
• Birds, Bugs and Beans, 2004 “Seal of Approval” from The National Parenting Center[16]
• Slideways, “Figgie” Award for Most Innovative Game[17]
• Mystic Paths, “Casual Game Recommended” by Casual Game Insider Report[18]

History and the Hidden Hunts

Frank DiLorenzo grew up playing board games with his five siblings.[19] After losing his job as an engineer, he decided to go into board games.[20] DiLorenzo began in 1996 with just a few games a year, beginning with Riddles & Riches.[21] For the first few years in business, DiLorenzo indicated his company operated at a loss before it slowly broke even over time. It wasn't until 2000, four years post-Riddles & Riches, that it started turning a modest profit at 50,000 games a year.[22] By 2008, he was selling over 75,000 games a year.[23][24][25]

As a designer of treasure hunts, DiLorenzo wanted to imbue his games with the “mystique of hidden treasure adventure and excitement.”[26] Riddles & Riches, an investigation and exploration pursuit experience themed as a treasure hunt, even included an actual treasure hunt within the game.[27][28] Since then, many (if not all) of R&R’s games include a hidden treasure hunt within the game.[29][30]

DiLorenzo has said that one of the primary puzzles revolves around what exactly what the letters in the term "R&R" represent.[31] In many of his interviews, he’s suggested that treasures (including clues to the meaning of the company's name) have been hidden throughout many of their games through a process called Hidden Hunts.[32] All of these Hidden Hunts provide prizes to the people who solve them. Being the first to solve a Hunt may merit a prize, cash or otherwise, and many of the Hunts have offered plenty of runner-up prizes as well. Hundreds of clues have already been found. R&R states that some Hidden Hunts still remain unsolved, including the meaning of R&R's name. More Hunts are released each year.[33]