⌗ Essom + Hamla⌗

For our first kickstarter we feature two games: Hamla and Essom. Both games were made on Gotland, and they share the award for Best Game Design at the Gotland Game Conference 2025. As the Designers put it: “We are friends that encouraged each other to present our games at the conference, so we see it as a very fitting ending to share the award”.

Curious about the games?

Two game designers on stage holding flowers at the Gotland Game Conference 2025 award ceremony, with musicians and an audience around them


⌗ Essom⌗

Players: 2 | Age: 10+ | Time: 25’

Summary.

Essom is an abstract game design by Guido Salustri, a game designer from Argentina. Essom combines hidden information with tactical depth, where players need to search for and retrieve hidden tokens.

Two players facing each other across the Essom board, a wooden grid of holes holding blue and orange cone-shaped pieces

⌗ Hamla⌗

Players: 2-6 | Age: 8+ | Time: 15’

Summary.

Hamla is a card game design by Márton Bodrog, a game designer from Hungary. Coming from the world of Trutina, Hamla is a game of cunning, bluffing and a bit of luck, where you take the role of commanders preparing for battle.

Two players holding illustrated Hamla cards outdoors, with yellow-backed cards laid out on a grey mat between them

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