This is how we, as an emerging publisher, celebrated Play Day

Today is International Play Day, and although everyone talks about new releases, rankings, and blockbusters... we want to celebrate it from another perspective: that of a small, young, and emerging publisher, fighting daily to carve out a niche in a cardboard world... which can sometimes be quite tough.

We are Eva Cabrero and Marcos Ronsano, a heritage restorer and a creative director who one day decided to combine our two passions: board games and history.
That's how Culture Games was born, a publisher specialized in creating card games based on Spanish intangible heritage.

We don't come from a multinational. We don't have investors behind us. We don't have our own printing presses or big advertising campaigns.
What we do have is hours of work, a lot of faith in what we do, and a firm commitment: to turn culture into something vibrant, playable, and exciting.

Playing is also resisting

Creating games isn't just about sitting down and having ideas.
It means researching, writing, testing, illustrating, producing, packaging, moving through fairs, trying to reach stores, complying with regulations... and all that while trying to be heard among the giants of the sector.

Because yes, the gaming world is competitive. And sometimes big publishers, distributors, or platforms don't make it easy for you.
Literally.

But we keep going. Because every time someone plays El Santo Encuentro in class, or experiences a medieval conspiracy in TRAICIÓN, or writes to us saying "I want to make a game about my town's festival!", we feel we are exactly where we need to be.

What are we celebrating today?

We celebrate that play is also culture. That not everything has to be fantasy or space battles to be fun.
That you can also play with history, with emotion, with roots.

And we celebrate those who support us, play, share, recommend, or simply send us a kind message. You are part of this. Truly.

And what are we asking for today?

That the sector also looks at small projects with soul.
That content is valued as much as packaging.
And that it's remembered that often the bravest ideas come from small tables, from humble homes, from towns where tradition still beats strong.

Because for us, this International Play Day is not about numbers, it's about meaning.