CMYK
@cmyk.games
The game studio behind Wavelength, Monikers, Hot Streak, and more!
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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)
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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)
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The game Magical Athlete seems to have a hold on anyone it teach it to! 😆
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November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The game Magical Athlete seems to have a hold on anyone it teach it to! 😆
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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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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.
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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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...
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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October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
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:
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No Thanks: www.cmyk.games/collections/...
I'm Out:
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October 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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:
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No Thanks: www.cmyk.games/collections/...
I'm Out:
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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...
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.
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Magical Athlete – Review
Excitedly crouched at the starting line.
pixeldie.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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...
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...
We finally did it. After 10 years, we remade Monikers from scratch: new art, new card design, updated rules—no points!—and a huge content refresh:
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www.cmyk.games/collections/...
Monikers
Get your team to guess the name on the card! They’ve got 1 minute to guess as many as they can. In the first round, you can say anything. In the second, only one word. And in the third, charades! The ...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We finally did it. After 10 years, we remade Monikers from scratch: new art, new card design, updated rules—no points!—and a huge content refresh:
www.cmyk.games/collections/...
www.cmyk.games/collections/...
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I love how the components for @cmyk.games’ Magical Atheletes are stored in paper bags instead of plastic. Not a single throwaway or even reused piece of plastic inside the box! Other game publishers, please imitate!
September 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I love how the components for @cmyk.games’ Magical Atheletes are stored in paper bags instead of plastic. Not a single throwaway or even reused piece of plastic inside the box! Other game publishers, please imitate!
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🏃♂️✨ We played Magical Athlete and it was delightful! Players draft characters with unique powers, then race them in fast-paced heats. Who knew a snake could outrun an Alchemist?
🎨 Loved the vibrant art, clever character design, and the eco-friendly packaging. Big win all around! ♻️💖
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🎨 Loved the vibrant art, clever character design, and the eco-friendly packaging. Big win all around! ♻️💖
@cmyk.games
September 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🏃♂️✨ We played Magical Athlete and it was delightful! Players draft characters with unique powers, then race them in fast-paced heats. Who knew a snake could outrun an Alchemist?
🎨 Loved the vibrant art, clever character design, and the eco-friendly packaging. Big win all around! ♻️💖
@cmyk.games
🎨 Loved the vibrant art, clever character design, and the eco-friendly packaging. Big win all around! ♻️💖
@cmyk.games
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um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
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Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...
Chariots of Frickin’ Fire
It is wild to me, utterly wild, that in 2025 CMYK has released not one but two racing games. Even wilder that the second, slipstreaming in the wake of Jon Perry’s Hot Streak, should be a rema…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...
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There are only so many times you get to use the term "cult classic" with regards to board games but it's appropriate for Magical Athlete.
It's a lighter game, but the appeal here is similar to Cosmic Encounter -- just a pure celebration of modular rules bouncing around & colliding with each other.
It's a lighter game, but the appeal here is similar to Cosmic Encounter -- just a pure celebration of modular rules bouncing around & colliding with each other.
Announcing MAGICAL ATHLETE, the only game where you can race a baby against a banana:
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There are only so many times you get to use the term "cult classic" with regards to board games but it's appropriate for Magical Athlete.
It's a lighter game, but the appeal here is similar to Cosmic Encounter -- just a pure celebration of modular rules bouncing around & colliding with each other.
It's a lighter game, but the appeal here is similar to Cosmic Encounter -- just a pure celebration of modular rules bouncing around & colliding with each other.
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I was fortunate to playtest this new edition of my favorite game, and I'm happy to report that it is, somehow, even better now
Magical Athlete is pure joy, the game that has given us the most laughs of any box out there. Nearly terminal levels of whimsy. Perfect.
Magical Athlete is pure joy, the game that has given us the most laughs of any box out there. Nearly terminal levels of whimsy. Perfect.
Announcing MAGICAL ATHLETE, the only game where you can race a baby against a banana:
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I was fortunate to playtest this new edition of my favorite game, and I'm happy to report that it is, somehow, even better now
Magical Athlete is pure joy, the game that has given us the most laughs of any box out there. Nearly terminal levels of whimsy. Perfect.
Magical Athlete is pure joy, the game that has given us the most laughs of any box out there. Nearly terminal levels of whimsy. Perfect.
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I'm very envious that @cmyk.games has brought back Magical Athlete (gosh I wanted to). Games like this (and, quite frankly, Thunder Road: Vendetta) showcase that "roll and move" isn't inherently a bad thing. I also love the retro vibe illustration approach. I can't wait to try this new edition.
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm very envious that @cmyk.games has brought back Magical Athlete (gosh I wanted to). Games like this (and, quite frankly, Thunder Road: Vendetta) showcase that "roll and move" isn't inherently a bad thing. I also love the retro vibe illustration approach. I can't wait to try this new edition.
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Magical Athlete is back after 22 years. This is board gaming reduced to its base elements, and the result is electric. The new edition from CMYK is perfect, maybe the best update of a game I've ever seen. My review: playerelimination.com/2025/09/16/g...
Going the Distance – A Magical Athlete Review
Takashi Ishida’s Magical Athlete is a quirky game about a cast of misfits in a foot race. First released in 2003 by Z-Man Games, its oddball nature and prototype-level production resulted in …
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September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Magical Athlete is back after 22 years. This is board gaming reduced to its base elements, and the result is electric. The new edition from CMYK is perfect, maybe the best update of a game I've ever seen. My review: playerelimination.com/2025/09/16/g...
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Boy have we been excited to share this one!!
Check out our thoughts on @cmyk.games new version of the legendary, the infamous…Magical Athlete!!
youtu.be/VEyf6ij8pYE?...
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Check out our thoughts on @cmyk.games new version of the legendary, the infamous…Magical Athlete!!
youtu.be/VEyf6ij8pYE?...
#boardgames
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Boy have we been excited to share this one!!
Check out our thoughts on @cmyk.games new version of the legendary, the infamous…Magical Athlete!!
youtu.be/VEyf6ij8pYE?...
#boardgames
Check out our thoughts on @cmyk.games new version of the legendary, the infamous…Magical Athlete!!
youtu.be/VEyf6ij8pYE?...
#boardgames
Announcing MAGICAL ATHLETE, the only game where you can race a baby against a banana:
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Announcing MAGICAL ATHLETE, the only game where you can race a baby against a banana:
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
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Hot Streak is a wacky betting game from @cmyk.games that has been a big hit this summer—I've taught it to so many people and we've had a blast with it.
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'Hot Streak': Betting, Racing, and Screaming
Place your bets on your favorite off-brand mascot in this hilarious race.What Is Hot Streak?Hot Streak is a betting game for 2 to 9 (or more) players, ages 6 and up, and takes about 20 minutes to play...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hot Streak is a wacky betting game from @cmyk.games that has been a big hit this summer—I've taught it to so many people and we've had a blast with it.
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The problem with @cmyk.games 's "Hot Streak" is that the minute it hits the table at game day, no one wants to play anything but Hot Streak 🤔 www.cmyk.games/collections/...
Hot Streak – PREORDER
PRE-ORDER – SHIPPING FALL 2025 Hot Streak is a game about betting and racing and SCREAMING!!!!!!! You’re all hard luck gamblers betting on the world’s most off-brand mascots. And unlike most racing ga...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The problem with @cmyk.games 's "Hot Streak" is that the minute it hits the table at game day, no one wants to play anything but Hot Streak 🤔 www.cmyk.games/collections/...
Hot Streakers: Jon and Alex are doing a Reddit AMA right now! www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...
From the boardgames community on Reddit: We're Jon Perry & CMYK, and we're back with Hot Streak. AMA!
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June 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hot Streakers: Jon and Alex are doing a Reddit AMA right now! www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...
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Why bet on horses when you can bet on D-list mascots? Hot Streak is a revelation. Rarely is a game equal parts absurd and committed.
My review: playerelimination.com/2025/06/16/i...
My review: playerelimination.com/2025/06/16/i...
In the Weeds – A Hot Streak Review
The smell was unbearable. It was a mixture of sweat and piss; the suit forever marked with the fluids of previous captives. His eyes burned but all he could do was feebly rub his forearm around the…
playerelimination.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Why bet on horses when you can bet on D-list mascots? Hot Streak is a revelation. Rarely is a game equal parts absurd and committed.
My review: playerelimination.com/2025/06/16/i...
My review: playerelimination.com/2025/06/16/i...
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Hurley at the Guardians game wondering when they will hold the hot dog race.
May 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hurley at the Guardians game wondering when they will hold the hot dog race.
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Wilmot’s Warehouse: they dang put my man Wilmot in a board game! Captured the spirit of the original perfectly. We won in 2:30 or so, which wasn’t bad? Our mnemonic was a dog nurse eating cheese seeds on a volcano planet.
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Wilmot’s Warehouse: they dang put my man Wilmot in a board game! Captured the spirit of the original perfectly. We won in 2:30 or so, which wasn’t bad? Our mnemonic was a dog nurse eating cheese seeds on a volcano planet.
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This is hands down my favorite race/betting/party game. I've played it a handful of times at different events over the last few months and every one has been a blast. It a perfect depiction of mascot races down to the human eyes inside the costumes.
Have you been looking for an excuse to have friends over and scream at a man in a hot dog suit?
You're in luck: we just announced CMYK's latest party game: HOT STREAK! www.cmyk.games/products/hot...
You're in luck: we just announced CMYK's latest party game: HOT STREAK! www.cmyk.games/products/hot...
May 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is hands down my favorite race/betting/party game. I've played it a handful of times at different events over the last few months and every one has been a blast. It a perfect depiction of mascot races down to the human eyes inside the costumes.
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I played this at PAXU and it’s an absolute blast. If you host large game nights that can get a little silly, this is an instant buy.
Even the packaging is genius: the board rolls out of the box like a venetian blind. I didn’t know anything else about the game but when I saw that I had to have it.
Even the packaging is genius: the board rolls out of the box like a venetian blind. I didn’t know anything else about the game but when I saw that I had to have it.
Have you been looking for an excuse to have friends over and scream at a man in a hot dog suit?
You're in luck: we just announced CMYK's latest party game: HOT STREAK! www.cmyk.games/products/hot...
You're in luck: we just announced CMYK's latest party game: HOT STREAK! www.cmyk.games/products/hot...
May 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I played this at PAXU and it’s an absolute blast. If you host large game nights that can get a little silly, this is an instant buy.
Even the packaging is genius: the board rolls out of the box like a venetian blind. I didn’t know anything else about the game but when I saw that I had to have it.
Even the packaging is genius: the board rolls out of the box like a venetian blind. I didn’t know anything else about the game but when I saw that I had to have it.