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The Op Games
@theop.games
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We create board games & puzzles that bring family and friends together!

Known for:
✍️ Telestrations
🌈 Hues and Cues
🃏 Flip 7
… and more!
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Mojo Nation has announced their finalists for the Play Creators Awards! Love to see some of our staff and games being recognized! 🥳
A graphic listing some finalists for the play creators awards. Ammon Anderson for Debut of the Year, Eric Olsen for Game Designer of the Year, and Tony Serebriany for Inventor Relations Executive of the Year.
April 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Meet Alyssa! She's a Game Developer here at The Op, which means she gets to work directly on the design of some of your favorite games!

Including an upcoming refresh to Telestrations 🤫

When she's not designing games, she loves traveling, golfing, and themed parties 🥳
professional headshot of Alyssa smiling and holding a copy of the new edition of Telelstrations
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Happy #NationalParksWeek!

To celebrate, we wanted to let you in on a little secret 🤫 In partnership with the #NationalParkFoundation, we’re releasing a brand new edition to the iconic 10 Days series this summer!
The cover of 10 Days in the National parks features two backpackers in the foreground, with a camper van and a medley of national parks in the background.
April 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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BoardGameGeek has announced the nominees for the Golden Geek Awards! And Flip 7 is up for TWO categories!

🥳 Party Game of the Year
🪶 Light Game of the Year

If you've enjoyed playing Flip 7, we'd love to have your vote in either or both of these categories 💙

boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/b...
A digital graphic showing the Second Edition of Flip 7 with the Golden Geek seal and listing off the two categories it is nominated for. At the bottom of the graphic is a call out reading "vote now on BGG"
April 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The second edition of Flip 7 is here! What do you think of the game's new packaging??
A top down photo of the new Flip 7 box. The box is laying on top of a spread of cards from the game. The new Flip 7 box is a small deck box with a hook at the top so it can go on pegs at a store.
April 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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POV: You just drew this card in Hues and Cues! What clue would you give for M8??
A POV style photo of a person holding a Hues and Cues card. The board is blurred in the background, with all of the visual focus on the card. The card shows four color options: a teal, a mossy green, a bright purple, and a bold red. The mossy green is labeled with M8
April 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Tired of scoring Flip 7 by hand?? Try our free digital score pad instead!

📲 theop.games/pages/flip-7
Photo of a woman at a convention playing Flip 7. She and the other players are keeping track of their scores by writing on the disposable tablecloth on the table
April 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Flip 7 has gotten a lot of love since it released last year 🏅

Thank you to everyone who reviewed it, considered it for an award, or just shared it with a friend!
A close up photo of the new Flip 7 edition, which is a small card box with a hook to hang it on a peg at a store. There are people very blurred in the background, staged to be playing the game around a coffee table. To the right of the Flip 7 box are several seals for different tabletop awards. The awards are: Toy of the Year Finalist, Pulse of Play Winner, Origins Awards Finalist, Mom's Choice Award Goal Seal, Squirrelly Award Winner, and Major Fun Award winner.
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Okay, okay, we heard you! There were too many colors in Hues and Cues 😔🤚 We understand that hard-core gamers aren't used to seeing so many colors all at once.

Introducing... Hues and Cues for Euro Gamers! Now featuring only shades of beige, so it fits in with the rest of your board games 😌
A mock up of a fake Hues and Cues board. The original game depicts a rainbow color spectrum on a grid, but this version shows all those colors swapped out for marginally different shades of beige. Text on the graphic reads "Introducing, Hues and Cues for euro gamers!" "Swap out those pesky bright colors for familiar shades of beige!"
April 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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You asked for it, so here it is! The new second edition of Flip 7 is now available at Walmart!

➡️ www.walmart.com/ip/Flip-7-by...
March 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Meet Brent Navratil, our Director of International Sales 🌏✈️ He has been with The Op for a whopping 19 years!

He gets to travel the world, learning all about the #boardgame industry and ways it varies from country to country!
Photo of Brent against a black back drop. He is smililng and has a stack of games in front of him. The games are foreign language translations of Telelstrations, Blank Slate, and Hues and Cues.
March 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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From AQUA to HUTAN, the Sidekick Games team knows how to deliver some gorgeous tile-laying goodness!

And we are honored to partner with them to bring these great games to life 🥰
A close up of the spine of the AQUA game box. Tiles from the game are blurry in the foreground of the shot. A close up shot of the spine of the HUTAN game box. In the foreground are blurry components from the game, including cardboard tiles and standing trees.
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Wait a minute 🤨 It's not a party without Wade!

Don't forget to add Deadpool to your Dice Throne collection by picking up this single-character deluxe box!

rebrand.ly/DT-Deadpool
A top down photo of the Deadpool Dice Throne box. The cover shows Deadpool squished and saying "get me out of this box". The game box is on top of some components that are slightly blurred. The components include dice, the Deadpool player board, and some cards.
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Have questions about the greatest card game of all time?? Check out the greatest tutorial video of all time!

@watchitplayed.tv's most recent video will walk you through how to play Flip 7, as well as answer commonly asked questions about specific scenarios.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9B...
The thumbnail for Rodeny's video. It shows Rodney holding up three flip 7 cards, with the Watch It Played logo and text reading "How to play" beneath him. To the right is the cover of the flip 7 box
March 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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PSSST... over here 👀 We're spilling the tea!

Check out the full Tea Witches rulebook that just dropped on @boardgamegeek.com ⬇️

boardgamegeek.com/filepage/297...
The cover art for the Tea Witches rulebook. The Tea Witches logo is in the center, with anthropomorphic teapots crowding around it. Text wraps around page that reads "4 days of tea and magic" "teaquinox faire" and "britewitch city"
March 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Introducing... The second edition of Flip 7 ✨

It's the same great (greatest 😏) card game, now is a smaller box!

Available first at Walmart!

www.walmart.com/ip/Flip-7-by...
A photo of a woman holding a new version of Flip 7. She, and the people blurred in the background, are wearing Flip 7 consumes. The new version of Flip 7 is a small deck box with a tab at the top so that it can hang from a peg at a store.
March 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The second box in #Marvel X-Men Dice Throne introduces Cyclops, Gambit, Rogue, and Jean Grey into the fray! Which iconic character will you be battling as?

Get your copy today! rebrand.ly/DT-Xmen-Box2
A top-down photo of the second box in the Marvel Dice Throne. This cover features Cyclops, Gambit, Rogue, and Jean Grey. The box is sitting on top of a spread of the game's brightly colored components, including cards, player boards, and tokens.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Worried you don't see your favorite character in Aang's Destiny yet?? 🫣

Don't worry! The game follows the narrative of the show, so your fav will show up when the time is right 🥰
A close up of the chapter boxes from Aang's Destiny. Showing Toph's character card coming out of Box 4.
March 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Flip 7 and Gnome Hollow are finalists for the Origins Awards!

🃏 Flip 7 for Party Game of the Year
🍄 Gnome Hollow for Gateway Game of the Year

These two categories really embody what we do here at The Op Games. We love to bring new people to the table and get them laughing 😊
A graphic showing both Flip 7 and Gnome Hollow with the Origins Award Finalist logo in the middle. Beneath Flip 7 is text reading "party game of the year" and beneath Gnome Hollow is text reading "gateway game of the year"
March 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Want to learn more about Hutan?

We've curated a playlist of the latest content about the game from your favorite board game youtubers! Including @kovray.bsky.social, @watchitplayed.tv @aburrell.bsky.social and @beforeyouplay.bsky.social!

🐅 rebrand.ly/HutanPlaylist
Graphic showing 4 different thumbnails of youtube videos about Hutan. The videos are a how to play video from Rodeny Smith, a teach and gameplay video from Before You Play, a let's play video from Kovray, and a how to play video from Play the Game HQ.
March 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Plant flowers, manipulate the market, and watch your investments grow— now straight from your browser!

Stalk Exchange is free to play online at Board Game Arena!

boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga...
A professional photo of the Stalk Exchange box. The photo is taken from a top-down angle with the box askew, with components from the game in the background. In the top right corner is a call out box saying that the game is now available on board game arena.
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Flip 7 was named Family Game of the Year by our friends over at @rolldicetakenames.com 🐿️

Listen to their Squirrelly Awards episode here: buff.ly/ggYX8Za
A professional photo of four people playing Flip 7. In the photo a woman is being dealt a card and reacting shocked. The award logo for the Squirrelly Awards is overlayed on top of the photo
March 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest is officially here 🥳

This newest installment from the Sidekick Games team features:

🎨 Stunning art from Vincent Dutrait
⚙️ Gameplay from the designers of HEAT: Pedal to the Metal
🧩 An evolving tile-laying puzzle

Get your copy here: buff.ly/4jRtsFD
A staged photo of the Hutan box surrounded by the game's components, including standing cardboard trees, wooden animal tokens, and modular player boards.
March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Marvel Dice Throne is BACK 🔥

This time stepping into the world of X-Men! The first box of #Marvel X-Men Dice Throne will let you play as Iceman, Psylocke, Storm, and Wolverine!

Add these heroic characters to your #DiceThrone collection today!

➡️ buff.ly/4i9v2RK
The cover of Marvel Dice Throne Box 1 shot at a topdown angle and laying on top of the cards and player boards from the game. The characters included in this box are Iceman, Psylocke, Storm, and Wolverine.
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Last night we celebrated Gnome Hollow and Flip 7 being nominated for Game of the Year!

Out of the thousands of games released in 2024, we are so grateful to have two of our titles acknowledged by The Toy Foundation 💙
Photo of the Op team posing in front of a TOTY-themed backdrop. People in the photo include the designers of Gnome Hollow and Flip 7
March 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM