R&R Games

What R&R Games does

R&R Games, Inc. is a privately held, family-managed tabletop game publisher founded in 1996 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The company designs, publishes, and distributes a portfolio of board games, card games, party games, strategy games, family games, and kids games, with its flagship title, Time's Up! — a celebrity charades game that has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2025. The active catalog spans roughly 15+ core titles (Time's Up!, Time's Up! Family, Time's Up! Title Recall, Hanabi, Shapely, Bayou Boss, Secret Identity, Score Cards, Dom Pierre, East India Companies, Amalfi Renaissance, WitchStone, Rajas of the Ganges, Ferret Out, Bug Off!, The Plan, You Must Be An Idiot!, 1st & Goal) plus multiple expansion sets and two sub-brands (RANDY O Games, Barn Made Games). The product line is purely physical; the technology layer is a standard nopCommerce e-commerce storefront with no AI, API, or software-as-a-service components.

The business operates a hybrid B2C/B2B model. Direct-to-consumer revenue is generated through the company's own e-commerce site at rnrgames.com, which lists the full catalog with unit pricing generally in the $6–$30 range (premium titles up to $69.99) and bundle discounts of 24–38% off MSRP, plus a "Ding & Dented" channel for cosmetically damaged inventory. Wholesale revenue flows through specialty and hobby retailers and game distributors globally, managed by Sales Director Dan DiLorenzo. Marketing is concentrated in newsletter, social (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest), hobby-game YouTube partnerships (Dice Tower, Watch It Played, Game Boy Geek, The Family Gamers), and industry event presence such as the Origins Game Fair.

The company is closely held by the DiLorenzo family, with Frank DiLorenzo serving as President and founder, and operates with 1–10 employees, no external equity funding, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed M&A activity. Eleven registered trademarks anchor the IP portfolio, and an extensive awards record (Mensa Select, Gold Geek, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold, Dr. Toy, Major Fun, BoardGameGeek Best Party Game) supports brand defensibility in the hobby-game segment.

Name

R&R Games

Legal name

R&R Games, Inc.

Website

https://rnrgames.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

R&R Games is a privately held, family-run tabletop game publisher founded in 1996 in Columbus, Ohio, selling board, card, party, and strategy games to consumers globally via DTC e-commerce and specialty retailers, anchored by the Time's Up! brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tabletop / Board & Card Game Publishing

NAICS

Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (45912)

SIC

Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

Family/Party Board Games Retail (CRALALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hobby Games & Miniatures Retail (Tabletop RPGs, Wargaming) (CRALAFAH), Non-Sports Trading Cards Retail (TCG/Entertainment) (CRALAGAB)

Keywords

• Board game publishing
• Card game publisher
• Party games
• Strategy games
• Tabletop games

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Sales: The company sells games directly to consumers through their website rnrgames.com, offering their full product catalog online with shipping to customers.
2. Wholesale/Distribution: R&R Games partners with specialty and hobby retailers and distributors around the world to sell their products through brick-and-mortar and online retail channels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

R&R Games publishes and sells a diverse portfolio of physical tabletop games — party games, family games, strategy games, card games, and kids games — through its own e-commerce site, specialty and hobby retailers, and global hobby game distributors. The catalog spans flagship titles such as Time's Up! (over 5 million copies sold, Origins Hall of Fame inductee) and Hanabi, alongside titles like Dom Pierre, Rajas of the Ganges, Amalfi Renaissance, Shapely, and Bayou Boss, plus expansion sets, accessories, and discounted Ding & Dented items.

Product overview

R&R Games is a board game publisher offering a diverse portfolio of tabletop games across multiple categories including party games, family games, strategy games, card games, and kids games. Their core product lineup includes flagship titles like Time's Up! (celebrity charades game inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame), along with strategy games such as Dom Pierre (champagne production), East India Companies (trading), and Amalfi Renaissance (merchant trading). The company also publishes family games like Shapely (shape-making and guessing) and Bayou Boss (trick-taking card game). Add-on expansions are available for several titles including Rajas of the Ganges, Time's Up!, WitchStone, and Dom Pierre. Products are distributed through specialty and hobby retailers worldwide, with a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform powered by nopCommerce.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RANDY O GAMES: A product category/brand line published by R&R Games.
• BARN MADE GAMES

Products and services

• Time's Up! A party celebrity charades game played in three rounds of escalating difficulty (open clues, one-word clues, gestures only) where teams have 30 seconds per turn to guess as many names as possible. Designed for family and social game nights.
• Time's Up! Family A family edition of the Time's Up! charades game that uses everyday items as answers instead of celebrity names, so kids and adults can play together.
• Time's Up! Title Recall A version of Time's Up! focused on TV shows, songs, movies, books and other titles where teammates try to guess famous titles across increasingly difficult rounds.
• Shapely A family-friendly shape-making and guessing game where players build images from abstract 3D pieces based on prompt words and others guess what was created.
• Bayou Boss A trick-taking card game in which players try to avoid winning tricks; the player with the fewest tricks at the end wins, with face-up cards in the middle grabbable by players.
• Score Cards A card game with simple rules and strategy depth where players maximize scoring by playing cards strategically over four rounds.
• Rajas of the Ganges - Cards and Karma A stand-alone expansion for Rajas of the Ganges in which players use cards as both actions and dice to build, trade along the river, and acquire goods for fame and wealth.
• Amalfi Renaissance A strategy game where players act as merchant families restoring the city of Amalfi by sailing to the East, establishing trade routes, and bringing back treasures.
• Secret Identity A party game where players guess opponents' hidden identities while trying to hide their own, using Picto cards as clues and secretly voting on characters.
• WitchStone Full Moon An expansion for WitchStone containing 4 towers, 4 Grandmaster figures, and 2 modules with special abilities and new hex tiles that add variety to the base game.
• East India Companies A strategy game in which players run trading companies competing for tea, spices, coffee and silk from the Far East, expanding ports, building ships, and engaging in share trading.
• Dom Pierre A strategy game in which players manage champagne maisons, planting vineyards, producing champagne, selling across Europe and America, and competing for prestige and victory points.
• You Must Be An Idiot! A party trivia card game where players have hidden identities as either 'Idiots' who must answer questions incorrectly or 'Smarties' who answer correctly, with players trying to identify the Idiot.
• Ferret Out A hidden role game where players work in 'ferret gangs' trying to identify a 'Weasel' among them using secret codes and one-word clues.
• Bug Off! A push-your-luck set collection card game where players collect bugs and try to hold onto them before 'Bug Off' nets snatch them away.
• The Plan A museum heist card and tile game involving strategic planning and execution.
• Normal Human A tabletop game released as part of R&R Games' 2026 catalog alongside Bayou Boss.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Specialty and Hobby RetailerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorR&R Games partners directly with specialty and hobby retailers around the world. These retailers sell R&R Games products in brick-and-mortar stores and online platforms. The company encourages retailers to contact Sales Director Dan DiLorenzo for partnership inquiries.
• Game DistributorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorR&R Games works with distributors around the world to expand their reach into various markets. These distributors help move products from R&R Games to retail partners globally.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Asmodee: Global leader in hobby board and card games, publishing titles across party, family, and strategy categories. Directly comparable to R&R Games in product mix but operates at vastly greater scale with extensive international distribution.
• Mattel: Mass-market toy and games company with party and family game lines (UNO, Apples to Apples). A broad incumbent that competes with R&R in the family/party game space via mass-market retail, though its hobby-channel presence is limited.

Direct peers

• Stonemaier Games: Independent tabletop publisher known for strategy and family games (Wingspan, Scythe). Comparable in size, independent ownership model, and reliance on hobby-channel distribution and Kickstarter-style launches.
• CMON (Cool Mini Or Not): Publisher of hobby board and miniature games such as Zombicide and Marvel United. Overlaps with R&R in hobby retail channels and strategy/family game categories, though typically larger production scale.
• Repos Production: Belgian publisher of Concept and 7 Wonders, a Euro-style strategy/party game line. Comparable in publishing party and strategy titles, with similar specialty/hobby distribution in Europe and North America.
• IELLO: French/Asian board and card game publisher behind King of Tokyo and other family/party titles. Direct overlap with R&R in party and family game categories, and similar international hobby-channel distribution model.
• USAopoly: US-based publisher of family, party, and strategy games, with strong specialty retail presence. Direct competitor in hobby and specialty game retail channels, sharing R&R's North American focus.
• Cryptozoic Entertainment: Publisher of tabletop games including party, strategy, and licensed titles, distributed through hobby and mass-market channels. Comparable in product mix and reliance on specialty game retail.
• Steve Jackson Games: Long-running independent tabletop publisher of card and party games (Munchkin, GURPS). Comparable as a small, privately held hobby publisher with multi-decade history and a catalog of card/party titles.
• Bezier Games: Independent US publisher of strategy, party, and family games (One Night Ultimate Werewolf). Similar in scale and independent-family ownership, with overlapping hobby retail distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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