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PORO
The dice game that gets the whole table shouting.
Pre-order at poroo.fi (opens in a new tab)A Finnish board game company
Games from the far north
We make board games worth coming back to. The first one is PORO: a dice game shaped over ten years at a table full of friends, with its first print run now at the printers.
Who we are
BoardGameBoys is a Finnish board game company. We make games born out of northern evenings and meant for the whole table, not just for gamers.
We are a young studio doing this the modern way. Design, quality control and sales all happen around the same table, without the old playbook and without needless middlemen.
Games
One game on its way to the table, the next one in the works. Both start from the same idea: a northern evening that works as a game.
Coming
Name TBA
Our second game from the far north. The prototype is on the table.
Our story
Everything good starts at a table people want to come back to.
We didn't start this for the sake of one game. Our aim is to be the best game studio in the Nordics, and we measure that one way: by how many game nights run longer than anyone intended. PORO is our first attempt at it, and the next ones are already on the table.
PORO was played for the first time almost ten years ago. No rulebook, no plan, just dice, a group of friends and an evening that ran long. After that the game travelled to parties and summer cottages, and the dark evenings of the north eventually gave it its shape.
In 2026 we founded BoardGameBoys Oy so the game could reach other people's tables. It is still the same game, only printed now, with proper components and a rulebook.
Founders
Arvo Alanko
Operations and partnerships
Runs the company side and looks after retailers and partners, so that a game born at one table finds its way to everyone else's.
Tommi Rahkonen
Design and new games
Designs the games and makes sure the next prototype is already on the table before the previous one reaches the shop.
How a game is made
Between an idea and a finished box lies a large pile of game nights. Four things decide whether a game ever goes on sale.
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The evening first
A game starts from an atmosphere, not a mechanic. Northern lights, snowdrifts and reindeer bells aren't decoration on the side of the box; they are the evening the whole game came from.
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Game nights
Dozens of evenings and unfamiliar tables. A rule that has to be explained twice never makes it into the rulebook. A five-year-old and a grandparent have to hold their own at the same table, or the game isn't finished.
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Components
Thick board, proper dice and printing that doesn't wear out on the first evening. Every batch is inspected in Finland before the game goes on sale.
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Our own shop
The game is sold and shipped by us. The order comes straight to us, we pack the parcel, and email is answered by the person who made the game.
Contact
Retail, press, partnerships or just a question. Your message comes straight to us.