R&R Games

R&R Games, Inc. is an international publisher and distributor of family entertainment products with a focus on original board games and toys.^[1][2][3][4] Since its formation in 1996 by Frank DiLorenzo & Edward Miller, they have published hundreds of games, and are best known for their casual, family oriented board games.^[5][6] Their bestselling games include Times Up!, Hanabi,^[7] and Rajas of the Ganges.

R&R Games has received many awards from notable board game reviewers including BoardGameGeek’s The Golden Geek, Mensa Select and The Dice Tower. Their most notable award-winning games include:

• Hanabi, Spiel Des Jahres Game of the Year Award^[8]
• Rajas of the Ganges, Spiel of Approval Award^[9]
• Time’s Up!, Mensa Select Winner^[10] and Golden Geek Award from BoardGameGeek^[11]
• Hide & Seek Safari Monkey II, Preferred Choice Award^[12]
• MiMiQ, NAPPA “Gold Award” Winner^[13] and “Laugh Out Loud” Award Winner^[14]
• Cup-A-Cup, Oppenheim Award Platinum^[15]
• Birds, Bugs and Beans, 2004 “Seal of Approval” from The National Parenting Center^[16]
• Slideways, “Figgie” Award for Most Innovative Game^[17]
• Mystic Paths, “Casual Game Recommended” by Casual Game Insider Report^[18]

Frank DiLorenzo grew up playing board games with his five siblings.^[19] After losing his job as an engineer, he decided to go into board games.^[20] DiLorenzo began in 1996 with just a few games a year, beginning with Riddles & Riches.^[21] For the first few years in business, DiLorenzo indicated his company operated at a loss before it slowly broke even over time. It wasn't until 2000, four years post-Riddles & Riches, that it started turning a modest profit at 50,000 games a year.^[22] By 2008, he was selling over 75,000 games a year.^[23][24][25]

As a designer of treasure hunts, DiLorenzo wanted to imbue his games with the “mystique of hidden treasure adventure and excitement.”^[26] Riddles & Riches, an investigation and exploration pursuit experience themed as a treasure hunt, even included an actual treasure hunt within the game.^[27][28] Since then, many (if not all) of R&R’s games include a hidden treasure hunt within the game.^[29][30]

DiLorenzo has said that one of the primary puzzles revolves around what exactly what the letters in the term "R&R" represent.^[31] In many of his interviews, he’s suggested that treasures (including clues to the meaning of the company's name) have been hidden throughout many of their games through a process called Hidden Hunts.^[32] All of these Hidden Hunts provide prizes to the people who solve them. Being the first to solve a Hunt may merit a prize, cash or otherwise, and many of the Hunts have offered plenty of runner-up prizes as well. Hundreds of clues have already been found. R&R states that some Hidden Hunts still remain unsolved, including the meaning of R&R's name. More Hunts are released each year.^[33]