Our story
From lockdown to tables all over the world.
In 2020, two friends who love board games launched SAVANA. Today, our games are played in more than 25 countries, across four continents.
Our story, game by game.
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2020
It all starts during lockdown
Romain and Jean-Xia found SAVANA and launch their first games: Beat That!, Tengo Duo and the SOCIAL range.
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2022
Going international
Our games are translated and start crossing borders. Take Gem All joins the family.
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2023
Traitors Aboard, and a Grand Prix du Jouet
On 29 September 2023, Traitors Aboard comes out: our hidden-role game among pirates. It becomes our flagship title and wins the 2023 Grand Prix du Jouet.
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2025
New styles of play
Lacuna, an accessible strategy duel, and Emblems, somewhere between strategy and bluff. The team grows.
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2026
Big licences, and arts and crafts on the way
Traitors Aboard × One Piece and Smash Party Grizzy & the Lemmings hit the shelves. Next step: a line of arts and crafts.
25+
countries where people play SAVANA.
Translated and distributed for each market, our games travel across four continents.
Europe
Our home turf, from France to Central Europe.
Americas
From the north to the south of the continent.
Asia
Our games get people laughing on the other side of the world too.
Oceania
All the way to the antipodes.
The founders
Romain and Jean-Xia.
Friends since their student days, they used the first lockdown to invent games to share with family and friends. The evening project became a company.
Their ambition hasn’t changed: creating extra-ordinary moments, all over the world.
Meet the team