The Story of Codenames - Making Board Games Ep.5

In the fifth episode of our docuseries, we take a look at the Codenames phenomenon. We walk down memory lane of its creation and we uncover how such a small game changed the scene not only Czech Games Edition but also the entire board game scene as we knew it.

Making Board Games Docuseries goes through untold stories and a behind-the-scenes view of the board game scene in the last 2 decades, from developers, artists and designers who bring life to the games to board game reviewers and community members who have played and loved these games, this documentary series is a celebration of the board game hobby!

00:00 Intro
00:26 The phenomenon of Codenames
05:05 The beginning of Codenames
11:40 Gen Con Release
15:48 Production issues
19:03 The words in Codenames
21:26 The Spiel Des Jahres
24:28 Codenames Pictures
25:01 Codenames Duet
27:05 Codenames Undercover
27:46 licensed versions of Codenames
28:32 Codenames online
30:45 Codenames Ukraine
34:29 Epilogue
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