Games by Manuel Correia

Cortiça was officially released in April 2024 through the Board Game of the Month Club, Button Shy’s subscription service where backers receive a new game every month.

In the following year Gil d’Orey from Mebo Games contacted me about another of my prototypes and since they’ve published several games with Portuguese themes I brought up Cortiça.

The deadline for Button Shy’s design challenge was fast approaching so it was time to prepare the materials to submit.

The first prototype for The Machine I’ve been working on a new prototype which I’m calling “The Machine”.

Now that I had a playable prototype (with a theme and everything!)

The first prototype for Cortiça, handmade and still without a theme, or a name.

Photo of a cork oak tree in a dry Alentejo field, by António Carrapato At long last, let’s talk about Cortiça!

Hey everyone!

Every so often I look for talks about the process of designing games and only found a few.

I was interviewed by Alice Vilaça for the radio show “Portugueses no Mundo”, which is about the experiences Portuguese people have when they’re living abroad.