Hello! :) On Monday we will be releasing an update that will fix all reported problems with 8-Minute-Empire! As a result, old saves might not be working after we release the patch.

You can read more about discounts here! bit.ly/turnbasedfest2022
That's right! From 8th to 12th of December we are offering you up to 70% discount! We are not limiting ourselves to Steam - check out the amazing deals on other platforms!

Take a walk on the streets of Istanbul to discover its beauty; build the greatest trading (eight-minute?) Empire in ancient Rome; or perhaps you'd like to develop your own Eternal City in Charterstone? Now you can do all of these things for a discounted price! So don't let this summer sale miss you - grab your favorite game now!

The long awaited first major DLC for Concordia: Digital Edition is now available for purchase!



As of now you can access Salt and Forum modules, and Hispania and Byzantium maps on iOS, Android, Steam, and GOG!

Salt is a new kind of trading good that can not be bought or sold - it can only be acquired from Salt producing cities. It's also the most valuable of all the trading goods, as it can serve as any other good for the purposes of house construction or points scoring!



Forum is a mechanic bringing a whole new set of Forum Cards, where you get patricians and regular citizens to help you throughout the game. The bonuses they provide are either a one-time use powerful ability or an ongoing change to core game mechanics.



Hispania & Byzantium are the two maps that come with the Salsa DLC. They don't bring any new mechanics by themselves, but the different layout in itself will significantly impact the gameplay and the tactics.



Last call for the tournament!

Don't forget you can still sign up for the Concordia: Digital Edition Online Tournament!

All you need is the base game of Concordia and the will to compete! The event is completely free of charge and there are real prizes to be won provided by us (Acram Digital) and PD-Verlag - the publisher of the tabletop Concordia!

More information here.

Big news for all you Concordia fans!

[h2]The first of the three big DLC pieces is releasing next week - on the 27th of January 2022![/h2]

Salsa introduces two modules - Salt trading good, and Forum mechanic, and two more additional maps - Hispania and Byzantium!

Salt is a new kind of trading good that can not be bought or sold - it can only be acquired from Salt producing cities. It's also the most valuable of all the trading goods, as it can serve as any other good for the purposes of house construction or points scoring!



Forum is a mechanic bringing a whole new set of Forum Cards, where you get patricians and regular citizens to help you throughout the game. The bonuses they provide are either a one-time use powerful ability or an ongoing change to core game mechanics.



Hispania & Byzantium are the two maps that come with the Salsa DLC. They don't bring any new mechanics by themselves, but the different layout in itself will significantly impact the gameplay and the tactics.



Salsa DLC has been in beta testing for a while now - both by the dedicated beta testers as well as the Season Pass owners who chose to try and err the beta content.

And if you're excited about trying content early - you still can! The Season Pass owners, regardless of platform, can always opt in and out of the beta content and try the DLCs mechanics and maps a bit ahead of time!

Add Salsa to your wishlist today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707530/Concordia_Digital_Edition__Salsa/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708670/Concordia_Digital_Edition__Season_Pass/

It's that time of year again - our tournament is back, and this time we're playing Concordia!

Just like previously (3 Istanbul events, one Eight-Minute Empire event) - we come forth with an invitation to everyone!

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, a casual dabbler, or a pro at Concordia - you'll find something for you in this event.

Sign up for the tournament for free, and enjoy some games against people from across the globe! All you need is a copy of Concordia on any of your devices, and you're good to go. You can even win prizes if you do well enough!
You can find a full description, rundown of the rules, and other useful info here.

Bewteen now and the 5th of January all of our games are on sale! Up to 70% off!

Digital Board Games are a perfect way to connect with friends over long distances, make new friends, pass the time on long-distance travels or just spend long Winter eveningns!

For more discounts, on other platforms, !

Get them now, while they're till hot!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4451/EightMinute_Empire_Emperor_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22909/Concordia_Digital_Edition__Imperial_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2958/Steam_Rails_to_Riches__Golden_Train_Edition/

From the 24th until the 30th of November, our digital board games go on sale of up to 63%!

This will cover Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and a few more bonus days!

Digital Board Games are a perfect way to spend the long Autumn evenings!

For the full rundown of the discounts check our our blog post.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4451/EightMinute_Empire_Emperor_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450330/Concordia_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2958/Steam_Rails_to_Riches__Golden_Train_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/

Between the 28th of October and the 1st of November, Eight-Minute Empire, Steam: Rails to Riches, Istanbul: Digital Edition, and Charterstone: Digital Edition are on a discount of up to 63%!


Expand your digital board games collection and celebrate Halloween with your favorite board games on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4451/EightMinute_Empire_Emperor_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2958/Steam_Rails_to_Riches__Golden_Train_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/

The Digital Tabletop Fest is the perfect opportunity to expand your Digital Board Games collection!

Not only does the sale cover the base games, but the expansions and bundle packs as well!

Our Digital Board Games go on significant discounts for the next five days!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4451/EightMinute_Empire_Emperor_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2958/Steam_Rails_to_Riches__Golden_Train_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/

Expand your Digital Board Games collection today!

As per popular demand, we bring you our official Discord channel! And everybody is cordially invited!

https://discord.com/invite/2k7DDwNn7y

Find opponents, discuss strategies, post feedback, or just chill out with new friends!

Join our official Acram Digital Board Games Discord today!

The day has finally come! It's time to take up the mantle of a Roman merchant and follow the imperial expansion with your trade routes.

What's more - with Imperial Bundle, you can make sure to get the base game and every to-be-released DLC at a noticeable discount! It's 40% for the nearest week!

Build up workshops, expand your franchises and trade your way to wealth! Become the greatest merchant of ancient Rome in Concordia: Digital Edition!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450330/Concordia_Digital_Edition/

Get ready everyone! On the 28th of September the great race for the title of the best merchant of Ancient Rome begins!

And after that - be on the lookout. Beta tests of the DLC expansions are looming just around the corner...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450330/Concordia_Digital_Edition/

Between right now, the 24th of June, and the 8th of July all of our games go on huge discounts on all the platforms. And the discounts are by no means insignificant - you can get some of the best digital board games for up to 63% cheaper!


Unfortunately, the sale will only last for a week in the iOS and Android stores - so between the 24th of June and the 1st of July.

The full rundown of the discounts can be found here: https://bit.ly/3d8exWY

https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450330/Concordia_Digital_Edition/

Old versus new, classic vs revamped - join us in the Concordia: Digital Edition group for the most important vote yet - and make your voice heard!

The group for Concordia: Digital Edition was made so that you, the players, had the opportunity to tell us, the developers, what you expect from the game. Weve asked questions there, ran polls and taken many a sip from the proverbial well of knowledge that is the user feedback.



But now is the time for the most important vote yet. Above you can see two approaches to the visual style of the game. Our initial designs to the right and the new approach to the left.

We do have our favorite, but its not about us - its about you. So join the Concordia: Digital Edition group now, vote, and let us know which one YOU think is better (and why).

From nearly 90 players the champion emerges Troubleintokyo currently holds the title of The Best Merchant in Istanbul! In the very quick 16-round game he took over Vittorio (2nd place), KingMePlease (3rd place) and the two runner-ups Pintachan (who was also a finlaist in the 1st tournament) and asturia.

The champion has won the Big Box provided by Pegasus Spiele, and every contestant who reached the Championship Phase receives a code for one of our games of their chosing. If you wish to know about the structure of the event, read .

But about the games themselves we gathered some (hopefully) interesting stats throughout the tournament! You can see them .

If this at all sparks your interest be on the lookout! The next event will be in, roughly, half a year, after the release of Concordia: Digital Edition and will involve, naturally, Concordia itself!



If you dont want to miss it, check out the games page and where you can help us create the game that is perfect for you!

Not only Eight-Minute Empire, though. In fact, all of our gameson all the platforms (iOS, Android, Steam, Nintendo Switch) - it's the perfect moment to round up your digital board games collection!

https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/Acram

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/?curator_clanid=39565327

https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/?curator_clanid=39565327

https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/?curator_clanid=39565327

Get them now!

The year of the Ox has finally arrived, and with it - a new sale of all of our Digital Board games!

And when we say all we do mean all - every game we have thus released, every platform it has been released on and in every region (looking at you, Nintendo Switch) - is discounted! And those are hefty discounts too - they go up to 65%!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/

See of our other discounts and our newest project here:
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Acram

Between now and the 4th of January 2021 our games are discounted for up to 70%!

All of our games on all the platforms go on massive discounts. Winter holiday is the perfect opportunity to expand your digital collection.

For more information and other platforms visit our website: https://bit.ly/3rm9aJe

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/

Get them now!

Between right now and the 1st of December all of our Digital Board Games go on sale on all of the platforms!

This means that even if you already own some, or all, of our games it's a great moment to pick them up on another device! Remember - all our games support cross platform multiplayer, which means you can play your online games from whichever, and against whichever device you wish!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/

And if you want to check out our games on other platforms - Nintendo Switch, iOS or Android - just follow these links:

• Charterstone: Digital Edition
  
• Istanbul: Digital Edition
  
• Eight-Minute Empire
  
• Steam: Rails to Riches
  

Thank you, Valve for giving table top games a digital spotlight!

Many people don't realize how cool board games can be. Even less realize how cool digital ones are!

This is the perfect opportunity for you to discover any and all of our discounted digital boardgames. Check them out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590/EightMinute_Empire/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/

Long story short - we're streamlining our operation, legally speaking, from our end and we had to add Acram Digital Sp. z o.o. (which would translate to Acram Digital Ltd.) to our privacy policy.

Once you launch the game, once the update goes through that is, you'll be faced with a pop-up message about just that. If you continue past that message you will have conceded to our new updated Privacy Policy.

But as I have mentioned, nothing apart from this addition has changed in it, so do not worry!

Should you be interested, you can read our Privacy Policy HERE.

Steam: Rails to Riches, Istanbul: Digital Edition, Charterstone: Digital Edition, and Eight-Minute Empire are all on discount between the 25th of June and the 9th of July on all platforms - Steam, iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch!

The exception is NA Nintendo eShop, where the discounts will end on the 2nd of July, unfortunately.

The game will be available for purchase on the 26th of March, 2020 on Steam, iOS and Android!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/


In the meantime: have a look at our 5th Charter Trailer - Purple!

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Charterstone: Digital Edition is being released later this month. While you wait - why not have a look at our 4th Charter preview? Grey - the land of riches and spookyness.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660

Charterstone: Digital Edition is due to being released next month. In the meantime, take a look at our third Charter Trailer - Blue, the Charter of the most sophisticated tech!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/

Charterstone: Digital Edition is planned to release very soon - in March in fact!

Meanwhile, you can watch our 2nd Charter preview - this time we take a look at Red - the land of clay and resource manipulation!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/

Digital Board Games by Acram Digital and Mobo Studio on sale!



Celebrate this Lunar New Year Sale with some of the best digital board games adaptations ever released!

Up to 70% off, and the sale does include, and is cumulative with, the discounts on all the DLCs and additional maps for all of our games!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/595930/Steam_Rails_to_Riches/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/943410/Istanbul_Digital_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/656590

Last year we organized a very successful (if I do say so myself) Online Tournament of Istanbul: Digital Edition. This year we'll give our other game a go.

Ladies and gentlemen, nerds and nerdettes, we hereby invite you to take part in our Eight-Minute Empire Online Tournament!

All you need to do is fill out the participation form and own the base game of Eight-Minute Empire on any platform. That's it!

You have plenty of time to sign-up - until after New Year's in fact. Once the sign-up phase is complete, we will divide the players into tables and the event proper will begin!

Have I mentioned prizes? There will be prizes! The prize pool includes Roam, Megaland, Eight-Minute Empire: Legends, Eight-Minute Empire: Lost Lands and the base game of Eight-Minute Empire (sponsored by the game's designer and publisher Red Raven Games) as well as a bunch of codes for our digital board games - Istanbul: Digital Edition, Eight-Minute Empire (should you wish it for another platform, or as a gift), Steam: Rails to Riches and even Charterstone: Digital Edition!

Oh, and the event is free of charge.

So don't wait and sign-up now! Everybody is welcome!

More information:
Facebook event
Our page

Autumn Sale, Black Friday and Cyber Monday - all rolled into one! Between the 26th of Novembver and the 3rd of December all our games, and their DLCs are on sale!

Just check this out:

• Istanbul: Digital Edition: 40% off!
  
  
• Eight-Minute Empire: up to 62% off!
  
  
• Steam: Rails to Riches: up to 70% off!
  
  

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046660/Charterstone_Digital_Edition/

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The Halloween sale is upon us!

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Between now and 1st of November all our digital board games are on massive discounts. Happy Halloween!

All our games, on all the platforms, just take a look at some of the offers:

Eight: Minute Empire - 40% off!
Istanbul: Digital Edition - 40% off!
Steam: Rails to Riches Golden Train Edition (Complete edition) - 63% off!

So don't wait and grab our digital board games on a platform of your choice.

Get them now!

Following the big multiplayer overhaul of the patch 1.2.5 we introduce following, smaller fixes:

- A rare issue of the game crashing during bidding stage in Online play was fixed.
- A rare issue of the open rooms list incorrectly displaying rooms having zero players was fixed.
- A fix to the loading of the saved online games. The game will load on the correct tab and with no visual issues.
- Small fixes to the German translation.
- Players who left the game will be marked as such in players panel (greyed out icon).

As of yesterday Eight-Minute Empire: Complete Edition (that you here on Steam know as the Emperor Edition) is available for purchase on Switch! At 15% off might we add!

The stuff included in the base Nintendo Switch release is as follows:

Eight-Minute Empire base game
Mountains Expansion
Old Europe Map
Archipelago of Azra Map
Southern Plains Map
Starfall Crater Map
Isthmus of Gom Map

Grab it here!

Good news! Per popular demand, we introduce a rework to the Online Play in Eight-Minute Empire! Its goal is to improve the quality of life during online play by adding some much asked for features and functionalities.

The changes are as follows:
- Asynchronous play - an inactive player will be removed by the server after 48 hours without making a move. No more unfinished games limbo!
- When creating a room a maximum amount of players can be set.
- The games will start automatically once the maximum amount of players is reached. The creator of a room no longer has to manually start the game.
- Synchronous play - the timer has been reworked. Now a player will be removed from the game only if they go offline (willingly or due to a disconnect) for three minutes.
- Fixed a bug that caused some players not seeing certain rooms from the Open Rooms list.
- Soon - possible cross-platform online play with the Nintendo Switch players (27.08.2019).

Starting today and until Monday (so 01.08 - 05.08) all of our digital board games are on massive discounts.

Istanbul: Digital Edition - 40% off!
Eight-Minute Empire (and all the DLCs) - 45% off!
Steam: Rails to Riches (and all the DLCs) - 45% off!

This means that the bundles - Eight-MInute Empire - Emperor's Edition and Steam: Rails to Riches - Golden Train Edition (both of which contain the base game and all the additional content) are altogether 59% cheaper than usually.

In other words, this is an amazing bargain, and if you haven't already, now is the best time to pick up our games!

Ladies and gents, this is not a drill!

There is only ONE DAY LEFT to pick up some of the best digital board games ever released on Windows, Mac and Linux!

Up to 55% discounts!

So if you haven't already... grab them cheaper while you can!

Ladies and gentlemen, nerds and nerdettes, is here! In the period of 25.06 to 09.07 all our games, including DLCs, are on sale!

Everything is 40% cheaper across the board:

Istanbul: Digital Edition
Eight-Minute Empire
Steam: Rails to Riches
And all the DLC maps!

But wait, there's more! This discount stacks with the bundle discount we already had!
You can get Eight-Minute Empire: Emperor Edition and Steam: Rails to Riches - Golden Train Edition even cheaper, by combining their usual -25% discount with the current -40%!

Oh, and if you already have all of our games... remember, you can still add
our upcoming game, Charterstone: Digital Edition, to your wishlist!

Stock up for the Summer with !

Easter is around the corner! It's Easter sale time! All of our games - at least 20% off for a week!

Thats correct, between the 18th and the 25th of April, Istanbul: Digital Edition is available for only $7.99! Meanwhile all of our other games, so Eight-Minute Empire and Steam: Rails to Riches can get up to 40% off!

It's a good time to grab a digital board game!

Yup, we know. We're hard at work to fix the issue.

It's either really broken, or broken beyond salvation. Either way, we WILL get it working again ASAP, but it may take time.

Thank you for understanding, and our sincere apologies.

Digital Board games enter this new lunar year of the pig (the most majestic of animals) properly discounted!

What better time to grab a new digital board game (and yes, we assume that you obviously already love one of the ones you have), than the beginning of the year of the pig? Ye, no better way, and please don't question the logic.

Steam: Rails to Riches and Eight-Minute Empire will be over 50% cheaper if purchased in bundles!

Istanbul: Digital Edition will be discounted by 30%, SRtR and 8ME 40% by themselves, and that includes DLCs.

Go grab one now!

Denizens of the internet, happy holidays...

We here at Mobo Studio would like to thank you, our players, for the continuous support and feedback youre giving us. You allow us to improve on our games all the time, and we are truly thankful. We sincerely hope this winter holiday season will be peaceful and filled with joy for all of you.

Now, we of course have to celebrate! Our digital board games are on sale gain!



Between December 20th and January 3rd all our games, including the DLCs are going to be discounted. And what better time to enjoy a good digital board game, than long winter afternoons?

Istanbul: Digital Edition

Eight-Minute Empire

Steam: Rails to Riches

All discounted, including the DLC maps. Saving time is upon us!

We are happy to announce that our digital adaptations of some of the best board games to have ever hit the tabletop are going on a week long sale! Between 21st and 28th of November our products will be up to 50% off on Steam.

Istanbul: Digital edition - 20% off
Eight-Minute Empire Emperors Edition - 50% off
Steam: Rails to Riches Golden Train Edition - 50% off

And if youre already a proud owner of any (or all of those) on your computer the promotions go even further on mobile devices! So if you want to try any of our digital board games on your Android or Apple device, now is the time to get them!

Happy day! Eight-Minute Empire is officially back!

Bad news is, and we apologize for it sincerely, that the DLCs are not available as of yet. But we are working on it, so, you know... Soon But to hopefully make it up to you - #8me is at a 10% discount for the time being. Happy times!

Cheers!

That is right! We are not quite sure as to the precise date, but we can confirm with utmost confidence, that Eight-Minute Empire will be available for purchase (again) very shortly indeed. Good news!

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Dear community,

As You may know, our Steam account has been suspended for an indefinite period of time. We are sincerely apologizing for that inconvenience and for the thing, that has been done by one of our members.

We realize, that it was an unacceptable mistake. Many game developers know, how important the reviews are and how they affect whole Steam system. A failure of reviews sometimes would mean an end for independent companies. This matter is now discussed with Steam authorities in order to find any optimal solution.

Our team will keep working on games like Istanbul (which will be released in June on mobile devices like iOS/Android and we will do our best to release the game on PC/Mac/Linux as well) and improving our previous ones. We hope that our further actions will regain trust of players.

We are taking this situation very seriously, we have learnt a lesson and we are sorry for this.

At the same time, we would like to thank all players who support us.

We hereby inform you that all our games, which were purchased on Steam, are still accessible through your Steam library.

Sincerely Yours,
Acram Digital

We've received a number of reports for Steam review manipulation on the titles Steam: Rails to Riches and Eight-Minute Empire, from Acram Digital. After investigating these reports we have found that the developer, Grzegorz Kubas, has been trying to inflate the user review score for his titles. This is against our policy, and something we take very seriously.

Because of Grzegorz's actions, we have removed all games/DLC developed by Acram from our store, and will no longer be doing business with him. Existing owners will be able to keep their titles.

We are happy to announce that we fixed some minor and major bugs. On the top of that, we added Steam achievements. To celebrate this, we are also giving you a map to play for free! Who said Mondays couldn't be good?

What changed?

- Old Europe map is free for everyone.

- You can join any room and play an online game, even if you don't have a particular map.

- Added Play Again button for online games.

- Added timer for a synchronous mode.

- Improved recruitment animation.

- Fixed full screen Linux bug.

- Added Steam achievements (your stats should give you some already!)

- Other minor game improvements.

We hope you enjoy them! Tell us what you like the most :D

Changes:
- Localization improved
- Zooming & Scrolling improved
- Fixed glitching maps on Mac OS
- Few more tutorial messages added.
- Achievements window improved (filters).
- Every achievement has its own icon now.
- Email notification to room's owner (when there are enough players to start the game) fixed
- Small fixes in AI
- Fixes for Isthmus of Gom map.
- Maps Selection Panel slightly improved.
- Auto-surrendering in sync game fixed.
- Silenced bid buttons when there are more than one local player.
- Credits window added

We are grateful for all the feedback and suggestions we have received. Please note that you can always send as a feedback from the help panel.