Gremlins, Inc. News

[h2]10TH ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT[/h2]

The tournament starts on March 11, with the following rules:

11 Mar 2026 (12:00 GMT) – 17 Mar 2026 (12:00 GMT) (6 days)

[h3]EUROPE[/h3]

ːcardsː Players: 4
ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 score
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
:magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden
ːcheatdiceː Characters: random
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork Town (field 1)

Tournament points (place/points):

1. +120
2. +20
3. +4
4. +1

Players get tournament points for the first 10 sessions.

[h3]ASIA[/h3]

ːcardsː Players: 2
ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 score
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
:magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden
ːcheatdiceː Characters: random
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork Town (field 1)

Tournament points (place/points):

1. +120
2. +20

Players get tournament points for the first 20 sessions.

[h3]MAIN PRIZES[/h3]

The following prizes are awarded to players who occupy the following places, separately on EUROPE and on ASIA servers:

1. A set of Gremlins, Inc. enamel pins (4 pins)
   5x illegal box of goods
   Champion's trail
   
2. A set of Gremlins, Inc. enamel pins (4 pins)
   4x illegal box of goods
   
3. 3x illegal box of goods
   
4. 2x illegal box of goods
   
5. 2x illegal box of goods
   
6. 2x contraband box of goods
   
7. 2x contraband box of goods
   
8. 1x contraband box of goods
   
9. 1x contraband box of goods
   
10. 1x contraband box of goods

[h3]Additional prizes[/h3]

EUROPE
:SneakyChest: 5 victories in a row: 1x illegal box of goods
:SneakyChest: 10 victories in a row: Original Gremlins, Inc. T-shirt on top of this

ASIA
:SneakyChest: 10 victories in a row: 1x illegal box of goods
:SneakyChest: 20 victories in a row: Original Gremlins, Inc. T-shirt on top of this

[h3]Bounty hunter's award[/h3]
The first player to win against the player with the highest number of tournament points:

EUROPE
:SneakyChest: 1x illegal box of goods

ASIA
:SneakyChest: 1x illegal box of goods

[h3]Secret Award[/h3]
The secret rule will be disclosed after the end of tournament.
:SneakyChest: 1x illegal box of goods

[h3]Important: Right holders of prizes requiring delivery should contact us in one of the following ways:[/h3]
Send an email to ur charlieoscar.net Join the official Gremlins, Inc. discord and send a DM to Standard of Ur
Invite Standard of Ur to be your Steam friend and use steam chat

The following information is required for delivery:
Zip code (Postal code)
Address
Name
Phone number
There may be logistical challenges when shipping prizes to some of the countries (e.g. Russia, Belarus). In this case we will look for a solution with a delivery to your friends in a country which we can reach, and which can then re-send the package to you – we will try to do our best to have the prizes delivered; however, please keep in mind that it may take time.

Good Luck!!

[Team CO]

On Friday (14/02), we have updated the game to version 1.247.6.

The update is small, and all the changes are on the client side.



Several spelling mistakes are fixed in the following languages –

• Japanese
  
• Russian
  
• Simplified Chinese

Thanks to those who reported typos and unclear language here on Steam, on QQ and on Discord.

In Simplified Chinese, several descriptions of card rules have been edited to become easier to understand.



The description of the character ability ːsunnyemoː "Servant of justice" has been made easier to understand – thanks to Sam, our Chinese translator, who worked on the Simplified Chinese version of this ability, and proposed an edit that was superior to the existing text. As of now, this edit has been propagated to English, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese translations.

If you notice something that's puzzling or less clear than desired, we're always there for you on Steam Forums and the Discord server, and will appreciate a description of the situation.

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we invite you to join...



[h2]LUNAR NEW YEAR TOURNAMENT[/h2]

The tournament starts on February 16, with the following rules:

16 Feb 2026 (12:00 GMT) – 23 Feb 2026 (12:00 GMT) (7 days)

[h3]EUROPE[/h3]

ːcardsː Players: 4
ːscoreː Victory condition: 40 rounds
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: ---
:magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden
ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork Colony (2)

Tournament points (place/points):

1. +120
2. +20
3. +4
4. +1

Players get tournament points for the first 10 sessions.

[h3]ASIA[/h3]

ːcardsː Players: 2
ːscoreː Victory condition: 40 rounds
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: ---
:magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden
ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork Colony (2)

Tournament points (place/points):

1. +120
2. +20

Players get tournament points for the first 20 sessions.

[h3]MAIN PRIZES[/h3]

The following prizes are awarded to players who occupy the following places, separately on EUROPE and on ASIA servers:

1. A set of Gremlins, Inc. enamel pins (4 pins)
   3x illegal box of goods
   Champion's trail
   A Smart Plug
   
2. A set of Gremlins, Inc. enamel pins (4 pins)
   3x illegal box of goods
   A Smart Plug
   
3. 3x illegal box of goods
   
4. 2x illegal box of goods
   
5. 2x illegal box of goods
   
6. 2x contraband box of goods
   
7. 2x contraband box of goods
   
8. 1x contraband box of goods
   
9. 1x contraband box of goods
   
10. 1x contraband box of goods

[h3]Additional prizes[/h3]

EUROPE
:SneakyChest: 5 victories in a row: 1x illegal box of goods
:SneakyChest: 10 victories in a row: 2x illegal box of goods on top of this

ASIA
:SneakyChest: 10 victories in a row: 1x illegal box of goods
:SneakyChest: 20 victories in a row: 2x illegal box of goods on top of this

[h3]Bounty hunter's award[/h3]
The first player to win against the player with the highest number of tournament points:

EUROPE
:SneakyChest: A Smart Plug

ASIA
:SneakyChest: A Smart Plug

[h3]Secret Award[/h3]
The secret rule will be disclosed after the end of tournament.
:SneakyChest: 1x illegal box of goods

[h3]TOURNAMENT RESULTS!![/h3]

EUROPE

TOP10

• 1st drovnik 1100 points
  
• 2nd .Grem 984 points
  
• 3rd 勝者Mugiwara♚ 981 points
  
• 4th Gruntaler148 965 points
  
• 5th kyazu 900 points
  
• 6th Shytongue 868 points
  
• 7th Elite Rogue 865 points
  
• 7th KK 865 points
  
• 7th SketchyBenito 865 points
  
• 10th kanami 864 points

5 victories in a row

• drovnik 7 victories in a row
  
• kyazu 6 victories in a row
  
• .Grem 5 victories in a row
  
• Gruntaler148 5 victories in a row
  
• L.D.Max 5 victories in a row
  
• Spidor-man 5 victories in a row
  
• Yone † 5 victories in a row

Bounty hunter's award

• Eden hunt:drovnik

Secret Award (Lucky Award: 25th, 50th, 75th and 100th player from the top on the tournament board)

• 25th Broutemobile
  
• 50th DrunkLetter
  
• 75th redzoon
  
• 100th Perrow

ASIA

TOP10

• 1st FOX 2200 points
  
• 2nd 小白 2100 points
  
• 3rd 弱势永久卡D 2000 points
  
• 4th omurai 1960 points
  
• 5th 菇男 1900 points
  
• 5th Declan 1900 points
  
• 5th 莉莉卡·露希蒂涅 1900 points
  
• 5th 雅 1900 points
  
• 5th 纱耶 1900 points
  
• 5th lonely 1900 points

10 victories in a row

• FOX 13 victories in a row
  
• Declan 12 victories in a row
  
• 雅 11 victories in a row

Bounty hunter's award

• 两军交战，不杀厨子 hunt:FOX

Secret Award (Lucky Award: 25th, 50th, 75th and 100th player from the top on the tournament board)

• 25th 咕G噜G
  
• 50th 两军交战，不杀厨子
  
• 75th ladykatie
  
• 100th 穿山甲

[h3]DELIVERY OF PRIZES[/h3]

If you win one of the prizes, please contact us in one of the following ways in order to arrange the delivery:

• Send an email to ur charlieoscar.net
• Join the official Gremlins, Inc. Discord server, and DM Standard of Ur
  
• Invite Standard of Ur as a Steam friend, then use Steam Chat

The following information is required for delivery:

• Zip code (Postal code)
  
• Address
  
• Name, Surname
  
• Phone number

There may be logistical challenges when shipping prizes to some of the countries (e.g. Russia, Belarus). In this case we will look for a solution with a delivery to your friends in a country which we can reach, and which can then re-send the package to you – we will try to do our best to have the prizes delivered; however, please keep in mind that it may take time.

Please note that if we do not receive contact regarding prizes requiring shipment by March 20, 2023, at 12:00 GMT, the winner's right to receive the prize will be forfeited.

Thanks to every player who participated in the tournament.

[Team CO]

We have updated the game today to version 1.247.5.

The update is small, and all the changes are on the client side.

Spelling mistakes fixed, descriptions of rules improve, in the following languages –

• English
  
• Japanese
  
• Spanish
  
• Russian
  
• Simplified Chinese

Thanks to everyone who reported typos and unclear language.

If you have more to report, we're always there for you on Steam Forums and on the Discord server.

Good morning, dear players:

This radio station is back on air to bring you a bit of news.

We started the year of 2025 with the campaign of weekly updates for Gremlins, Inc. Our initial goal was to keep updating the game until the end of the year; we ended up releasing a total of 24 updates by July. While that's not a bad number, it's true that we set a goal that was a little too unrealistic.

Having released these updates, we managed to harmonize most of the Japanese, English and Russian texts in the game, focusing on clarity and terminology. And now the time has come to improve the texts in Simplified Chinese, as you will learn from this announcement.

Outside of Gremlins, Inc., in 2025 we released a playable demo of Sister ion a Dragon, our take on turn-based combat that mixes magic and weapons. Following the release of the demo, we placed that project on pause – because we bit more than we could chew, and will need to increase our team's bandwidth to continue.

At the same time, we liked the combat system that we created there (see if you can beat all the challenges in this demo!), and it's quite possible that eventually we will create a multiplayer version of this game, “a duel of mages” with an arena-type sequence of fights. But that’s for the future.

Now, once Sister of a Dragon was placed on pause, we turned our attention to a project that some of you may be already familiar with: a card game set in the world of gremlins, which is now called Gremlins, Inc. – Cards & Projects. It first exited as a real-life deck, then as a print-and-play DLC, and now it's a proper digital board game. Keep reading for more details about it.

All in all, today we have a few good news for you:

• we’re releasing a ːcardsː new card for Gremlins, Inc. – a tribute to our neighbors at Lazy Bear Games studio; plus, we introduce minor balancing changes for two other cards.
  
  
• we’re starting on the harmonization of the ːchinaː Simplified Chinese texts in Gremlins, Inc., so that a large part of our audience can enjoy rules that are easier to understand, and a terminology that's more consistent.
  
  
• with today's release, we're updating ːcursecardːin-game texts in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, English, Russian and Spanish, plus fixes for smaller issues like spelling in a number of other languages.
  
  
• we’re also introducing our new game set in the world of gremlins, titled ːcheatdiceː Gremlins, Inc. – Cards & Projects: a true digital board game where the UI allows you to experience the intensity that’s simply impossible in the real world

As always, we remain open to comments and suggestions on all the fronts.

Have fun, thanks for sticking with us – and a warm welcome to all the new players!

[h2]NEW CARD[/h2]

[h3]ːcardsː GRAVEYARD KEEPER[/h3]

Special rule:

When any active permanent card is discarded: it’s resurrected and transferred to you, while you discard this card.

Background story:

This card was inspired by our experience of working with Nikita Kulaga on Sister of a Dragon. Nikita is the game designer at Lazy Bear Games, and his most successful game is Graveyard Keeper. We wanted to include a reference to his work.

So, first came the name. Then came the permanent card with an effect that fit the name, and involved a bit of a risk. This card is a little similar to ːcardsː The Counterfeit, but instead of actively stealing someone else's permanent, here the ability is reactive.

Please be careful not to be pressured into paying off ːcardsː Quick loan.

[h2]BALANCING CHANGES[/h2]

[h3]ːcardsː OLIGARCH[/h3]





Reason:

While the effect of this card is one-time use, and fairly small, the value of 2ːmaliceː is feels a bit too much. In the community, some players expressed that they do not want to play this card in the early stages of the session.

[h3]ːcardsː SECRET WAREHOUSE[/h3]





Reason:

The large swings in luck involved in playing this card caused frustration among players: for example, if you had 5 active permanent cards, playing this card instantly got you 11ːscoreː.

Having 5 active permanent cards is quite a feat in itself. However, the sheer luck of drawing this card in that moment can sometimes bring about drastic changes in the session, such as almost ending it, or deciding on the winner, which likely caused the frustration.

Because of this, we decided to reduce the score that is received at once, without changing the power of the card itself. Instead, we made it so that players could get money along with the score. Playing this card won't give you a huge score unless you use the money that you receive, to play more cards. This means that you'll need to play more strategically, and there's a greater chance that others will have a chance to interfere with your plan along the way.

[h2]SIMPLIFIED CHINESE: FEEDBACK WELCOME![/h2]

The largest part of the audience of Gremlins, Inc. right now plays the game in the Simplified Chinese language (followed by Russian and Japanese languages). This is the result of many things, among them – the excellent work of our partners at HeyBox, to whom we are grateful for maintaining a local wiki base about the game; and the tradition of complex board games (including mahjong!) that exists in Asia. If you can play mahjong, keeping in mind all the combinations and opportunities – of course, you will excel in Gremlins, Inc.

In all these years, we translated the game into the Simplified Chinese through a friend's agency. It was reliable, and on time, but we never had a direct contact with a translator, and we never had someone just play the game to see where the style is off, or maybe the translation is no longer up to date.

We're privileged to have met Sam, a professional translator based in China, who signed up to work with us on improving the quality of the Simplified Chinese localization of Gremlins, Inc. – and best of all, Sam also already started to work on Gremlins, Inc. – Cards & Projects, so that its playtest will already be available with a proper translation.

If you play Gremlins, Inc. in Simplified Chinese, please share with us here or on Discord any feedback that you may have on the edits to the texts that may be necessary, in your opinion.

We also would love to know if you have any interest in playing this game – or the upcoming Cards & Projects – in the Traditional Chinese language. We have not localized into that language before and we're uncertain about how much demand there could be.

[h2]TEXT EDITS[/h2]

With his update, we have improved a number of texts in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, English and Spanish. This is a part of the regular "housekeeping" that we do from time to time, whenever someone reports a spelling mistake or a rule that's not described with enough clarity.

As we work on improving the Chinese version, we will be shipping similar updates once in a while; so if you have any suggestions on what to change, please let us know.

[h2]NEW GAME: GREMLINS, INC. – CARDS & PROJECTS[/h2]

We are a few weeks away from the start of Steam Playtest for our new digital board game (you can already sign up on its store page):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/860560/Gremlins_Inc__Cards__Projects/

The game is based on a deck of cards, and the system of projects; similarly to the current game, it allows you to both plan and derail the plans of the others.

The game has a single-player mode that doesn't require a connection to server (so, no need to have a separate app for this), and a multiplayer mode.



We first started developing this project a few years ago, as a proof-of-concept for a Nintendo Switch version. We have returned it into the active development mode since last September, and right now this is what everyone is busy with: we update the build almost every day, and we're very excited about the upcoming Steam Playtest when we will get the first player feedback.

At this time, we focus on the duels (1vs1). Once the game is in Early Access, we'll look into having 3 and more players, as well as into team format.

If you enjoy Gremlins, Inc., we invite you to join the Playtest.



For us, this is the project where many of the most requested features of Gremlins, Inc. can be finally made possible: we already support multiple win conditions, and our auto-complete user interface takes the lessons of Gremlins, Inc. and applies them to making the new game even more intense.

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With best regards,
CO's dev team