EuropeWarehousing, shipping, strategic partners, legal navigation across all of Europe, handled by board gamers.
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Some of the most beloved American publishers are the hardest to buy from in Europe.
Orders take too long, and replacement parts are even slower to follow, because whoever has your games doesn't really know them or how much they matter.
Late shipments to backers across Europe, angry comments, and reputation damage a smaller publisher can't afford.
Who is the importer of record? What has to go on the box? European customs is strict, and one wrong form leaves your whole shipment stuck at the border.
Import VAT, the refunds you're owed, and OSS for backers all over Europe. It's confusing, and the mistakes are expensive.
GameWiz is an award-winning European board game retailer. After six years and 30,000 orders shipped per year, we kept watching American publishers struggle over here, so we opened GameWiz Europe, the publisher-facing arm of our company. We love packing board games, and we want more American titles on European tables. A little selfish of us, sure.
We're a little OCD about packing games the best way possible. We even sleeve our cards, so yours are in good hands.
Voted #1 across every category, not just board games, in 2024 and 2025. Going for a third in 2026.
Your stock on our shelves, packed by specialists who know and love board games, and genuinely care about them.
Fast parcels and pallets across the EU, UK, Nordics, and Southern Europe, including fulfilment to your Kickstarter backers.
Our in-house lawyer handles importer of record, customs, box compliance (CE marks, warnings), VAT refunds, and OSS for backers across Europe.
A brand strategist to help you actually land in Europe, not just store boxes here. Keep invoicing from the US while we bridge the European side.
Not publishing. Not localization. The operational backbone.
Plenty of Western European warehouses are famously precise and polished, and precision is a real plus. But logistics isn't only precision. Sometimes you need to improvise, react fast, and think on your feet. That's where we come in, and being a little further east turns out to be an advantage.
Flexibility over rigidity. We fix things and react fast, not file tickets.
Central & close. Europe isn't as vast as the US. Based in Hungary, you can drive almost anywhere in a day.
Lower operating costs, so your money goes further.
A long history with US companies, even on the West Coast. We're night owls, so if you're up for a morning call we'll still be wide awake. And your parcels get packed and shipped while you sleep.
Native-level English. You never need a word of Hungarian. It's famously hard, so we'll spare you.
We understand games, because we sell them and love them.
Watch your own section of the warehouse whenever you like. Your games, your eyes on them, because you'll want to look at all those beautiful board games eventually anyway.
Message the warehouse team, not a ticket queue. Ask Dani anything and get a real answer from someone who actually knows your games.
You don't switch to our software. We build it around the way you already work, and our IT pro can tailor a system to your needs.
Fun fact: on our end it runs on lovingly 90s-DOS-inspired software, but how it looks on yours is entirely up to you.
Real board gamers, each one a specialist in their field. Combine them, and you get your perfect support team in Europe.
Kornél is endlessly passionate about three things: board games, this group of people, and cats. Happiest when there's something to untangle, and especially good with bugs.
Dorothy has a long history of doing business with Americans. She's your contact for anything you need: day-to-day questions, or anything about your brand and strategy in Europe. Fun fact: she lives for games. Call anything a game and she's 100% on board.
Kinga is the lawyer who helps find the way through the legal maze of entering Europe. She knows the twisty, turny corners of EU market rules and turns complicated rules and fine print into clear, practical next steps.
Dalma knows every nook and cranny of the warehouse. This whole place runs because of her, and she makes sure everything's ready on time. She's also a great mom and an incredible baker, so whenever you stop by, let us know. She'll definitely bake something for you.
Dani is the heart and soul of GameWiz, our longest-serving team member, who knows the brand inside out. He runs all our email and phone communication across Hungary and Europe with real passion. He's full of fun facts about biology (his original field), one of our best storytellers, a huge D&D fan, and a great cook.
The reigning champion of warehouse puns, delivered constantly and at very high quality. He always knows where the games are, and he'd never hide a board game, but he does sometimes hide chocolates for his colleagues to find. Fun fact: we have two Danis, and somehow everyone always knows which one we're calling for.
Don't let his fur fool you, this little guy is a core team member. He spends his days in the warehouse, friendly with every delivery person who handles boxes with care, and barking at anyone who doesn't. He's basically guarding your boxes, which is why we rarely have damages.
We're too far away to play them together — so let us do the next best thing.