Russia destroyed a ROZUM warehouse containing 200,000 board games
On the night of August 1, Russian troops struck a logistics center in Vyshneve, Kyiv Oblast. As a result of the attack, the warehouse of the board game publisher ROZUM was completely destroyed by fire. Approximately 200,000 games were stored there, and the company estimates its preliminary losses at 25–30 million hryvnias. No one was killed during the strike.
On the night of August 1, Russian troops launched a missile strike on a logistics center in Vyshneve. As a result of the attack, the warehouse of the Ukrainian board game publisher ROZUM was completely destroyed by fire. The company is part of the “Factor” Group of Companies. The warehouse stored the publisher’s entire product line. The fire destroyed approximately 200,000 board games.
“The warehouse held the publisher’s entire product line—200,000 board games were destroyed by the fire. All available copies of international and Ukrainian bestsellers such as ‘CATAN,’ "Explosive Kittens," "Who’s on Top?" based on the TV show of the same name, "The Amateurs’ Club," and many others," the Factor Group of Companies reported.
Preliminary estimates indicate that ROZUM lost approximately 25–30 million hryvnias worth of products due to the warehouse fire. At the same time, the most important thing is that no one was killed during the attack. “However, the most important thing is that there were no human casualties,” the company noted.
What Was Destroyed in the Warehouse
ROZUM has been operating in the Ukrainian market for eight years. Its board games are sold in many retail chains throughout Ukraine. As a result of the fire, the publisher lost all available copies of the games that were stored in the warehouse. Among them were the popular “CATAN,” “Exploding Kittens,” “Who’s on Top?”—based on the TV show of the same name—and “The Amateurs’ Club.”
Other games that the publisher had planned to sell in Ukraine were also destroyed. This year, ROZUM was preparing major releases based on well-known licenses. These were to include games based on the shows “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, “The Bachelor,” “Supermom,” and “Love for Survival.” Separately, the publisher had planned a series of board games based on the “Harry Potter” universe for the fall.
ROZUM Plans to Resume Operations
Despite the massive losses, the publisher has no intention of halting operations. Experts are currently assessing the impact of the attack and calculating the damages. At the same time, the company is developing a plan to help resume operations and continue producing board games for Ukrainians.
ROZUM emphasizes that it wants to resume operations despite the destruction of its entire warehouse. You can support the publishing house through a special page on its official website. Another way to help is to buy ROZUM products for yourself, your friends, and your children. The Russian attack effectively destroyed the publisher’s entire stock of finished products, but the company plans to recover and continue operating in the Ukrainian market. This is stated in a Facebook post.
On the night of August 1, Russia launched a massive ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Several of the strikes were captured on the body cameras of patrol officers who were assisting people at the impact sites at the time.
