DV Games

DV Games is the publishing name associated with the Italian company daVinci Editrice, known internationally for card and board games. The company began its activity in 2001, and its catalog has consistently emphasized games that can be learned quickly while still creating direct interaction among players. Its publications are identifiable through the dV Games brand, which appears on Italian editions and on localized products sold in other markets. This history makes the company a publisher, not a single game studio or a general entertainment label.

Its best-known title is BANG!, a western-themed card game designed by Emiliano Sciarra. DaVinci Editrice first published it in 2002. Players receive secret roles, including Sheriff, Deputies, Outlaws, and Renegade, and use character powers and event cards while attempting to achieve different objectives. The hidden-role structure gives the game its central tension: players must infer loyalties from attacks and defenses rather than relying on an openly announced team. BANG! became the defining international success associated with DV Games and received numerous editions, expansions, and translations.

The publisher also built a second recognizable line with Deckscape, an escape-room card-game series created by Martino Chiacchiera and Silvano Sorrentino. Unlike a traditional board game, each Deckscape box presents puzzles and narrative challenges through a compact deck of cards. Players solve problems in sequence, often marking, folding, or otherwise altering cards; consequently, the physical components are part of the puzzle system rather than merely counters and tokens. The series includes themed installments such as The Secret of Eldorado, Test Time, and Heist in Venice.

Another important DV Games property is Bang! The Dice Game, which translates the original western conflict into simultaneous dice rolling. It keeps the secret roles and character identities but replaces the original card-driven attack system with custom dice and quicker rounds. The company has also published titles outside these flagship families, including strategy, family, party, and licensed games. Catalog details vary by territory, because DV Games has worked with international partners and different editions may carry different logos, component languages, or distribution credits.

These publications define DV Games more clearly than a generic publisher description. Its identity is tied to BANG!'s social deduction and western setting, and to Deckscape's portable puzzle format. The company is easiest to verify through its titles, designers, edition histories, and product rules. For players, DV Games remains an Italian publisher whose visible exports center on conversation, deduction, and problem solving.