{"id":492,"date":"2020-05-31T16:49:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retromat.org\/blog\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:20:19","slug":"history-of-retromat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retromat.org\/blog\/history-of-retromat\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Retromat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I like to look back at things, seeing how everything fell into place. So here is a history of all things Retromat. Let’s be real, it’s mostly for myself<\/a> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202602 – Corinna’s Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives<\/strong><\/a> launches as a book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202502 – First post of Corinna’s Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202404 – Launch of the German<\/strong> Retromat Miroboard Mega Template<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202303 – Launch of the Retromat Miroboard Mega Template<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202206 – Launch of Japanese<\/strong> version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20220506 – Launch of Polish<\/strong> version<\/a> on Retromat’s 10 Year Anniversary!! \\o\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20220406 – Launched Retromat Forum<\/strong><\/a> – Removed 6m later due to spam issues \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202102 – Launched responsive version <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

202011 – Launched Memberships \/ Supporters<\/a> for sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

202010 – Published 2nd book: Plans for Retrospectives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20200114 – it-agile starts distributing Print Retromat, giving me time focus on core Retromat stuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20191027 – Not much happened because I was courting burn out. Eventually I asked for everyone’s help to make Retromat sustainable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20180524 – Chinese<\/strong> version of Retromat launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20180523 – Retromat’s home is now retromat.org<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20180820 – Retromat Blog<\/a> launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20171215 – Russian<\/strong> version of Retromat launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2016223 – Retromat v2<\/strong> launched \u2013 During 2016, Timon Fiddike<\/a> joined me and rewrote the backend to be search-engine-friendly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20161027 – The Retromat eBook<\/strong><\/a> with all 120+ activities launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20150729 – Dutch<\/strong> version of Retromat launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20150407 – 100 Activities<\/strong> in Retromat \\o\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20150210 – “Retr-O-Mat” becomes “Retromat”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20150122 – German<\/strong> version of Retromat launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20140916 – Spanish<\/strong> version of Retromat launched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20140128 – French<\/strong> version of Retromat launched \u2013 the first translation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20131127 – The first edition of Print Retromat<\/strong><\/a> went on sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

20120506 – Retr-O-Mat goes live<\/strong> at plans-for-retrospectives.com with 16 activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You want details, too? Here’s a backup of all related blog posts from finding-marbles.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like to look back at things, seeing how everything fell into place. So here is a history of all things Retromat. Let’s be real, it’s mostly for myself \ud83d\ude09 2026 202602 – Corinna’s Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives launches as a book 2025 202502 – First post of Corinna’s Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives 2024 202404 … <\/p>\n

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