Nucleum wins Portugal’s game of the year award
Alternative history industrialisation eurogame Nucleum has triumphed in this year's Jogo Do Ano, the Portuguese game of the year award.
Board game sales in Germany grow again despite sharp fall in wider toy and puzzle industry, “structural crisis” in economy
Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, continue to grow despite a "structural crisis" in the country's economy which has seen the wider toy market slump, new research shows.
“Did it save the company? Yes and no”: FunForge’s CEO on fighting its financial woes by selling the Tokaido line to Stonemaier
After years of financial struggles, French board game publisher FunForge has taken the drastic step of selling its entire line of Tokaido games to Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games, in a move it hopes will give the company breathing space to rebuild - and refocus - its business.
FunForge CEO Philippe Nouhra sat down with BoardGameWire at this year's Spiel Essen board game fair to discuss how the company is pivoting to small-box games in an attempt to rebuild financially and creatively, and why board gaming's broken crowdfunding and distribution models are leading the industry to a looming crisis.
Florida-based board game publisher R&R evacuates HQ as “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Milton nears landfall
Veteran Florida-based board game publisher R&R Games has evacuated its Tampa home in preparation for major hurricane Milton striking the state overnight.
Tabletop Game Designers Association persuades Barnes & Noble to start namechecking board game designers in online store listings
US retailer Barnes & Noble has begun including the names of the designers of board games it sells through its online store after a successful approach by the recently-launched Tabletop Game Designers Association.
Forest Shuffle scoops German’s biggest community-voted board game award, Sky Team and White Castle also impress
Woodland-themed tableau-building card game Forest Shuffle has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis, the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany.
Spiel Essen sells out for first time as 204,000 attendees set post-Covid record
The world's biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, has posted a new post-Covid attendance record amid completely selling out of tickets for the four-day event for the first time in its 41-year history.
Zenobia Award continues push to lift up underrepresented game designers, reveals nine nominees diversifying historical tabletop design
Games grappling with subjects including Indian revolutionaries fighting the British Raj and the moral dilemmas of enslaved textile workers in colonial Mexico are among the nominees for the second Zenobia Award, which looks to shine a light on diverse historical game designs from creators in marginalised groups.
Upper Deck lawsuit claiming Lorcana’s designer stole the game from them rumbles on in courts
Upper Deck's lawsuit claiming the designer of hit trading card game Disney Lorcana stole the design from them continues to plod its way through the courts, more than a year after the complaint was first lodged.
Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition unveils new logo, calling old design “a little too serious”
Czech Games Edition, the publisher of titles including Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak, has revealed a new logo and mascot to "freshen things up" after 17 years under its former brand.
Go On Board plans to stick with Gamefound after record $7.6m Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game success
Polish board game crowdfunding specialist Go On Board says it plans to stick with Gamefound for its future campaigns in the wake of wrapping up one of the ascendant fundraising platform's biggest-ever projects on more than $7.6m.
Root, Arcs maker Leder Games in talks for video game of ‘one of its IPs’, comics also potentially in the works
Leder Games, the publisher of acclaimed strategy board games including Root and Arcs, is in talks over a video game set in the universe of one of its titles, less than two weeks after putting out a call on Twitter for ideas about getting its designs into other types of media.