Board game crowdfunding giant CMON is laying off staff and halting new game development and campaign launches, citing the ongoing unpredictability in US tariffs.
Online board game retailer Boardlandia has become the latest tabletop-related victim of the skyrocketing US tariffs on Chinese imports, with its owners announcing they have closed down the business.
Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games is suing US president Donald Trump over his decision to impose spiralling import tariffs on China - a situation which has already seen board game businesses shutter their operations and lay off staff.
Meredith Placko, the CEO of veteran tabletop game publisher Steve Jackson Games, has resigned from the company two years after taking over the role.
Merchants Cove and Coloma publisher Final Frontier Games is shutting down with three crowdfunding projects worth nearly $1.4m still unfulfilled - and claims that CMON failing to pay for an agreed Chinese localisation of one title was the "final nail" in its coffin.
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON's long-serving senior manager David Preti has resigned as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect, citing "other work commitments".
Board game trade organisation GAMA has been accused of "rampant gatekeeping", "toxic leadership" and disrespecting its members in a resignation announcement from its marketing and communications manager.
The American Tabletop Awards, an awards scheme launched six years ago with the aim of being the US equivalent of Germany's Spiel des Jahres, has revealed its 2025 winners.
Few board game artistic redesigns of recent years have drawn as much polarising opinion as CMYK's recently announced reworking of Quacks of Quedlinburg, with online forums torn over the switch to the 3D clay-style imagery of Ryogo Toyoda. CMYK chief executive Alex Hague - the creative director for the redesign - spoke to BoardGameWire about the motivations behind changing up the look of the million-selling game, and CMYK's vision for breaking board games out of their 'visual and demographic monoculture'.
Board game companies across the industry are bracing for price hikes, job losses and the potential shuttering of their businesses after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping import tariffs targeting countries across the world yesterday.
Modern board gaming's boom over the past 20 years has been accompanied by an avalanche of creatives reviewing, discussing and celebrating the growing hobby. That media continues to be dominated by video reviews and previews - but five years ago long-time film magazine editor Dan Jolin and art director James Hunter took a chance that there was room in the industry for a beautiful, high-quality magazine "celebrating the craft, creativity and community" of tabletop gaming. That hunch has proven well judged, with the magazine's readership having grown five-fold compared to its original Kickstarter campaign thanks to its beautiful presentation, thoughtful reviews and articles, and interviews with the biggest names in board gaming. Editor Dan Jolin spoke to BoardGameWire about the magazine's journey so far, how the industry has changed and what the future holds for Senet.
CMYK, the US publisher of Quacks of Quedlinberg and Wavelength, is making the jump to television with the launch of a game show on CBS based on another Wolfgang Warsch design.
