Asmodee has hired David Preti, the recently-resigned COO of financially-troubled board game publisher CMON, to head up the tabletop gaming giant's own crowdfunding and miniatures strategy.
Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its flagship IP Zombicide to Asmodee, stripping the company of a series which has raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch.
Board game publishing major CMON slumped to a loss of more than $3m in 2024 - almost double its total profits from the previous three years combined - as falling sales for its crowdfunding campaigns led the company to its lowest annual revenue since pandemic-hit 2020.
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON is laying off staff and halting new game development and campaign launches, citing the ongoing unpredictability in US tariffs.
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 crowdfunding major CMON has followed its profit warning from earlier this month by revealing it is likely to miss its stock exchange deadline for publishing its annual financial results, saying its finance department is currently understaffed.
Crowdfunded board game heavyweight CMON has warned it could face losses of more than $2m for its business activity last year, saying the rising cost of living had eaten into its revenues from tabletop game sales.
Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.
Zombicide publisher CMON is losing its chief operating officer David Preti after the 54-year-old handed in his resignation last week, citing unnamed "other work commitments".
