Co-operative card game The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game has surged to the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek just a few days after release, unseating 2024 Spiel des Jahres winner Sky Team after its latest spell at the top.
Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has changed up its UK leadership structure to begin 2025, with a trio of senior executives being given updated roles.
One of North America's biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, has received a $39m buyout bid from Canadian peer Universal Distribution after its long-time owner Diamond Comics filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.
Devir Games has agreed to buy Spanish board game publisher Maldito Games, adding its portfolio of 'expert-level' localisations including Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova and Brass Birmingham to its catalogue.
Space exploration eurogame SETI has picked up its first major award by scooping this year's Diamant d’Or, a prize launched a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.
French board game publisher Super Meeple plans to step up its own direct sales this year after struggling to get individual retailers to stock more than a handful of copies of each of its heavier games through 2024.
The long-running Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, is changing the judging process for this year's competition after a backlash over last year's colonisation-themed winner.
Board game review giant Shut Up & Sit Down has made a further move into game development by inking a deal with star-studded publisher Play to Z - a financial tie-up it admits will mean "additional caveats, conversations, and potential complications" for its review work.
Another strong year for the board game industry, which has now grown to about €13bn, nears its end, with all eyes turning to the opportunities and challenges presented by 2025. In this article Cedric Delobelle, co-founder of one of BoardGameWire's sponsors All About Games Consulting, looks ahead to what US tariffs might mean for the industry, and reflects on the successes and difficulties encountered in 2024.
