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.
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".
Board game and collectable miniatures specialist WizKids has rehired former marketing associate Vee Mus'e as a senior marketing and communications manager at the company.
Splendor, the gem collecting engine builder celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has soared to three million sales across its various versions thanks to a hefty boost from its digital counterparts.
Roy Cannaday, the production manager for board game review behemoth The Dice Tower, has left the company following the success of his tabletop game design Last Light.
Dutch board game publisher 999 Games is in with a chance of success in all three categories at this year's Nederlandse Spellenprijs - the Dutch game of the year awards.
Coup and The Resistance publisher Indie Boards & Cards has picked up the rights to make a series of co-op deckbuilding games based on the Invincible superhero franchise, after signing a multi-year licensing deal with Skybound Tabletop.
Newly-launched board game publisher Wharf Rat Games is hoping to cut down the time it takes for a designer's game to go from contract signing to publication.
Flamecraft designer Manny Vega has been working in the video game industry for more than 20 years, most recently on Electronic Arts' first person shooter Immortals of Aveum. But a lukewarm response to that release left him in a distressingly familiar situation - unemployed, and facing the prospect of hunting for work in what he describes as a "volatile and toxic" industry. Video gaming's loss is set to be board gaming's gain, however, with Vega turning his focus to tabletop as he looks to make the industry his "forever home". BoardGameWire caught up with Vega to find out his game design and illustration plans - and his work on Flamecraft's successor - for 2024 and beyond.
Zombicide publisher CMON's mid-year revenue has fallen for the first time since the pandemic, with slumping wholesale earnings putting a dent into the company's H1 results.
