Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig
Veteran wargame designer Dean Essig has died, leading to an outpouring of tributes from fans and industry friends across social media.
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Looping Games co-founder leaves to launch new company Kokorin Games
Perepau Llistosella, the co-founder of Spanish board game publisher Looping Games, has left the company to launch his new business Kokorin Games.
Two long-time Asmodee managers just bought out Miniature Market from their employer
Asmodee has sold Miniature Market, the US tabletop retailer it bought three years ago, to a pair of the board game publishing giant's long-serving managers.
Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition has bought its own board game factory
Czech Games Edition, the publisher of titles including Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak, has expanded into board game manufacturing by buying the factory it has used almost since its inception 17 years ago.
New academic survey hopes to uncover hobby board gamer motivations
A new academic survey aimed at digging into the motivations of hobby board gamers has been launched by strategy and wargaming blog and podcast The Armchair Dragoons.
Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games seals year-on-year profit rise despite lowest revenue since 2019
Wingspan and Scythe publisher Stonemaier Games saw its profits rise last year despite a continued fall in revenue, which is down almost a third from the record $24.7m the company reached in 2021.
German board game, toymaker HABA exits insolvency in wake of plan to slash workforce by 40%
HABA, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker famous for its family-weight board games, has exited insolvency proceedings in the wake of a plans to shed over 650 jobs - about 40% of its workforce.
Gen Con-style events, an extra hall: UK Games Expo mulls expansion options as it preps for its biggest, most international event yet
UK Games Expo director Richard Denning has been organising the show since its foundation in 2007, when 900 gamers converged on a Birmingham conference centre. After a record 32,000 attendance last year, the event is now considering its future expansion - with Denning citing Gen Con's vast swathe of live entertainment as a key inspiration.
Undaunted publisher Osprey targets gap in historical wargaming market with one-box, fast-playing Battalion: War of the Ancients
UK tabletop publisher Osprey Games says it is hoping to fill a gap in the historical gaming market with the release of accessible tabletop combat game Battalion: War of the Ancients.
Asmodee promises more games coming from Canadian Plan B team after folding German operation into Lookout
Board game giant Asmodee has confirmed it has a string of projects in development at the Canada arm of its Plan B Games studio, following the firm merging the Germany-based part of Plan B into its Lookout Spiele subsidiary.