American toy retailers from trade body ASTRA have named Finspan, The Gang and Trio as the board game winners of its latest annual Play Awards - which it says were created to highlight novel designs which are "thought provoking or groundbreaking" within the industry.
Unconscious Mind, a worker placement game themed around the psychoanalysis work of Sigmund Freund in the early 1900s, has scooped a record seven nominations in this year's Dice Tower Awards.
Another year of surging growth has seen the British hobby gaming convention UK Games Expo overtake US giant Gen Con in trade hall size - putting it second only to Spiel Essen for trade hall floor space, co-organiser Richard Denning has told BoardGameWire.
Board game giant Asmodee's plan to reignite its strategy of buying up smaller board game publishers and distributors remains "completely unchanged" by the tariffs volatility, with company CEO Thomas Koegler saying the uncertain times in fact "present opportunities for strategic acquisitions".
Part 2 of our ongoing series exploring the trials and tribulations of launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025. JC Wollslager is now seven months into his attempt to “flip the script” on How To Play videos with his channel How To Teach, which he believes fills an underexplored niche in the industry. But the chaotic US tariffs situation is affecting more than just publishers and manufacturers - and in this edition JC details the impact on his fledgling channel, his mental health, and what the future holds for the project.
Dot Com, an economic strategy game which uses an app to run players' money supplies down in real time, has been crowned the winner of this year's Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs.
US board game publisher Renegade Game Studios has expanded its distribution in Europe by teaming up with Saga Alliance and HEO, amid ongoing volatility in its home US market due to President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports.
The nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres, widely considered the highest profile award in board gaming, have been unveiled ahead of the grand final on July 13.
Canadian board game, TCG and comics distribution major Universal Distribution has completed its takeover of US peer Alliance Game Distributors, following a tumultuous bankruptcy auction of the latter's former owner Diamond Comics.
The Diana Jones Award committee has unveiled this year's winners of its emerging designer program, who will each receive a $6,500 prize package that includes an all-expenses trip to Gen Con.
