Two games based on the life and works of Charles Darwin are in the running for awards in this year's As D'or, a French board gaming prize initially created in 1988.
Arcane Wonders has teamed with toy major Spin Master to publish a board game about collecting Marvel comics, after Dice Tower creator Tom Vasel brought it to them as a recommendation.
Sea Cove Games, the new board game publisher launched by the founders of Eggertspiele and Spielworxx, has scrapped its debut crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound two weeks after launch.
Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, returned to growth last year to shake off a difficult 2022 rocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the global energy crisis.
Mythic Games, formerly one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time, has given up producing two of its outstanding Kickstarter projects worth $3.2m in favour of selling the intellectual property rights to CMON.
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women’s suffrage in the US, has raised almost $200,000 for its second edition Kickstarter campaign as backers turned up in droves after the game's adverts were banned by Facebook.
Tabletop games-focused crowdfunding platform Gamefound has upped the pressure on industry heavyweight Kickstarter thanks to a stellar 2023 which saw it bag the biggest board game fundraise of the year.
Maestro Media, the publishing company adapting IPs such as Hello Kitty and video game The Binding of Isaac to the tabletop, is preparing for a string of new releases by signing a global distribution deal with Flat River Group.
German board game publisher Schmidt Spiele reported flat year-on-year sales for its family and children-focused division - albeit at a level it said has been on a high since 2020.
Goliath, the veteran game company behind Rummikub and other child and family-weight games, has bought Funko's board game and puzzles assets, including those of its tabletop game design team Prospero Hall.