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Asmodee continues whittling down Plan B Games, shifts trio of award-winning games to Lookout Spiele

Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee has moved Camel Up, Village and the entire Great Western Trail series to subsidiary Lookout Spiele, continuing a slow exodus of titles from Plan B Games.

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After $2.7m Firefly success, Gale Force Nine announces Conan, Star Trek, Dune campaigns coming to Gamefound

IP-focused board game publisher Gale Force Nine has followed its phenomenally successful debut crowdfunding campaign last year by announcing a trio of new games set to come to Gamefound.

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Amigo Spiele eyes future, names senior managers to join veteran Uwe Pauli, who led the company’s turnaround in the 1990s

Amigo Spiele has named two new managing directors as it lays the groundwork for a future beyond veteran company head Uwe Pauli, the man who helped save the German board game maker from financial peril in the early 1990s.

Mike Didymus - True
19 February 2024

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Asmodee shines while owner Embracer Group continues large-scale cost-cutting

Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee's corporate owner Embracer Group is planning more big divestments, amid its ongoing struggle to pay down huge debt taken on to fund a string of acquisitions in recent years.

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Sustainable tabletop games maker scores second crowdfunding success, raises nearly $1m for new Earthborne Rangers campaign

Earthborne Games, a sustainable manufacturing-focused board game maker run by former Fantasy Flight Games designers and artists, has scored its second crowdfunding success by raising almost $1m for the new printing of co-operative card game Earthborne Rangers.

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Magic, D&D maker Hasbro lost over $1bn in Q4, predicts WotC revenue decline in 2024

Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons owner Hasbro lost more than $1bn in the final quarter of 2023, as huge expenses associated with selling its eOne film and TV business far outweighed growth from its Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming segments.

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Hachette takes over Super Meeple US distribution rights from Asmodee USA

Sky Team and Decrypto publisher Hachette has agreed a deal to distribute Parisian board game company Super Meeple's games in the US, taking over from Asmodee USA.

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Codenames gets DACH region distribution boost through strengthened Asmodee Germany, HeidelBÄR Games partnership

Asmodee Germany and HeidelBÄR Games have expanded their distribution partnership for Vlaada Chvátil's Codenames family of games across Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

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Here are the 12 games fighting it out for France’s biggest board gaming awards

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.

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Arcane Wonders, Spin Master to publish Marvel comics collecting board game after Tom Vasel recommendation

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.

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