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Sea Cove Games scraps Gamefound campaign for debut game Carolingi, says platform is “not the right fit”

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.

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German board game sales have bounced back dramatically after a tricky 2022

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.

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Mythic Games fails to deliver on two Kickstarter projects worth $3.2m, sells IP to CMON

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.

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Votes for Women shrugs off Facebook ad ban to raise almost $200,000 after huge show of support

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.

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Gamefound turns up heat on Kickstarter after scoring 2023’s biggest tabletop fundraise, half of the year’s top 10 most-funded board game projects

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.

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Maestro Media preps for slew of new board game releases with Flat River Group distribution partnership

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.

Mike Didymus - True
23 January 2024

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Quacks of Quedlinburg maker Schmidt Spiele maintains high board game sales levels through flat year-on-year results

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.

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Funko just sold its board games assets and Prospero Hall designs to Rummikub maker Goliath

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.

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BoardGameGeek’s top ranked game, Brass: Birmingham, is getting a sequel

Brass: Birmingham, the industrial revolution-themed strategy game which ousted Gloomhaven as BoardGameGeek's top-ranked game early last year, is getting a sequel.

Mike Didymus - True
17 January 2024

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Wingspan tops BoardGameGeek new owner charts for 2023, Earth only game from last year to break Top 10

Wingspan's huge popularity since its 2019 release shows no sign of abating, with more BoardGameGeek users adding it to their collections last year than any other game.

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