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board games shortlisted for the 2023 Spiel des Jahres award, the Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel

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Dorfromantik, Next Station London, FunFacts revealed as Spiel des Jahres 2023 finalists

Fun Facts, Next Station London and Dorfromantik: The Board Game will go head to head in this year's Spiel des Jahres prize, widely considered the biggest award in board gaming.

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Exclusive: Quackalope’s emails to Aeon Trespass: Odyssey devs offering to scrap ‘frustrating experience’ coverage in return for ‘discounted’ $7,500 sponsorship

Quackalope, a board game youtube channel with close to 48,000 subscribers, tried to charge the developers of campaign board game Aeon Trespass: Odyssey $7,500 for sponsored coverage of their upcoming kickstarter - and offered to scrap its existing footage of its "quite frustrating" experience if they would sign up to the deal.

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Elden Ring board game maker seals Kickstarter exclusivity deal in wake of mass redundancies

Elden Ring and Dark Souls board game developer Steamforged Games has signed a four-game exclusivity partnership with Kickstarter - two months after a mass redundancy at the UK-based company.

Mike Didymus - True
19 May 2023

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Voting opens for Germany’s biggest board gaming award

Voting is open for the Deutsche Spiele Preis, Germany's biggest board gaming award, with winners set to be announced at the Essen Game Fair in October.

Mike Didymus - True
17 May 2023

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PAX Unplugged tabletop gaming event returns this December

PAX Unplugged, one of the largest tabletop gaming events in the world, has announced it will take place between December 1 and December 3 this year.

Mike Didymus - True
17 May 2023

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The 2023 Spiel des Jahres nominees are being announced on this livestream

Nominees for the board game industry's biggest award, the Spiel des Jahres, are being revealed on a livestream next week.

Mike Didymus - True
16 May 2023

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Pax Renaissance publisher Ion Game Design set to reveal new game involving dinosaurs

Ion Game Design, the Swedish publisher of games including Pax Renaissance and High Frontier 4 All, has shared a dinosaur-based teaser for a new game.

Mike Didymus - True
12 May 2023

Box cover art for the Heat: Pedal to the Metal board game

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Heat: Pedal to the Metal reprint should hit US shelves by end of May

One of last year's biggest board game hits, motor racing game Heat: Pedal to the Metal, should finally be back in stock in the US by the end of May after surprising its publisher with the speed it sold out.

Mike Didymus - True
11 May 2023

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French publisher Funforge inks North American distrubution deal with Flat River Group

Funforge, the France-based publisher of games including Tokaido and Monumental, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Flat River Group to cover the US and Canadian markets.

Mike Didymus - True
10 May 2023

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Ark Nova expansion named as Marine Worlds, will be available at Essen

Ark Nova's first big box expansion has been revealed as Marine Worlds, and will be available at the Essen games fair in October this year.

Mike Didymus - True
10 May 2023