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Box cover for 6: Siege the Rainbow Six Siege board game

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Exclusive: Troubled Rainbow Six board game receives enough extra cash from backers to go into production

The financially troubled Kickstarter for the officially-licensed Rainbow Six: Siege board game is set to go into production for some of its backers after developer Mythic Games successfully persuaded them to part with significant amounts of extra cash to fund the game.

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

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Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Cat in the Box lead BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award winners

Heat: Pedal to the Metal the deluxe version of Cat in the Box both came away with a pair of winners trophies at BoardGameGeek's 17th annual Golden Geek Awards, which are voted on by users of the site.

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Terraforming Mars is getting a second Prelude expansion

Terraforming Mars is getting a sequel to its best-regarded expansion, with publisher FryxGames confirming a Kickstarter campaign for Prelude 2 will launch "soon".

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Exclusive: Root movie pitch delayed by US writers strike

Plans are afoot for a movie based on woodland warfare board game Root, BoardGameWire can reveal - but the process is on hold amid the mass walk-out of Writers Guild of America members this week.

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Exclusive: Mythic Games rejects bankruptcy fears in wake of 6: Siege Kickstarter turmoil

Mythic Games has denied it is on the verge of bankruptcy after a second successive Kickstarter in which it asked backers for extra contributions in order to finish producing the games.

The box for the Earth board game surrounded by its cards and playing pieces

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Earth takes top spot as new owners continue to pile up | BGG Stats

Ecosystem engine-builder board game Earth picked up the most new owners in April according to BoardGameGeek stats collated by user Igor Larchenko.

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Ares Games, Osprey Games both up for three gongs at UK Games Expo 2023 Awards

Italy's Ares Games and UK-based Osprey Games are each up for three awards at this year's UK Games Expo Awards.

Mike Didymus - True
2 May 2023

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Rainbow Six: Siege board game backers furious after Mythic Games asks for more money to finish production

Frustrated Kickstarter backers of a board game based on popular online shooter Rainbow Six: Siege are up in arms after developer Mythic Games told them to plough more money into the project in order to finish the game.

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Record crowds attend GAMA Expo, but retailers still below pre-pandemic peak

A record number of people descended on tabletop gaming trade show GAMA Expo last week, although the number of retailers attending the event is still below pre-Covid levels, ICV2 reports.

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Kickstarter successes see OOMM Games launch new large-scale co-op focused studio

A trio of runaway Kickstarter successes from OOMM Games has persuaded the publisher to launch a new studio focused on large-scale co-operative board games.

Mike Didymus - True
1 May 2023