Adepticon moves out of Illinois after 20% attendance jump this year
Veteran miniatures wargaming convention Adepticon is moving out of Illinois next year after a hefty rise in attendance saw it outgrow its long-time home.
Hackers attack website of Japan’s biggest board game fair, ‘years of irreplacable information’ lost
Hackers have broken into the website server for Game Market, the organiser of Japan's biggest board games events, causing tens of thousands of images to be deleted from the site.
Hegemony lives up to its name by dominating latest Golden Geek Awards, Sky Team also flies high
Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has dominated BoardGameGeek's 18th Annual Golden Geek Awards by winning all three of its nominated categories.
Three years late, and months without an update: FunForge CEO expresses “frustration” that Monumental Kickstarter is still not ready to deliver
The CEO of French board game publisher FunForge has said he understands the frustration felt by thousands of Kickstarter backers of the company's Monumental campaign, which is now more than three years beyond its expected delivery date.
Tabletop gaming trade organisation GAMA’s board officers are all women for the first time in history
Hobby games trade organisation The Game Manufacturers Association is celebrating the first all-women lineup for its board officers in its 47-year history.
GAMA shifts 2025 Expo dates after ‘blowing past projections’ for space needed, signs one-year Kentucky extension
The Game Manufacturer's Association has shifted next year's GAMA Expo trade show a week earlier than usual due to a huge growth in attendance this year - and has agreed to keep the event in Kentucky for an extra year despite its own reservations over remaining in the state.
Newly-launched Tabletop Game Designers Association aims to level playing field between designers and publishers
Board game designers in North America can now call upon a professional organisation to help with everything from playtest advice to contract wrangles, thanks to the official launch of the Tabletop Game Designers Association.
Kickstarter tells Wonders of the First team to cancel controversial $1.4m campaign over NFT use
Wonders of the First, a contentious collectible card game project which has raised more than $1.4m since launching on Kickstarter last week, has been told by the crowdfunding platform to pull the campaign for its inclusion of cards which can be redeemed for NFTs.
Too Many Bones publisher Chip Theory Games just bought Dice Throne co-creator Manny Trembley’s new design studio
Chip Theory Games, the publisher of board games including Too Many Bones and Cloudspire, has bought the game design studio recently launched by Dice Throne co-creator Manny Trembley.
Fallout tabletop game sales surge for Modiphius as TV show draws in 65 million viewers
Tabletop gaming publisher Modiphius has seen sales of its Fallout-related products more than double month-on-month amid the huge popularity of Amazon Prime's new Fallout TV show, which attracted 65 million viewers in just over two weeks.
High-IQ society Mensa reveals its top board games of 2024 after four-day judging marathon
Mensa, the membership society for people with exceptionally high IQ, has revealed the clutch of games receiving its Mensa Select seal this year.
Elden Ring maker FromSoftware’s $2bn corporate owner just bought Japanese board game publisher, Tokyo Game Market organiser Arclight
Arclight, one of Japan's biggest board game publishers and the organiser of Tokyo Game Market, has been bought by multibillion-dollar Japanese entertainment conglomerate Kadokawa Group.