New Heroscape publisher Renegade reignites GTS Distribution partnership
Renegade Game Studios has re-established its partnership with GTS Distribution, three years after dropping the company as one of its distributors.
Lucky Duck Games to launch visually redesigned Food Chain Magnate special edition on Gamefound
Lucky Duck Games has agreed a deal with Food Chain Magnate creator Splotter Spellen to launch a Gamefound campaign for a special edition of the brain-burning fast food restaurant management game.
International Gamers Awards picks Revive, Oranienburger Kanal as 2023 winners
Civilization rebuilding eurogame Revive and Uwe Rosenberg's Oranienburger Kanal have triumphed in this year's International Gamers Awards, a global board game award series which has been running since 1999.
Essen Spiel’s new head on how the world’s biggest board game fair is reinventing itself for its 40th year and beyond
Carol Rapp, a long-time Asmodee and Kosmos senior marketing executive, only joined the Essen Spiel team in November last year - and quickly found herself in charge of managing its biggest event yet.
Sky Team, Nucleum lead most-wished for games in August | BGG Stats
Hachette's co-op aeroplane landing board game Sky Team soared to the top of the most-wished-for game rankings on BoardGameGeek in August, pipping Simone Luciani and Dávid Turczi's heavy euro Nucleum to the number one spot.
Board game maker Haba blames economic turbulence, “incorrect decisions” for slump into insolvency
Haba, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker renowned in board game circles for its family-weight games, has gone into self-administration in an attempt to save the business.
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“I began to be a little bored by designing games”: Why launching a board game publishing house has renewed 7 Wonders creator Antoine Bauza’s spark
Do any job for 15 years, and it can end up feeling a little stale. That even goes for board game design royalty - and was the position 7 Wonders and Hanabi creator Antoine Bauza found himself in last year.
‘Mystery fan’ bails out troubled Cthulhu Wars Kickstarter, pays $143,000 shipping costs
An 'anonymous fan' has provided troubled Cthulhu Wars publisher Petersen Games with more than $140,000 to get the game into the hands of frustrated Kickstarter backers - some of whom were facing a four-and-a-half year delay in receiving their orders.
Kickstarter rival BackerKit follows $4m Gloomhaven campaign success with official launch from beta
BackerKit has officially launched its bid to take on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, after capping off a year of beta testing with the huge success of Gloomhaven's Grand Festival on the platform.
FTC warns board game content creators, publishers over failing to properly disclose relationships, free games
Board game reviewers and influencers are falling foul of FTC rules prohibiting 'unfair or deceptive' acts by failing to properly disclose when they receive free games - putting themselves and publishers in the firing line for court action.
GAMA diversity drive offers $1,000 grants, mentoring to fledgling board game publishers and retailers
Board games trade organisation GAMA is offering $1,000 grants and peer mentoring to new board game publishers and retailers from under-represented communities.