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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 21 September 2023
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 21 September 2023
  • Feature

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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 20 September 2023
  • 6 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 19 September 2023
  • 1 Comment
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 18 September 2023
  • 4 Comments
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More than 40,000 users! Thank you for supporting BoardGameWire as we head into our August break

We're overwhelmed that close to 42,000 of you have visited our site since our launch in May, to keep up to date with important board game industry news that isn't being reported elsewhere.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 4 August 2023
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 19 July 2023
  • 6 Comments
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‘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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 19 July 2023
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 18 July 2023
  • 5 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 17 July 2023
  • 9 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 13 July 2023
  • 2 Comments
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Lawyer brands Ravensburger’s filing to dismiss Upper Deck’s Lorcana lawsuit as ‘mostly a dumb motion’

Board game publishing major Ravensburger has filed to dismiss a lawsuit from Upper Deck that claims it stole the design for upcoming Disney trading card game Lorcana.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 13 July 2023
  • 1 Comment
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Web-to-print board game publisher The Game Crafter launches warehousing, fulfillment services

Online board game design portal and print-on-demand publisher The Game Crafter has expanded into warehousing and fulfillment services.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 12 July 2023
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Czech Games Edition to shine a light on its creative process in 8-part documentary

Czech Games Edition, the publisher behind board games including Codenames, Through the Ages and Lost Ruins of Arnak, is releasing an eight-part documentary delving into how it made the most notable games in its 16-year history.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 12 July 2023
  • 1 Comment
The five nominees for the 2023 Jogo de Ano Portuguese board game of the year competition
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Carnegie, Weather Machine among five games battling it out for Portugal’s game of the year award

Golden Geek heavy game of the year winner Carnegie is looking to add to its titles after being nominated alongside four other games for Spiel Portugal's game of the year awards.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 10 July 2023
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Major gaming website Kotaku just lost its board games writer

Kotaku, one of the biggest video gaming websites in the world, has just lost its board game writer Luke Plunkett after more than 16 years with the company.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 10 July 2023
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Rare venture capital-backed board game maker Incredible Dream brings in Kovray influencer Ilya as debut release looms

Incredible Dream, one of the few board game startups to attract millions in venture capital dollars, has hired influencer Ilya Ushakov as social media and community manager ahead of its debut game release next month.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 6 July 2023
  • 1 Comment
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The Witcher: The Old World knocks Earth from top spot for most new owners | BGG Stats

Monster-hunting adventure game The Witcher: The Old World had the most new owners on BoardGameGeek in June, knocking Earth from the top spot it has held for the previous two months.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 6 July 2023
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Cthulhu Wars maker asks Kickstarter backers to pay extra shipping or face four-and-a-half year delay, accidentally posts personal details online

The troubled Kickstarter for the miniatures-heavy Cthulhu Wars game has reached a new low after the company posted personal details of some of its Kickstarter backers online while asking them to contribute more money to the campaign.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 5 July 2023
  • 1 Comment
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Cafe del Gatto wins Austrian game of the year prize

Café del Gatto, a family-focused drafting game about cat baristas competing to serve customers drinks, has won this year's Austrian game of the year prize.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 4 July 2023
  • 1 Comment
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Origins Game Fair attendance jumps 38%, still down on pre-pandemic highs

GAMA's annual tabletop gaming convention Origins Game Fair failed to draw record crowds last week despite a marked jump in attendance compared to last year's event.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 27 June 2023
  • 2 Comments
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