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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
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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
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 9 May 2023
  • 2 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 9 May 2023
  • 5 Comments
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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".

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 8 May 2023
  • 1 Comment
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 5 May 2023
  • 2 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 4 May 2023
  • 10 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 3 May 2023
  • 3 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 2 May 2023
  • 4 Comments
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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.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 2 May 2023
  • 2 Comments
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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
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American Mensa picks its five Select award winners for 2023

Ancient Greek architecture and knocking kittens off beds both triumphed among this year's games singled out for distinction by American Mensa.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 1 May 2023
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Duelling cafés board game Fika coming to North America

Two-player café conflict simulator Fika is coming to North America after publisher Board Game Circus agreed a deal with Atlanta-based 25th Century Games.

  • Mike Didymus-True
  • 1 May 2023
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