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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
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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
  • 1 Comment
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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
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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
  • 2 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
  • 8 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
Components from the Disney Lorcana trading card game by Ravensburger
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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
The Game Crafter founders JT Smith, Tavis Parker and Jamie Vrbsky posing with a large robot
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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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