Stonemaier Games' big reveal of Wyrmspan - a new game "in the world of Wingspan" - last week might have descended like a dragon out of the blue, but it's no surprise Elizabeth Hargrave's hugely lauded 2019 design is getting a spiritual successor. The task of designing "Wingspan with dragons" was given to Apiary creator Connie Vogelmann - but as she explains in this Q&A interview, the new game is far more than just a reskin of its feathery predecessor.
Gamescom, the world's biggest video gaming event which attracted 320,000 visitors last year, is branching out into tabletop gaming with a dedicated area at the 2024 show.
Edo-period Japan worker placement game The White Castle has scored the most new owners on BoardGameGeek for the second month running, heading off a strong challenge from the much-hyped arrival of Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West.
Wise Wizard Games, the publisher of award-winning spaceship combat deck-building game Star Realms, has launched a family-focused imprint called Wacky Wizard Games.
CoolStuffInc owner Jerry Sunkin opens up on how his company - one of the biggest online board game retailers of the last decade - has been squeezed out of the market by Amazon's 800lb gorilla.
Successful crowdfunding deliveries dominated the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek in September with the arrival of The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition and Voidfall to people's doors.
Haba, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker famous for its family-weight board games, is planning to shed about 40% of its workforce after entering self-administration.
Planet Unknown, the tile-laying planetary development and colonisation game from Ryan Lambert and Adam Rehberg, has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis - Germany’s biggest board gaming award.
