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From 1968 Chicago protests to queer life in Georgian London: Summit Award continues to celebrate designs that broaden historical gaming

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, Chicago ‘68, Molly House and Onoda will compete for the fifth edition of the award, which is run by the San Diego Historical Games Convention - an organisation which aims to create a diverse and supportive gaming community dedicated to playing, discussing, designing, and promoting historically-based board games.

Mike Didymus-True
8 September 2026
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Hot Streak, Speakeasy, Fate of the Fellowship among this year’s Origins Awards winners

The awards, one of tabletop gaming’s longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals, has crowned its latest group of winners after whittling them down from 120 nominees.

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Origins attendance falls for first time since pandemic despite rising revenue, hall space, events volume

Attendance slipped to 18,700 at this year's event in June from a post-pandemic record of 19,171 last year - and remains below the all-time high of 20,642 posted in 2019.

Mike Didymus-True
1 July 2026

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TTRPG trio triumph in latest Diana Jones emerging designer program, win expenses-paid trip to Gen Con

The emerging designer program, now in its sixth year, seeks to amplify the voices of up-and-coming tabletop creators, with a particular focus on designers from marginalized communities.

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Hot Streak, Magical Athlete race to wins in this year’s American Tabletop Awards

This year's Strategy Games prize went to Matt Leacock's pandemic spinoff The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, while the Complex Games title went to Jo Kelly's and Cole Wehrle's design Molly House.

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Scoop: Tabletop game marketing specialist OffDutyNinja acquired by Game Brands

ODN's work over the years has included crowdfunding and marketing support for companies such as Roxley Games, Indie Boards & Cards and Stronghold Games, Devir North America and Allplay, while individual campaigns worked on include the $2.2m More Terraforming Mars! Kickstarter and Roxley's Santorini Co-op & Deluxe Pantheon Edition crowdfund, which raised about CA$2.1bn.

Mike Didymus-True
12 March 2026

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People Moves: Risa Petrone named marketing manager at AEG; David Bock joins NorthStar as marketing director

Two more significant hires in the board game industry across the marketing side of the hobby. If you have news of a new role, hire or job change within the hobby that you’d like mentioned on BoardGameWire, please send an email with the details to the editor, Mike Didymus-True, on:

mike@boardgamewire.com

Mike Didymus-True
9 March 2026

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Tabletop industry veteran Ryan Dancey loses Alderac COO job after saying AI can generate game ideas as good as some of his company’s designs

Dancey told BoardGameWire, "This tide is, in my opinion, only running one way, and AEG is going to have to fight hard to hold it’s [sic] position."

Mike Didymus-True
19 February 2026
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People moves: Ross Thompson leaves Asmodee’s Atomic Mass Games; Druid City Games brings in ex-Incredible Dream marketing director Ilya Ushakov; Ross Connell joins Mantic from North Star Games

A trio of comings and goings from the board game industry for the year so far - if you have news of a new role, hire or job change within the industry that you'd like mentioned on BoardGameWire, please send an email with the details to the editor, Mike Didymus-True, on mike@boardgamewire.com

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Gen Con exhibitor numbers rebound to record levels despite tariffs uncertainty, biggest-ever attendance reaches almost 72,000

North America's biggest tabletop gaming convention, Gen Con, has scored another year of record attendance and exhibitor numbers, despite fears that ongoing US tariff volatility would see publishers and visitors choosing to skip the 2025 show.