Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is bringing in new pledge management and pay-in-installments options this year amid increasing competition from rival platforms such as Gamefound.
Launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025 is a sobering prospect, with hundreds of existing video makers large and small already fighting over the eyeballs of tabletop gamers. Having a unique selling point is practically essential for helping a…
Tabletop game crowdfunding platform Gamefound has moved a step closer to its hugely ambitious goal of overtaking industry giant Kickstarter in the category this year, with new data seeming to show the latter's tabletop funding total falling for the third year in a row.
Financially-stricken board game publisher Mythic Games has quit trying to complete its $1.3m Kickstarter for kaiju-battling game Monsterpocalypse - one of its last remaining projects after several years of failing to fulfil a string of big-money crowdfunding campaigns.
War of the Ring publisher Ares Games is bringing two games from Armenian publisher Red Cat Games - the successor studio to Russia's Lifestyle Boardgames - to the English language market amid a busy year for the Italy-based business.
BoardGameArena, Asmodee's online board gaming platform which passed 10 million registered users last summer, has unveiled the winners of its annual contest for the most popular games added to the service in 2024.
Board game-focused TikTok video creators attracting millions of views each year are preparing for an uncertain future on the site, which recently went dark for almost 24 hours amid a ban by the US government over national security fears.
The variety of France's board game publishing industry has been underscored by the newly-announced nominees of this year's As d’Or, the country's highest-profile board game prize.
Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee scored a powerful final quarter of 2024 thanks to a strong showing from its games based on third party IPs in the Star Wars, Lego and The Lord of the Rings universes - showcasing the publisher's strength ahead of its imminent spin off from owner Embracer Group next week.
Australian board game publisher Grail Games has teamed up with the new incarnation of Canada's Maple Games as an outlet for its heavier titles.
Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.
Husband and wife board game design team Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero have been collaborating on their creations for almost a decade - and have sealed their status as notable eurogame architects in recent years with standout titles The Red Cathedral and The White Castle. The pair - who go by their board game design monikers Isra and Shei - sat down with BoardGameWire to talk about their journey into the industry, why working as a duo is essential for them, and the major error they see new designers making when pitching to publishers.
