The longest-running award celebrating Dutch language board games has unveiled the nine nominees fighting it out in this year's competition.
CMON was already reeling from a more than $3m loss last year, with falling sales for its crowdfunding campaigns leading the company to its lowest annual revenue since pandemic-hit 2020.
Big Potato Games, the UK board game publisher behind titles including The Chameleon and Herd Mentality, has picked up £16.2m of outside funding from investment firm Mobeus Equity Partners.
Devir Games has halted sales of its new release Ace of Spades after being called out for using racist and culturally insensitive artwork in the game, calling it "a serious mistake that we recognize and deeply regret".
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON has lost two more long-serving senior executives amid its attempt to fight back from heavy 2024 losses and a drastic downsizing spurred by US tariffs volatility.
Zatu Games, one of the UK's biggest board game retailers, has added licensed game specialists Maestro Media and Steamforged Games to its growing distribution operation.
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.
Soaring past the crowdfunding goal for your debut game might seem like a dream scenario for a first-time designer, but the financial realities of even a successful campaign can be far more complex than at first meets the eye. Roc Nest Games founder Mo Shawwa explains the lessons he learned from the Kickstarter success of his first game, Chroma Arcana last year - and how US tariffs are throwing a further spanner into the financial calculations for creators looking to crowdfund new games.
Financially-struggling board game publisher Elf Creek Games has brought in Genius Games founder John Coveyou as executive director, as the company tries to "stabilise and restructure" in order to get its multiple unfulfilled Kickstarter campaigns out to backers.
Africa’s longest-running board games convention, AB Con in Nigeria, has set its sights on more than doubling attendance at this year's event after pulling past its funding target for its latest Kickstarter campaign.
French board game publisher IELLO has given Blue Orange USA exclusive first pick on bringing its titles to the US, having left former partner Flat River Group after it slashed its North American hobby game distribution operation.
Some of board gaming's biggest and most influential reviewers are boycotting Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition, after the company decided to release a new Harry Potter-themed version of the game despite years of anti-trans campaigning from the character's creator, JK Rowling.
Everdell publisher Tycoon Games has continued its 2025 acquisition spree by buying Colt Express, Living Forest, and Lewis & Clark: The Expedition from French board game publisher Ludonaute.
Tabletop gaming crowdfunding platform Gamefound has bought veteran Kickstarter rival Indiegogo, adding a potentially massive new source of backers for its creators' campaigns.
Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are an "existential crisis" to board game companies and threaten tens of thousands of jobs in the industry, the Game Manufacturer's Association has said, amid joining its second lawsuit fighting the US President's ability to unilaterally impose the import charges.
One of the UK's biggest board game retailers, Zatu Games, has moved to fend off a wave of online criticism claiming it exploits low-paid apprentices and runs a toxic 'hire-and-fire' culture in its growing warehouse operation.
A cluster of board game industry professionals have picked up nominations in this year's Wonder Women Awards, which aim to shine a light on women helping to shape the future of toys and games, consumer products, licensing and entertainment.
Board game manufacturing major Panda says it plans to stick with its new Brazilian production operation, despite its first expansion outside of China immediately falling foul of a surprise 50% tariff announcement from the US.
Lucky Duck Games has brought in Quartermaster Logistics sales director Matt Goldrick as senior partner for its Global Publishing Network, the B2B localisation and licensing arm it launched two years ago.
Donald Trump's tariff policies and the restriction of liberties in the US are threatening the creation and release of new board games, the chairman of the Spiel des Jahres association told attendees at the high-profile award ceremony this year.
Co-operative bomb disposal game Bomb Busters has won this year's Spiel des Jahres, beating the much-fancied push-your-luck card game Flip 7 to the high-profile award.
