Tag 2024

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Super Meeple to shake up distribution amid retailer “reluctance” to stock expert games

French board game publisher Super Meeple plans to step up its own direct sales this year after struggling to get individual retailers to stock more than a handful of copies of each of its heavier games through 2024.

Mike Didymus - True
10 January 2025

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Reflecting on 2024, preparing for 2025: All About Games Consulting looks at opportunities and challenges in the board game industry

Another strong year for the board game industry, which has now grown to about €13bn, nears its end, with all eyes turning to the opportunities and challenges presented by 2025. In this article Cedric Delobelle, co-founder of one of BoardGameWire's sponsors All About Games Consulting, looks ahead to what US tariffs might mean for the industry, and reflects on the successes and difficulties encountered in 2024.

Mike Didymus - True
19 December 2024

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Anti-fascist Spanish Civil War semi co-op Land and Freedom wins 2024 Summit Award

The Summit Award, which aims to celebrate historical board games that have successfully broadened the hobby, has announced Alex Knight's Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War as its latest winner.

Mike Didymus - True
10 December 2024

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Board game sales in Germany grow again despite sharp fall in wider toy and puzzle industry, “structural crisis” in economy

Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, continue to grow despite a "structural crisis" in the country's economy which has seen the wider toy market slump, new research shows.

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Forest Shuffle scoops German’s biggest community-voted board game award, Sky Team and White Castle also impress

Woodland-themed tableau-building card game Forest Shuffle has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis, the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany.

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Spiel Essen sells out for first time as 204,000 attendees set post-Covid record

The world's biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, has posted a new post-Covid attendance record amid completely selling out of tickets for the four-day event for the first time in its 41-year history.

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999 Games eyes unprecedented clean sweep of categories in Dutch game of the year awards

Dutch board game publisher 999 Games is in with a chance of success in all three categories at this year's Nederlandse Spellenprijs - the Dutch game of the year awards.

Mike Didymus - True
11 September 2024

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Asmodee remains jewel in Embracer’s crown despite suffering quarterly sales drop

Board game giant Asmodee continues to outperform for troubled parent company Embracer Group, despite its latest quarterly sales falling compared to the same period last year.

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Gen Con 2024: The view from the booths

BoardGameWire spoke to a string of publishers who ran booths at this year's record-breaking Gen Con event, to get the inside track on highs, lows, opportunities and challenges at the show. Those responses were far more than we were able to use in our headline article - Gen Con celebrates record 71,000 attendance after event sells out for first time in history - so we've collected their views in their totality on this year's event here.

Mike Didymus - True
8 August 2024

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Gen Con celebrates record 71,000 attendance after event sells out before start of show

North America's giant tabletop gaming convention Gen Con has broken new ground again after a record 71,000 people flocked to Indianapolis for this year's event.

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