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Tributes pour in for Barcelona, Arborea designer Dani Garcia after diagnosis with motor neuron disease ALS

Tributes have flooded in for Spanish board game designer Dani Garcia after he announced he had been diagnosed with progressive, degenerative disease ALS - commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Mike Didymus - True
23 January 2025

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Kennerspiel des Jahres winning publisher Schmidt Spiele scores 11% sales growth outside Germany, total 2024 sales reached €57.5m

German board game publisher Schmidt Spiele's international sales soared by 11% last year, helping the Quacks of Quedlinburg maker to €57.5m in total sales across 2024.

Mike Didymus - True
22 January 2025

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Uwe Rosenberg’s project to plant 40,000 trees in Ghana gets backing from 18th publisher, tie-in Kickstarter game passes €20,000

Eminent German board game designer Uwe Rosenberg's project to create a forest in the Ghanaian savannah - and provide fair employment for local people - is nearing its goal of bringing 20 board game publishers on board.

Mike Didymus - True
22 January 2025

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The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game unseats Sky Team to top weekly new owner charts | BGG Stats

Co-operative card game The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game has surged to the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek just a few days after release, unseating 2024 Spiel des Jahres winner Sky Team after its latest spell at the top.

Mike Didymus - True
21 January 2025

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Asmodee shakes up UK leadership structure to kick off 2025

Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has changed up its UK leadership structure to begin 2025, with a trio of senior executives being given updated roles.

Mike Didymus - True
17 January 2025

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Board game distribution major Alliance gets $39m buyout bid as owner Diamond Comics files for bankruptcy protection

One of North America's biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, has received a $39m buyout bid from Canadian peer Universal Distribution after its long-time owner Diamond Comics filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.

Mike Didymus - True
15 January 2025

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Maldito Games agrees sale to Devir after business tasks ‘become a burden’ for former owner

Devir Games has agreed to buy Spanish board game publisher Maldito Games, adding its portfolio of 'expert-level' localisations including Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova and Brass Birmingham to its catalogue.

Mike Didymus - True
14 January 2025

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SETI wins expert-level eurogame award Diamant d’Or, Civolution scores second place

Space exploration eurogame SETI has picked up its first major award by scooping this year's Diamant d’Or, a prize launched a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.

Mike Didymus - True
13 January 2025

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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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Cardboard Edison revamps award process after admitting judging ‘blind spot’ over last year’s colonialism-themed winner

The long-running Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, is changing the judging process for this year's competition after a backlash over last year's colonisation-themed winner.

Mike Didymus - True
7 January 2025

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