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German game designers association calls out “questionable practice” from publishers over royalty payments

Board game publishers in Germany are short-changing designers when it comes to paying out royalties by using opaque payment structures, the country's tabletop game designers association SAZ has said.

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Wyrmspan soars to top of new owner rankings for February, Stonesaga clinches most wishlisted | BGG Stats

Wyrmspan, the dragon-themed successor to Stonemaier Games' bestselling board game Wingspan, topped the charts for most new owners on BoardGameGeek last month after a huge launch campaign.

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Awaken Realms pulls AI art from deluxe Puerto Rico crowdfunding campaign after Ravensburger steps in

Awaken Realms has taken down AI-generated promotional images for its newly-announced Puerto Rico 1897 Special Edition crowdfunding campaign after being contacted by the game's licensor Ravensburger.

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Awaken Realms CEO promises ‘no AI art’ in final deluxe Puerto Rico release after questions raised about promo images

A newly-announced deluxe edition of classic economic strategy game Puerto Rico has come under fire after promotional images for the campaign appeared to show tell-tale signs of using AI to create the artwork.

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Asmodee shines while owner Embracer Group continues large-scale cost-cutting

Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee's corporate owner Embracer Group is planning more big divestments, amid its ongoing struggle to pay down huge debt taken on to fund a string of acquisitions in recent years.

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Death threats, doxxing and IP deals: Mythic Games’ co-founder on the fallout from its CMON deal, and where it all went wrong for the company

Mythic Games' fall from being one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time to one beset by financial woes has been swift. Company co-founder Leonidas Vesperini spoke to BoardGameWire about the decision behind the CMON deal, the death threats he has received since, and where the future lies for Mythic's two remaining projects.

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Here are the 12 games fighting it out for France’s biggest board gaming awards

Two games based on the life and works of Charles Darwin are in the running for awards in this year's As D'or, a French board gaming prize initially created in 1988.

Mike Didymus - True
30 January 2024

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Arcane Wonders, Spin Master to publish Marvel comics collecting board game after Tom Vasel recommendation

Arcane Wonders has teamed with toy major Spin Master to publish a board game about collecting Marvel comics, after Dice Tower creator Tom Vasel brought it to them as a recommendation.

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Sea Cove Games scraps Gamefound campaign for debut game Carolingi, says platform is “not the right fit”

Sea Cove Games, the new board game publisher launched by the founders of Eggertspiele and Spielworxx, has scrapped its debut crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound two weeks after launch.

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German board game sales have bounced back dramatically after a tricky 2022

Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, returned to growth last year to shake off a difficult 2022 rocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the global energy crisis.

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