Cardboard Edison begins the hunt for 2024’s best unpublished board game
Submissions are open for this year's Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to celebrate the best currently unpublished board game designs.
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Gamescom, the world’s biggest video games event, is launching a tabletop games section
Gamescom, the world's biggest video gaming event which attracted 320,000 visitors last year, is branching out into tabletop gaming with a dedicated area at the 2024 show.
Third New York board game cafe in a month wins fight to establish union
Workers at New York City board game cafe The Brooklyn Strategist have scored a landslide election victory to establish a union - the third NYC game store to do so within the last month.
Essen Spiel, Tokyo Game Market are looking to team up to promote each other’s events
Essen Spiel, the world’s biggest board game fair, hopes to launch a co-promotion partnership with Japan's largest tabletop convention Tokyo Game Market to help boost awareness of both events.
Z-Man, Stronghold Games founders lead star-studded launch of new board game publisher Play to Z
Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger has teamed with fellow board game industry veterans including Stronghold Games founder Stephen Buonocore to launch a new publishing house called Play to Z.
Votes for Women follows critical acclaim by triumphing in 2023 Summit Award
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame from designer Tory Brown, has scooped this year's Summit Award celebrating the historical board game which best succeeded in broadened the hobby.
Star Realms publisher Wise Wizard launches family-weight imprint with trio of games
Wise Wizard Games, the publisher of award-winning spaceship combat deck-building game Star Realms, has launched a family-focused imprint called Wacky Wizard Games.
New York board game cafe workers unionise in landslide election win
Workers at New York City board game cafe chain Hex & Company have won their fight to unionise after securing a landslide election victory.
“Building an audience is crucial”: Mayan Curse designer Joe Slack reveals his secrets of a successful Kickstarter campaign
Board game designer Joe Slack taps knowledge acquired through his four successful Kickstarters to provide some guidance on running a strong crowdfunding campaign. He talks knowing your numbers, how to spend a marketing budget and why building an audience before…
“The scope of the problem was far larger than I realized”: How the Tabletop Game Designers Association hopes to give creators a stronger voice
The high-profile designers of Wingspan, Space Cadets and Mind MGMT have teamed up to launch a professional organisation to fight on behalf of tabletop game designers.