Plaid Hat said it had failed to give prospective backers enough reasons to pledge rather than wait for retail.
The title is the latest seminal eurogame to be re-released in a spruced-up, premium edition by Awaken Realms - and also the latest to see the publisher come under fire for embracing generative AI software such as Midjourney in developing some of its games.
Tabletop gaming crowdfunding platform Gamefound has bought veteran Kickstarter rival Indiegogo, adding a potentially massive new source of backers for its creators' campaigns.
Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.
Polish board game crowdfunding specialist Go On Board says it plans to stick with Gamefound for its future campaigns in the wake of wrapping up one of the ascendant fundraising platform's biggest-ever projects on more than $7.6m.
Professional streamer Banzainator, who has thousands of Twitch followers and also works as a community manager for Alderac Entertainment Group, shared with BoardGameWire her strategic advice for how to best work with streamers to get your game noticed.
Raising $1m in crowdfunding for a board game is no mean feat, even for veteran publishers with multiple campaigns under their belts. But high school sweethearts Dusty and Amy Droz managed just that last year on their first try, after more than 15,000 backers pledged funding to create Victorian-themed flower hunting game Botany. Amid juggling their wedding photograph business and managing their own lavender farm, Dusty spoke to BoardGameWire about how the lessons learned from their crowdfunding debut helped Dux Somnium score its second success in raising $550,000 for follow-up game La Fleur.
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.
Open Owl Studios, the publisher of Kickstarter successes Mythwind and Stars of Akarios, has agreed an exclusive US distribution deal for its games with GTS Distribution.
Tabletop games-focused crowdfunding platform Gamefound has upped the pressure on industry heavyweight Kickstarter thanks to a stellar 2023 which saw it bag the biggest board game fundraise of the year.
