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Zenobia Award continues push to lift up underrepresented game designers, reveals nine nominees diversifying historical tabletop design

Games grappling with subjects including Indian revolutionaries fighting the British Raj and the moral dilemmas of enslaved textile workers in colonial Mexico are among the nominees for the second Zenobia Award, which looks to shine a light on diverse historical game designs from creators in marginalised groups.

Mike Didymus - True
26 September 2024
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Struggling Cthulhu Wars maker Petersen Games has been bailed out by newly-launched US board game maker Quimbley’s Toys & Games

Petersen Games, the Cthulhu Wars publisher left struggling to fulfill more than $2m of Kickstarter projects after hitting severe financial issues during the coronavirus pandemic, has been bailed out by fledgling board game publisher and manufacturer Quimbley's Toys and Games.

Mike Didymus - True
8 July 2024

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CMON buys Japon Brand, the company which introduced the world to Love Letter and Machi Koro

Zombicide and Blood Rage publisher CMON has bought Japon Brand, the collective launched almost 20 years ago to promote Japanese board games around the world.

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Hasbro invests in family card game design from Women Innovators of Play winner Ellie Dix

Toy and game giant Hasbro is developing a board game with Ellie Dix, one of three winners of the company's inaugural Women Innovators of Play challenge.

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How we made Wyrmspan: Designer Connie Vogelmann on creating 2024’s hottest game so far

Stonemaier Games' big reveal of Wyrmspan - a new game "in the world of Wingspan" - last week might have descended like a dragon out of the blue, but it's no surprise Elizabeth Hargrave's hugely lauded 2019 design is getting a spiritual successor. The task of designing "Wingspan with dragons" was given to Apiary creator Connie Vogelmann - but as she explains in this Q&A interview, the new game is far more than just a reskin of its feathery predecessor.

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“We didn’t expect to find this dark underbelly of the game design industry”: Two seasoned board game designers highlight why a professional association is so badly needed

Two board game designers describe a horror-show of interactions with publishers around contract law, overwork and unprofessional communication and attitudes - and underscore just how badly something like the TTGDA is needed in the modern tabletop games industry.