Zombicide publisher CMON is losing its chief operating officer David Preti after the 54-year-old handed in his resignation last week, citing unnamed "other work commitments".
Zombicide publisher CMON's mid-year revenue has fallen for the first time since the pandemic, with slumping wholesale earnings putting a dent into the company's H1 results.
The word 'meeple', which board gamers around the world will recognise as meaning a stylised human-shaped playing piece, is being trademarked in the US in reaction to Carcassonne's German publisher Hans Im Glueck sending a 'cease and desist' email calling for a crowdfunding project to be taken down.
CMON, the crowdfunded board game specialist which left Kickstarter for rival Gamefound earlier this year, saw its profits soar to over $23m in 2023 amid a hefty drop in its sales-associated costs.
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.
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.
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.
IP-focused board game publisher Gale Force Nine has followed its phenomenally successful debut crowdfunding campaign last year by announcing a trio of new games set to come to Gamefound.
Earthborne Games, a sustainable manufacturing-focused board game maker run by former Fantasy Flight Games designers and artists, has scored its second crowdfunding success by raising almost $1m for the new printing of co-operative card game Earthborne Rangers.
Mindclash Games has made a name for itself as a Kickstarter-focused heavy board games expert since the launch of debut title Trickerion on the crowdfunding service in 2015. BoardGameWire spoke to CEO Viktor Peter about the company's changing approach, its recent use of Gamefound rather than Kickstarter, and how some avenues for marketing its games are not proving as lucrative as in the past.
