Board game crowdfunding giant CMON has lost two more long-serving senior executives amid its attempt to fight back from heavy 2024 losses and a drastic downsizing spurred by US tariffs volatility.
Soaring past the crowdfunding goal for your debut game might seem like a dream scenario for a first-time designer, but the financial realities of even a successful campaign can be far more complex than at first meets the eye. Roc Nest Games founder Mo Shawwa explains the lessons he learned from the Kickstarter success of his first game, Chroma Arcana last year - and how US tariffs are throwing a further spanner into the financial calculations for creators looking to crowdfund new games.
Financially-struggling board game publisher Elf Creek Games has brought in Genius Games founder John Coveyou as executive director, as the company tries to "stabilise and restructure" in order to get its multiple unfulfilled Kickstarter campaigns out to backers.
Africa’s longest-running board games convention, AB Con in Nigeria, has set its sights on more than doubling attendance at this year's event after pulling past its funding target for its latest Kickstarter campaign.
Tabletop gaming crowdfunding platform Gamefound has bought veteran Kickstarter rival Indiegogo, adding a potentially massive new source of backers for its creators' campaigns.
Asmodee has hired David Preti, the recently-resigned COO of financially-troubled board game publisher CMON, to head up the tabletop gaming giant's own crowdfunding and miniatures strategy.
Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its flagship IP Zombicide to Asmodee, stripping the company of a series which has raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch.
Board game manufacturing major Panda has expanded its production operation outside of China for the first time by launching a joint venture in Brazil, as unpredictability over US tariffs continues to weigh on the tabletop industry.
About a month ago, users of the crowdfunding platform, BackerKit, received an email about an opportunity to invest in the company. Most didn’t know what to make of it. Some thought it was a scam and moved on. But as of today, even before the ‘equity crowdfunding’ campaign becomes available to the general public, the company has already raised more than $1m from their customers - both backers as well as creators.
War of the Ring publisher Ares Games has signed a pair of new US distribution deals, with director of production Roberto Di Meglio saying the company hopes to prove "there is still life for our industry during the trade war".
