The company added that international toy markets were showing "positive developments" despite global challenges, driven particularly by a growth in purchases for families and adults - with card games among products which "benefited significantly" from the trend.
Ravensburger's court filing said, "Upper Deck's case was frivolous in conception, objectively unreasonable in prosecution and pursued in a manner that multiplied costs while consuming vast judicial resources."
Trading card company Upper Deck has brought a fresh legal claim against Disney Lorcana publisher Ravensburger accusing it of stealing trade secrets, days after a court rejected all its prior claims against the publisher contending the game's design was stolen from it.
German children's book, gifts and stationery publisher ArsEdition has expanded into board games with the launch of a new publishing arm led by former Amigo and Ravensburger exec Volker Hirsch.
Galactic gardening-themed set collection game Gloomies has won this year's Austrian game of the year award, two years after catching the attention of Ravensburger during Italian unpublished game design contest Premio Archimede.
A trio of gateway hobby board games have emerged as Game of the Year contenders in the Toy Association's latest Toy of the Year awards - a prize traditionally dominated by mass-market games.
Upper Deck's lawsuit claiming the designer of hit trading card game Disney Lorcana stole the design from them continues to plod its way through the courts, more than a year after the complaint was first lodged.
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.
Board game publishing major Ravensburger has filed to dismiss a lawsuit from Upper Deck that claims it stole the design for upcoming Disney trading card game Lorcana.
