Donald Trump's tariff policies and the restriction of liberties in the US are threatening the creation and release of new board games, the chairman of the Spiel des Jahres association told attendees at the high-profile award ceremony this year.
Co-operative bomb disposal game Bomb Busters has won this year's Spiel des Jahres, beating the much-fancied push-your-luck card game Flip 7 to the high-profile award.
The nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres, widely considered the highest profile award in board gaming, have been unveiled ahead of the grand final on July 13.
The American Tabletop Awards, an awards scheme launched six years ago with the aim of being the US equivalent of Germany's Spiel des Jahres, has revealed its 2025 winners.
A 17-year-old German children's game has won this year's Japan Boardgame Prize, almost two decades after it picked up a recommendation in the kids segment of the much lauded Spiel des Jahres competition.
German board game publisher Schmidt Spiele's international sales soared by 11% last year, helping the Quacks of Quedlinburg maker to €57.5m in total sales across 2024.
Hachette Boardgames has added another publisher to its ever-growing distribution business, scoring a deal to distribute MicroMacro publisher Edition Spielwiese's games in the US and UK.
The organisers of the Spiel des Jahres - widely considered the biggest award in board gaming - have banned one of this year's prize-winning designers from future events after he wore a watermelon sticker to show his support of Palestine at this year's award ceremony.
Sky Team has won the coveted Spiel des Jahres for 2024, pipping fellow nominees Captain Flip and In the Footsteps of Darwin to the German game of the year prize.
The trio of games in the running for this year's Spiel des Jahres prize - widely considered the biggest award in board gaming - have been revealed.
