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Kennerspiel des Jahres winning publisher Schmidt Spiele scores 11% sales growth outside Germany, total 2024 sales reached €57.5m

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.

Mike Didymus - True
22 January 2025

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Hachette Boardgames seals US, UK distribution deals for MicroMacro publisher Edition Spielwiese

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.

Mike Didymus - True
2 December 2024

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Spiel des Jahres bans Daybreak co-designer Matteo Menapace for wearing pro-Palestine watermelon sticker at 2024 awards

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.

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Sky Team crowned Spiel des Jahres winner for 2024, Daybreak takes Kennerspiel prize

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.

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Sky Team, Captain Flip, In the Footsteps of Darwin set for sales boost after being unveiled as this year’s Spiel des Jahres award nominees

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.

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“It’s clear there are too many games being published”: Pegasus Spiele’s co-founder talks Dorfromantik, economic uncertainty and how it keeps winning board gaming’s biggest prize

Pegasus Spiele's co-founder talks Dorfromantik, economic uncertainty and how it keeps winning board gaming's biggest prize

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Azul designer’s Spiel des Jahres nominee Sanssouci finally coming to the US

Sansoucci, the 2014 Spiel des Jahres nominee from Azul designer Michael Kiesling, is finally coming to the US after soaring past its admittedly low goal for its Kickstarter campaign.

Mike Didymus - True
8 June 2023

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Women underepresented in board game design because they’re ‘socialised to avoid harsh criticism’ – Alderac COO

Male board game designers vastly outnumber their female counterparts because women are socialised in the West to avoid situations involving harsh criticism, the chief operating officer of veteran game publisher Alderac Entertainment Group has said.

Mike Didymus - True
23 May 2023

board games shortlisted for the 2023 Spiel des Jahres award, the Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel

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Dorfromantik, Next Station London, FunFacts revealed as Spiel des Jahres 2023 finalists

Fun Facts, Next Station London and Dorfromantik: The Board Game will go head to head in this year's Spiel des Jahres prize, widely considered the biggest award in board gaming.

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The 2023 Spiel des Jahres nominees are being announced on this livestream

Nominees for the board game industry's biggest award, the Spiel des Jahres, are being revealed on a livestream next week.

Mike Didymus - True
16 May 2023