Eminent German board game designer Uwe Rosenberg's project to create a forest in the Ghanaian savannah - and provide fair employment for local people - is nearing its goal of bringing 20 board game publishers on board.
Capstone Games, the Ohio board game publisher which made a name for itself bringing complex eurogames to the US from Germany, has inked its first partnership with a Japanese publisher.
History teacher Sebastian Freudenberg describes his years-long journey to publishing his debut game Carolingi, in which players act as Charlemagne’s grandchildren fighting over his vast realm using a bag-based action selection system to control areas of the map, unite regions, develop their realms, attract followers and gain glory. Carolingi is the first game from Sea Cove Games, the joint publishing company launched last year by Peter Eggert, who created Eggertspiele in 1996, and Spielworxx’s Uli Blennemann.
Sea Cove Games, the new board game publisher launched by the founders of Eggertspiele and Spielworxx, has scrapped its debut crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound two weeks after launch.
The founders of German board game publishers Eggertspiele and Spielworxx have launched the first title under their new joint publishing company, Sea Cove Games.
The organisers of Essen Spiel, the world's biggest board game fair, have made the surprise move of bringing forward sweeping changes to how the event's halls are structured - leaving some publishers worrying attendees will find it harder to discover their games.
