Hobby games trade organisation GAMA is losing executive director John Stacy next month after what it described as seven "transformative" years - and just three weeks after it unveiled ambitious plans to become the "epicenter” of the global tabletop gaming industry.
US-based GAMA has revealed an array of plans spread across the next decade, including boosting its membership within both hobby games and the mass market, expanding itself into a global organisation, shifting its finances away from the current heavy reliance on the annual GAMA Expo and Origins shows, and leading the conversation on sustainability within the industry.
An intensive pre-launch community-building campaign has already powered Don't Starve: The Board Game to one of the biggest Kickstarter raises of 2025, with about $1.5m pledged less than 24 hours after the project's launch.
The Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, launched last year to recognise historical gaming’s most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers, has unveiled its second annual cohort of finalists.
North America's biggest tabletop gaming convention, Gen Con, has scored another year of record attendance and exhibitor numbers, despite fears that ongoing US tariff volatility would see publishers and visitors choosing to skip the 2025 show.
Press your luck card-flipping game Flip 7 has added another award to its collection by being crowned best party game at this year's Origin Awards, one of board gaming’s longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals.
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.
North America’s biggest board games industry trade show, GAMA Expo, is moving to Baltimore after surging attendance numbers left the event straining at the seams again - just two years after the show shifted to Kentucky to handle growing interest.
AI art's ongoing spread into the board game industry over the last two years has been met by dismay, anger and fear by artists and illustrators working in the space. Many are concerned not only that the technology is built on artwork that has been stolen from them, but that their very livelihoods are at stake if publishers choose to make use of fast and cheap AI-generated images instead of hiring human artists.
BoardGameWire approached a host of tabletop game artists for their views on the technology in the wake of Wise Wizard Games becoming the latest well-known board game publisher to begin using AI generated images in its projects. One of the most powerful and heartfelt replies came from Kyle Ferrin, whose singular work across games such as Root, Arcs and Oath has become one of the most recognisable styles in board game art.
A host of board game industry professionals have lent their support to a 750-strong group of gaming and puzzle specialists endorsing Kamala Harris in her bid to become President of the United States.
