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Digging In: How a four-person UK board game design studio turned 58 million-selling video game Terraria into a tabletop crowdfunding hit

Paper Fort Games, a small UK board game design studio with a single game under its belt, could hardly have been more ambitious when it approached video game developer Re-logic with the pitch for its second game - adapting Terraria, one of the biggest-selling video games of all time, to the tabletop.

Mike Didymus - True
19 June 2024

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Gen Con-style events, an extra hall: UK Games Expo mulls expansion options as it preps for its biggest, most international event yet

UK Games Expo director Richard Denning has been organising the show since its foundation in 2007, when 900 gamers converged on a Birmingham conference centre. After a record 32,000 attendance last year, the event is now considering its future expansion - with Denning citing Gen Con's vast swathe of live entertainment as a key inspiration.

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Undaunted publisher Osprey targets gap in historical wargaming market with one-box, fast-playing Battalion: War of the Ancients

UK tabletop publisher Osprey Games says it is hoping to fill a gap in the historical gaming market with the release of accessible tabletop combat game Battalion: War of the Ancients.

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Dicebreaker’s owner investigates putting site up for sale alongside video game stablemates

Board game news website Dicebreaker is being lined up for a sale by its owner ReedPop, as the US-based events major investigates getting out of the digital journalism space it entered just five years ago.

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UK Games Expo soars to record 32,000 visitors to cement post-Covid recovery

The UK's largest hobby gaming convention, UK Games Expo, has fully emerged from the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis by posting a record 32,000 visitors at this year's event.

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Elden Ring board game maker seals Kickstarter exclusivity deal in wake of mass redundancies

Elden Ring and Dark Souls board game developer Steamforged Games has signed a four-game exclusivity partnership with Kickstarter - two months after a mass redundancy at the UK-based company.

Mike Didymus - True
19 May 2023