{"id":6762,"date":"2026-06-08T17:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:11:51","slug":"boardgamewire-is-on-a-very-brief-hiatus-back-mid-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardgamewire.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/boardgamewire-is-on-a-very-brief-hiatus-back-mid-june\/","title":{"rendered":"BoardGameWire is on a very brief hiatus &#8211; back mid-June!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello readers! Mike Didymus-True here, the editor of BoardGameWire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to post a quick message to apologise for an upcoming week or two quiet patch for the site &#8211; I&#8217;m being unexpectedly admitted for surgery tomorrow, and will likely be out of action for at least 7 to 14 days while I recover. And as BoardGameWire remains a one-person operation, which I squeeze into my spare time around my day job and my two kids, unfortunately that means a very brief hiatus for the site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please do continue to email me with your news and such in the mean time, and I&#8217;ll do my best to get reporting again as soon as possible! I&#8217;m on mike@boardgamewire.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this hiatus makes you think &#8220;Hmm, I wonder where I&#8217;ll get my board game industry news from now&#8221;, might I recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wericmartin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the excellent W Eric Martin over at Board Game Beat<\/a>, who sometimes has crossover with the kind of things I tend to cover here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if this hiatus has also made you think &#8220;Hmm, I really do find BoardGameWire and its reporting useful, that Mike really does do a pretty good job covering things that don&#8217;t get written about elsewhere &#8211; I would very much like to support that kind of thing financially&#8221; &#8211; that would be lovely! You can pledge a variety of amounts through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BoardGameWire\/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the BoardGameWire Patreon<\/a>, or by choosing <a href=\"https:\/\/buttondown.com\/boardgamewire\">a paid subscription to our regular newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, see you soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello readers! Mike Didymus-True here, the editor of BoardGameWire. 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