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- [Africa’s longest-running board game convention eyes grants for local designers as part of 10th anniversary crowdfund](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/14/africas-longest-running-board-game-convention-eyes-grants-for-local-designers-as-part-of-10th-anniversary-crowdfund/) - The November 27 and 28 event in Abuja will include prototype playtesting, workshops, industry discussions, networking and a marketplace alongside its consumer-facing game demonstrations and tournaments, according to organiser NIBCARD Games.
- [Asmodee UK more than doubles annual operating profit to £34m as TCG boom powers growth](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/13/asmodee-uk-more-than-doubles-operating-profit-to-34m-as-tcg-boom-powers-growth/) - The profit surge for Esdevium Games - which officially re-registered as Asmodee UK Limited last month - came on the back of an almost 60% rise in turnover to £224m according to its latest annual accounts.
- [Asmodee's annual revenue surges to €1.68bn on TCG distribution power, but sales of its own board games fall](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/22/asmodees-annual-revenue-surges-to-e1-68bn-on-tcg-distribution-power-but-sales-of-its-own-board-games-fall/) - Despite Asmodee's long-time image as a board game publishing heavyweight, more than 72% of its revenue now comes via its distribution of other companies' games.
- [How competitive TCG accessories are influencing hobby retail strategy in Europe: Sanseking [Sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/15/how-competitive-tcg-accessories-are-influencing-hobby-retail-strategy-in-europe-sanseking/) - As trading card games continue to fuel growth across the tabletop industry, hobby retailers are placing greater emphasis on the accessories that support organised play. In this sponsored article, TCG and board game accessories maker Sanseking explains how changing player behaviour is reshaping retail strategy and why competitive accessories are becoming a more important part of the European hobby market.
- [“We’ve been ready for this step!”: Allplay’s Joe Wiggins on its striking push into heavier games, bigger productions and new audiences](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/12/weve-been-ready-for-this-step-allplays-joe-wiggins-on-its-striking-push-into-heavier-games-bigger-productions-and-new-audiences/) - Allplay is making its biggest strategic shift since its predecessor Boardgametables.com entered publishing in 2018 - launching a trio of new product lines aimed at markets well beyond the accessible, smaller-box strategy games that have defined it to date.
- [TCGs drive PAX Aus tabletop expansion as organisers grow segment’s exhibition space by 7%](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/10/tcgs-drive-pax-aus-tabletop-expansion-as-organisers-grow-exhibition-space-by-7/) - Pax Aus has featured tabletop games since the Melbourne-based con was launched in 2013, with the segment having grown over the years to take up a significant share of the show's floor space.
- [Gen Con hires The Dice Tower's Camilla Cleghorn as head of events as show looks to scale beyond record attendance](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/11/gen-con-hires-the-dice-towers-camilla-cleghorn-as-head-of-events-as-show-looks-to-scale-beyond-record-attendance/) - The hire puts a familiar face from board game media in charge of planning and delivering one of the tabletop industry's largest event programmes.
- [Who has the fairest contracts in board games? TTGDA launches publisher benchmark to improve treatment of designers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/11/who-has-the-fairest-contracts-in-board-games-ttgda-launches-publisher-benchmark-to-improve-treatment-of-designers/) - The Tabletop Game Designers Association has begun scoring and comparing the standard contracts board game publishers offer to designers, with the aim of improving how game creators are treated and paid.
- [Crowdfunded euros from smaller publishers dominate Dice Tower Awards as Galactic Cruise claims game of the year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/10/crowdfunded-euros-from-smaller-publishers-dominate-dice-tower-awards-as-galactic-cruise-claims-game-of-the-year/) - Galactic Cruise also picked up gongs for best strategy game and best game from a new designer, while Luthier from Paverson Games won best theme, best production and best game from a small publisher.
- [Trio of board game industry veterans launch full-service agency Best in Play](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/07/trio-of-board-game-industry-veterans-launch-full-service-agency-best-in-play/) - Hues and Cues designer Scott Brady, Sagrada co-creator Daryl Andrews and Friendly Skeleton CEO Jacob Way said Best in Play will offer everything from interim executive leadership and designer representation to publisher submission management and crowdfunding strategy.
- ["This is a time to be disciplined, focused, and clear about why a game deserves to exist": industry veteran Scott Morris on launching new publisher Steelwing Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/06/this-is-a-time-to-be-disciplined-focused-and-clear-about-why-a-game-deserves-to-exist-industry-veteran-scott-morris-on-launching-new-publisher-steelwing-games/) - Few people in the hobby game industry have have seen as many sides of the business as Scott Morris - from leading global strategy at Lucky Duck Games, building publishing partnerships at GTS Distribution and running sales, marketing and social media at Arcane Wonders. Now Morris is applying that experience to his own venture as founder of Steelwing Games, whose debut title Rainbow Blvd. has been nearly a decade in the making.
- [Gen Con tops 74,000 attendees as record-breaking show preps for much-needed venue, hotel expansion](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/05/gen-con-tops-74000-attendees-as-record-breaking-show-preps-for-much-needed-venue-hotel-expansion/) - The convention, which has sold out before opening for three consecutive years, is currently operating at a hard capacity ceiling at the Indiana Convention Centre.
- [Asmodee's quarterly net sales soar again to over €422m, board game revenue jumps 16%](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/04/asmodees-quarterly-net-sales-soar-again-to-over-e422m-board-game-revenue-jump-hints-at-us-retail-recovery/) - TCG distribution remains the engine behind Asmodee's ongoing growth, with trading card games responsible for more than two-thirds of that quarterly revenue, according to the company's latest financial report.
- [Russian missile strike destroys Ukrainian Catan, Exploding Kittens publisher's entire 200,000-strong inventory](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/08/03/russian-missile-strike-destroys-ukrainian-catan-exploding-kittens-publishers-entire-200000-strong-inventory/) - Rozum has been devastated by the strike, with parent business Factor Group estimating the losses at up to $670,000 - a situation which has prompted Rozum to launch a fundraising appeal to help it reprint its lost inventory.
- [CMON scraps $2.1m NFT game maker investment, three months after betting on deal to expand revenue, remain 'relevant'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/23/cmon-scraps-2-1m-nft-game-maker-investment-three-months-after-betting-on-deal-to-expand-revenue-remain-relevant/) - CMON’s board had planned to transition the company's titles such as Massive Darkness and Super Fantasy Brawl Reborn into “high-quality digital assets” through the investment, saying the move was necessary for it to "continue to be relevant in the games industry and to expand the group’s revenue stream".
- [French board game distributor, publisher Atalia enters liquidation, blames market saturation and battle for bestsellers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/24/french-board-game-distributor-publisher-atalia-enters-liquidation-blames-market-saturation-and-battle-for-bestsellers/) - "So many new games are being released today that the market has become saturated", Atalia said. "Shops no longer have the space, the time or the cash flow to stock all the games arriving each week."
- [Hues and Cues designer launches platform to help outstanding board games stuck in publisher release bottleneck](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/22/hues-and-cues-designer-launches-platform-to-help-outstanding-board-games-stuck-in-publisher-release-bottleneck/) - Scott Brady believes many outstanding games never reach players not because they lack quality, but because publishers must plan their release schedules years in advance - and with only so many publishing slots available each year, excellent games are often left waiting for an opportunity that may never come.
- ["The Magic flywheel is firing on all cylinders": veteran TCG tops $500m quarterly revenue for first time](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/21/the-magic-flywheel-is-firing-on-all-cylinders-veteran-tcg-tops-500m-quarterly-revenue-for-first-time/) - The veteran card game has been on a tear over the past four years, evolving from parent company Hasbro's first $1bn-brand into the toy and entertainment giant's primary source of growth.
- [Valor Mountain challenges hobby game publishing's "safe bet" mentality as it ramps up ambitions](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/16/valor-mountain-challenges-hobby-game-publishings-safe-bet-mentality-as-it-ramps-up-ambitions/) - After years spent engaging with publishers and designers - both at Capstone Games and through his Board Again Gaming podcast - Christopher High believes the several thousand new board games and expansions released each year are pushing publishers towards commercially safer bets. Now he's wagering his company Valor Mountain Games can succeed by taking chances on the kinds of titles other publishers are passing over.
- [Solo play is now one of board gaming's defining mechanisms, university research of 104,000 titles finds](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/17/solo-play-is-now-one-of-board-gamings-defining-mechanisms-analysis-of-104000-titles-finds/) - Solo play ranked as the third most prevalent component in games released between 2020 and 2025, behind only dice rolling and hand management.
- [GAMA seeks hobby shops setting the standard for design, innovation in 2027 Power Retail Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/15/gama-seeks-hobby-shops-setting-the-standard-for-design-innovation-in-2027-power-retail-awards/) - The annual awards, which have now been running for 17 years, aim to act as a showcase and celebration of business practices, community-building and operational innovations that other hobby retailers can learn from.
- [GAMA hunts for tabletop gaming's best brick-and-mortar stores in latest Power Retail Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/16/gama-hunts-for-tabletop-gamings-best-brick-and-mortar-stores-in-latest-power-retail-awards/) - Board game trade organisation GAMA is looking to celebrate outstanding tabletop gaming retailers again through its latest annual Power Retail Awards.
- [JinxO wins 2026 Spiel des Jahres, Rebirth secures historic triple for Reiner Knizia](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/13/jinxo-wins-2026-spiel-des-jahres-rebirth-secures-historic-triple-for-reiner-knizia/) - JinxO designer Martin Ang's victory underscores the growing internationality of the venerable German board games award, which until last year's success for Hishashi Hayashi's Bomb Busters had never been won by an Asian designer.
- [Academic conference puts board game sustainability, environmental theming and more under the microscope](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/14/academic-conference-puts-board-game-sustainability-environmental-theming-and-more-under-the-microscope/) - While many of Generation Analog 2026's presentations explore environmental issues, the conference's broad 'Green' theme also encompasses topics including newcomer experiences, representation, identity, game history and design philosophy.
- [Devir hires longtime The Op hobby games director Pat Marino to lead North American sales and marketing](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/10/devir-hires-longtime-the-op-hobby-games-director-pat-marino-to-lead-north-american-sales-and-marketing/) - Marino joins Devir in the newly-created role after nine years at The Op, including the last four as director of hobby games, where he helped oversee releases such as runaway hit Flip 7, Gnome Hollow and Tacta.
- [Brotherwise bets hobby games have become brands, recruits 20 publishers for miniature board game box collectibles line](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/08/brotherwise-bets-hobby-games-have-become-brands-recruits-20-publishers-for-miniature-board-game-box-collectibles-line/) - The publisher will debut 'Season One' of Shelfy at Gen Con later this month, featuring 28 miniature recreations of board game boxes for titles including Gloomhaven, Dune Imperium and Boop.
- [Indie publisher Eurydice Games hits almost £400,000 in revenue while hand-making every copy of its game in a garage](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/07/indie-publisher-eurydice-games-hits-almost-400000-in-revenue-while-hand-making-every-copy-of-its-game-in-a-garage/) - While many indie game designers and small publishers view moving to overseas manufacturing as an inevitable step once demand grows, Eurydice believes its experience demonstrates that remaining in-house can make commercial sense for certain types of games.
- [Designer pair launch ColorSym, giving publishers a free tool for colourblind-friendly board game creation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/06/designer-pair-launch-colorsym-giving-publishers-a-free-tool-for-colourblind-friendly-board-game-creation/) - Unlike bespoke icon systems created by publishers for individual games, Francisco and Eastridge hope they have created a universal visual language that players can learn once and recognise across multiple titles.
- [Hot Streak, Speakeasy, Fate of the Fellowship among this year's Origins Awards winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/06/hot-streak-speakeasy-fate-of-the-fellowship-among-this-years-origins-awards-winners/) - The awards, one of tabletop gaming’s longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals, has crowned its latest group of winners after whittling them down from 120 nominees.
- ["We have a great story to tell, we just have to get better at telling it": GAMA hires Kevin Ronnebaum as sixth comms head in as many years](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/02/we-have-a-great-story-to-tell-we-just-have-to-get-better-at-telling-it-gama-hires-kevin-ronnebaum-as-sixth-comms-head-in-as-many-years/) - Ronnebaum's hire marks a continuation of high turnover at the top of GAMA's comms department, with former incumbent Eric Francis having only joined the organisation 12 months ago.
- [Wayland Games parent Wyld Holdings buys tabletop storage giant Battle Foam in latest expansion move](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/02/wayland-games-parent-wyld-holdings-buys-tabletop-storage-giant-battle-foam-in-latest-expansion-move/) - Wyld Holdings has added the Arizona-based business to a portfolio that already includes Wayland Games, miniatures game publisher Warcradle Studios, Occam Distribution, gaming mat maker Kraken Wargames and media outlet OnTableTop.
- [Czech Games CEO says US tariffs drove $30 price gap between US, European editions of Kingdom Come: Deliverance board game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/03/czech-games-ceo-says-us-tariffs-drove-30-price-gap-between-us-european-editions-of-kingdom-come-deliverance-board-game/) - Although board game publishers have repeatedly warned that tariffs would push retail prices higher, few have publicly broken down exactly how those increases translate into MSRP in different regions.
- [Plaid Hat pulls funded The Monolith Kickstarter after pledges 'stagnated' on day two, plans post-Gen Con relaunch](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/30/plaid-hat-pulls-funded-the-monolith-kickstarter-after-pledges-stagnated-on-day-two-plans-post-gen-con-relaunch/) - Plaid Hat said it had failed to give prospective backers enough reasons to pledge rather than wait for retail.
- [Origins attendance falls for first time since pandemic despite rising revenue, hall space, events volume](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/01/origins-attendance-falls-for-first-time-since-pandemic-despite-rising-revenue-hall-space-events-volume/) - Attendance slipped to 18,700 at this year's event in June from a post-pandemic record of 19,171 last year - and remains below the all-time high of 20,642 posted in 2019.
- [Take Time follows Swiss Gamers Award win by securing Austrian game of the year prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/01/take-time-follows-swiss-gamers-award-win-by-securing-austrian-game-of-the-year-prize/) - Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière’s design fought off competition from Florian Maas' citybuilding game Project Skyline and Hjalmar Hach and Lorenzo Silva's Railroad Ink sequel Railroad Tiles to take the 2026 award.
- [Spirit Island set for new publisher as designer declines Flat River renewal, plans complete art overhaul](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/26/spirit-island-set-for-new-publisher-as-designer-declines-flat-river-renewal-plans-complete-art-overhaul/) - R Eric Reuss said he expects to be able to license Spirit Island to a new publisher "within the next year or so" according to an update posted to BoardGameGeek and Reddit, adding that dozens of publishers had reached out to express interest in the title and that negotiations with one unnamed company were "going well".
- [Mind MGMT publisher Off the Page Games expands beyond comic book licenses with new imprint](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/24/mind-mgmt-publisher-off-the-page-games-expands-beyond-comic-book-licenses-with-new-imprint/) - The company, which has built its reputation adapting indie comics into tabletop games such as Mind MGMT, has unveiled Off the Page Games Unbound, which will publish games not tied to existing comic book licences.
- [Exclusive: Awaken Realms buys Darwin's Journey publisher Thundergryph Games as first M&A expansion](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/24/exclusive-awaken-realms-buys-darwins-journey-publisher-thundergryph-games-as-first-ma-expansion/) - The move broadens Awaken Realms' publishing portfolio beyond the large-scale, narrative-driven and miniature-heavy titles for which it is best known, such as the hugely lucrative Nemesis series, Tainted Grail and ISS Vanguard.
- ["The future isn't just about selling products": award-winning board game retailer on why creating community is key to success](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/23/the-future-isnt-just-about-selling-products-award-winning-board-game-retailer-on-why-creating-community-is-key-to-success/) - Red Castle Games owner Matthew Mičetić told BoardGameWire expanding scope to welcome young people, families and casual gamers was one of the biggest opportunities for game stores today.
- [Asmodee unveils debut titles from recently-launched party game studio Moodbox](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/23/asmodee-unveils-debut-titles-from-recently-launched-party-game-studio-moodbox/) - Asmodee expects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for social games of between 4% and 8% between 2025 and 2030, compared to about 4% for the wider board games market.
- [Cephalofair CEO, Molly House, Trench Crusade among finalists for 2026 Diana Jones Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/22/cephalofair-ceo-molly-house-trench-crusade-among-finalists-for-2026-diana-jones-award/) - The award aims to celebrates "everything that’s the best about gaming", with previous winners across the award’s 26-year run having included Blood Rage designer Eric Lang, Nigerian games industry publisher and evangelist NIBCARD, and the entire ‘actual play’ movement of people livestreaming and podcasting roleplaying games.
- [Board, the startup making a $400 board game console, leans into AI-powered designs after raising another $20m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/03/board-the-startup-making-a-400-board-game-console-leans-into-ai-after-raising-another-20m/) - Board said it would unveil an AI platform later this year which will allow users to build their own games using natural language prompts, saying taking a game from idea to playable prototype can be done in less than an hour.
- [BoardGameWire is on a very brief hiatus - back mid-June!](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/08/boardgamewire-is-on-a-very-brief-hiatus-back-mid-june/) - Hello readers! Mike Didymus-True here, the editor of BoardGameWire. I wanted to post a quick message to apologise for an upcoming week or two-long quiet patch for the site - I'm being unexpectedly admitted for surgery tomorrow, and will likely be out of action for at least 7 to 14 days while I recover.
- [Interactive digital tabletop maker The Last Gameboard draws in more publishers to join Asmodee, Stonemaier](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/04/24/interactive-digital-tabletop-developer-the-last-gameboard-draws-in-more-publishers-to-join-asmodee-stonemaier/) - Interactive tabletop maker The Last Gameboard kicked off its showcase at this year's GAMA Expo by revealing new publishers added to its 100-strong game library.
- [Steamforged confirms redundancies, crowdfunding cutback amid refocus on booming Warmachine](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/04/steamforged-confirms-redundancies-crowdfunding-cutback-amid-refocus-on-booming-warmachine/) - The company has been one of tabletop crowdfunding's biggest success stories over the past decade, raising tens of millions of pounds across campaigns based on major video game licences such as Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Horizon Zero Dawn and Elden Ring.
- [TTRPG trio triumph in latest Diana Jones emerging designer program, win expenses-paid trip to Gen Con](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/04/ttrpg-trio-triumph-in-latest-diana-jones-emerging-designer-program-win-expenses-paid-trip-to-gen-con/) - The emerging designer program, now in its sixth year, seeks to amplify the voices of up-and-coming tabletop creators, with a particular focus on designers from marginalized communities.
- [Frosted Games brings in ex-Pegasus, HeidelBÄR marketing chief Michael Kränzle, hires podcaster as new sales head](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/04/frosted-games-brings-in-ex-pegasus-heidelbar-marketing-chief-michael-kranzle-hires-new-sales-head/) - The company has become a significant publisher of German language board games, including last year's Kennerspiel des Jahres winner Endeavor: Deep Sea and big name titles such as Andromeda's Edge and The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era.
- [Million-play analysis inspires streamlined Isle of Cats successor, as game's sales pass 250,000](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/03/million-play-analysis-inspires-streamlined-isle-of-cats-successor-as-games-sales-pass-250000/) - Isle of Penguins creator Frank West told BoardGameWire he used data from over a million plays to create a game that plays 20% to 30% faster than The Isle of Cats standard mode, while also giving players more to do.
- [Asmodee's push into crowdfunding scores first success with $4.1m for Zombicide: Dead Men Tales](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/02/asmodees-push-into-crowdfunding-scores-first-success-with-4-1m-for-zombicide-dead-men-tales/) - Asmodee's acquisition of Zombicide from financially troubled CMON last June set the stage for the company's drive into crowdfunding - an area it had previously barely touched through any of its myriad studios.
- [UK Games Expo soars past 51,000 attendees, show more than doubles pre-pandemic record](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/06/01/uk-games-expo-soars-past-51000-attendees-show-more-than-doubles-pre-pandemic-record/) - The surging visitor numbers - up 64% in just three years - mean UK Games Expo is now pushing steadily towards the 70,000-plus visitors recorded by giant US tabletop convention Gen Con each year since 2023, and is more than two and a half times larger than last year's Origins Game Fair.
- [Iranian designer's Persian folklore game about exorcising demons wins 2026 Cardboard Edison Award, which celebrates the best in unpublished designs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/21/iranian-designers-persian-folklore-game-about-exorcising-demons-wins-2026-cardboard-edison-award-which-celebrates-the-best-in-unpublished-designs/) - The debut design from Iranian video game veteran Yasaman Farazan was praised by judges for its "genius" action selection system, which makes use of a physical 'astrolabe', calling it "thematic, toyetic, and an absolute joy to engage with".
- [Reiner Knizia, Markus Slawitscheck could both seal historic trio of wins in this year's Spiel des Jahres](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/19/reiner-knizia-markus-slawitscheck-could-both-seal-historic-trio-of-wins-in-this-years-spiel-des-jahres/) - Spiel des Jahres Association chairman Harald Schrapers said the jury looked at a record 571 games for this year's awards, underscoring the sheer mass of games being released through retail.
- ["We need to stop being reactionary": New GAMA president Meredith Placko on being data driven, improving communication and turning its ten-year plan into a reality](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/20/we-need-to-stop-being-reactionary-new-gama-president-meredith-placko-on-being-data-driven-improving-communication-and-turning-its-ten-year-plan-into-a-reality/) - Speaking to BoardGameWire in her first long-form interview since being elected GAMA president last month, Meredith Placko said putting proactive structures in place to prevent GAMA "stepping in the mud all the time" was one of her priorities.
- [Veteran board game writer Keith Law expresses shock as AV Club shutters tabletop section](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/11/veteran-board-game-writer-keith-law-expresses-shock-as-av-club-shutters-tabletop-section/) - Law wrote more than 300 pieces across those sites following his debut article in 2013, helping bring modern board gaming to a wider audience through his reviews, opinion pieces and highly regarded 'games of the year' lists.
- [BoardGameGeek fires veteran advertising manager for rejecting campaign due to firsthand experiences of demonic possession](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/20/boardgamegeek-fires-veteran-advertising-manager-for-rejecting-campaign-due-to-firsthand-experiences-of-demonic-possession/) - Chad Krizan told Possess Me, Satan publisher Falling Whale Games that he couldn't "in good conscience" approve ads for its Gamefound campaign as "the thought of displaying this subject matter makes me sick to my stomach".
- [Undaunted publisher Osprey's board game operation to be sold off by owner Bloomsbury Publishing](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/13/undaunted-publisher-ospreys-board-game-operation-to-be-sold-off-by-owner-bloomsbury-publishing/) - Osprey said it would not commission any new board and card games, but would continue to release, sell and license upcoming titles while parent company Bloomsbury Publishing hunts for a new owner for its board games.
- [Asmodee unveils first slate of publishers picked to make new Lord of the Rings games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/14/asmodee-unveils-first-slate-of-publishers-picked-to-make-new-lord-of-the-rings-games/) - Endeavor: Deep Sea co-publisher Grand Gamers Guild, Ascension publisher Stone Blade Entertainment, and Play to Z, the board game publisher created by Z-Man Games founder Zev Schlasinger, have all been selected by Asmodee to produce new Lord of the Rings titles.
- ["No part of the mission says 'Asmodee makes all the games'": Luke Peterschmidt on shaping the future of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings tabletop titles](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/22/no-part-of-the-mission-says-asmodee-makes-all-the-games-luke-peterschmidt-on-shaping-the-future-of-the-hobbit-and-lord-of-the-rings-tabletop-titles/) - When news broke three months ago that board game giant Asmodee had been named manager of the hugely lucrative Middle-earth licence for tabletop games and accessories, questions naturally abounded within the industry about what that would mean for other publishers hoping to create The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings-based titles. Luke Peterschmidt, the tabletop veteran tasked with running the Middle-earth operation at Asmodee, sat down with BoardGameWire at Spiel Essen following the announcement to outline his vision for the IP, what they want from publishers in terms of pitches, and how they hope to prove naysayers of the deal wrong.
- [Co-op titles Fate of the Fellowship, Vantage dominate 20th Golden Geek Awards, Hot Streak scores pair of wins](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/12/co-op-titles-fate-of-the-fellowship-vantage-dominate-20th-golden-geek-awards-hot-streak-scores-pair-of-wins/) - Fate of the Fellowship's flurry of wins and runner-up nods continues a powerful run in the Golden Geeks for games based on JRR Tolkien's seminal novels, with Bryan Bornmueller's The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game and Antoine Bauza and Bruno Cathala's Duel for Middle-earth both having secured wins in last year's contest.
- [Leder Games staffs up after Buried Giant departures, brings in Johnny Dale to lead day-to-day operations](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/13/leder-games-staffs-up-after-buried-giant-departures-brings-in-johnny-dale-to-lead-day-to-day-operations/) - The Root publisher is rebuilding after a staff exodus earlier this year that included star designer Cole Wehrle and style-defining artist Kyle Ferrin, who left to form Buried Giant Studios.
- [Greater than Games back in hands of founders Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, has multiple games in development](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/12/greater-than-games-back-in-hands-of-founders-christopher-badell-paul-bender-has-multiple-games-in-development/) - Bender and Badell, who launched the business in 2011 alongside Adam Rebottaro, have reacquired the brand and the rights for the Sentinels of the Multiverse titles alongside their other original IP such as the Sentinel Comics RPG.
- [Arydia leads Golden Geek nominations with nods in six categories, Vantage and Fate of the Fellowship up for five each](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/22/arydia-leads-golden-geek-nominations-with-nods-in-six-categories-vantage-and-fate-of-the-fellowship-up-for-five-each/) - Other titles picking up nominations across multiple categories included Eternal Decks, Star Trek: Captain's Chair and Hot Streak, with four each, while Magical Athlete, Molly House, Luthier, Galactic Cruise, Corps of Discovery, The Old King's Crown, Speakeasy and The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era all picked up three nods.
- ["Reality has definitely exceeded our expectations": Board game awards magnet SETI rockets past 100,000 sales](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/08/reality-has-definitely-exceeded-our-expectations-board-game-awards-magnet-seti-rockets-past-100000-sales/) - SETI's rapid success is striking following a year which has seen many publishers pivoting to smaller box titles over more heavyweight designs, as a response to economic factors such as US tariff volatility, as well as gamers having less money to spend due to inflation and general cost of living struggles.
- [French board game publisher Savana makes first acquisition, buys Beat That! publisher Gutter Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/05/french-board-game-publisher-savana-makes-first-acquisition-buys-beat-that-publisher-gutter-games/) - UK-based Gutter Games, which was launced in 2017, is best known for dexterity challenge party game Beat That!, and has also published adult-themed party titles including Gutterhead and Trunk of Drunk.
- [Asmodee continues social game expansion push, buys rights to Time's Up! from R&R Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/07/asmodee-continues-social-game-expansion-push-buys-rights-to-times-up-from-rr-games/) - The acquisition comes just over a month after Asmodee agreed to pay up to €250m for French social and party game publisher ATM Gaming, the publisher of titles including Speed Bac/Quickstop, Mouton Mouton and Pili Pili.
- [Long-running publisher, retailer networking event Alliance Open House rebrands to Universal Summit US](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/06/long-running-publisher-retailer-networking-event-alliance-open-house-rebrands-to-universal-summit-us/) - Universal said it is waiving all registration fees to celebrate the inaugural US Universal Summit, which will continue its predecessor's slate of game demos, panels and workshops, vendor exhibit hall and networking opportunities.
- [Universal Distribution completes Alliance Game Distributors buyout from Diamond Comics after chaotic bankruptcy auction](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/19/universal-distribution-completes-alliance-game-distributors-buyout-after-chaotic-bankruptcy-auction/) - Canadian board game, TCG and comics distribution major Universal Distribution has completed its takeover of US peer Alliance Game Distributors, following a tumultuous bankruptcy auction of the latter's former owner Diamond Comics.
- [Arcs named game of the year by Italian tabletop magazine ioGioco, Paolo Mori named best designer](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/05/04/arcs-named-game-of-the-year-by-italian-tabletop-magazine-iogioco-paolo-mori-named-best-designer/) - ioGioco said the tabletop gaming sector continues to prove "particularly vibrant", with the market in Italy seeing a 27% rise in value last year compared to 2024 according to data from research company Circana.
- [Isaac Childres steps down as Cephalofair CEO to focus on game design, promotes Price Johnson to role, hires Julie Ahern as COO](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/26/isaac-childres-steps-down-as-cephalofair-ceo-to-focus-on-game-design-promotes-price-johnson-to-role-hires-julie-ahern-as-coo/) - Childres founded Cephalofair in 2014 to self-publish his first game, Forge War, and subsequently struck huge success with his fantasy co-op campaign designs Gloomhaven and Frosthaven.
- [Deluxe editions 'have become sort of an arms race... we often do the opposite': Roxley CEO Gavan Brown on the stellar success of Brass: Pittsburgh's $9.1m crowdfund](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/27/deluxe-editions-have-become-sort-of-an-arms-race-we-often-do-the-opposite-roxley-ceo-gavan-brown-on-the-stellar-success-of-brass-pittsburghs-9-1m-crowdfund/) - Roxley Games' Brass: Pittsburgh has raised $9.1m in the biggest board game crowdfund of 2026 so far - and one of the top ten tabletop gaming raises of all time. Roxley CEO Gavan Brown, who co-designed the game alongside original Brass creator Martin Wallace, spoke to BoardGameWire about soaring past his expectations for the crowdfund, avoiding the 'arms race' of deluxe editions, the advantages of Gamefound over Kickstarter and overcoming the campaign's biggest mis-step.
- [CMON to invest $2.1m in NFT video game maker, says digital shift needed to expand revenue, remain 'relevant'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/24/cmon-invests-2-1m-in-nft-video-game-maker-says-digital-shift-needed-to-expand-revenue-remain-relevant/) - CMON's board said it planned to transition its titles such as Massive Darkness and Super Fantasy Brawl Reborn into "high-quality digital assets", adding that it believed integrating its board games with digital and Web3 technologies "would enhance the long-term commercial value of the group’s portfolio".
- [Hasbro delays Q1 results after cyber attack, expects revenue rise from ongoing Magic strength](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/23/hasbro-delays-q1-results-after-cyber-attack-expects-revenue-rise-from-ongoing-magic-strength/) - Hasbro said it identified "unauthorized access" to the company's network on March 28, but believes that access has been "contained" - adding that Magic's shipments and release cadence had continued unaffected.
- [GAMA president Nicole Brady loses re-election bid, VP Meredith Placko voted into role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/17/gama-president-nicole-brady-loses-re-election-bid-vp-meredith-placko-voted-into-role/) - Brady, who spent two years as president of GAMA, had been a key driver of a plan for the organisation to become the "epicentre" of global tabletop gaming, underpinned by the unveiling of its first-ever 10-year plan last October.
- [High-IQ society Mensa reveals its top board games after annual four-day judging marathon](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/22/high-iq-society-mensa-reveals-its-top-board-games-after-annual-four-day-judging-marathon/) - Alex Cutler and Peter C Hayward both saw two of their creations win the seal this year, including their co-design Critter Kitchen, Hayward's Things in Rings and Cutler's A Place for All My Books - which he co-created with Michael Mihealsick.
- [Lucky Duck cuts back on "resource intensive" localisation strategy, shifts focus to developing own titles](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/21/lucky-duck-cuts-back-on-resource-intensive-localisation-strategy-shifts-focus-to-developing-own-titles/) - Lucky Duck has a big hitter of its own in the Chronicles of Crime series of games, which have sold more than one million copies worldwide.
- [French board game designers' union SAJ adopts new name to better represent women, non-binary people](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/16/french-board-game-designers-union-saj-adopts-new-name-to-better-represent-women-non-binary-people/) - The organisation has been rebranded as the Syndicat des Auteurices de Jeux - the Union of Game Designers - following a vote at its annual general meeting at the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes.
- [Flat River sells Greater than Games brand, Sentinels of the Multiverse to digital developer Handelabra](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/15/flat-river-sells-greater-than-games-brand-sentinels-of-the-multiverse-to-digital-developer-handelabra/) - Flat River had laid off the vast majority of staff and suspended new projects at Spirit Island publisher Greater than Games in April last year, blaming “ongoing economic pressures resulting from the international tariff crisis”.
- [GAMA board apologises for directors being 'rude and disrespectful' to members during heated AGM](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/17/gama-board-apologises-for-directors-being-rude-and-disrespectful-to-members-during-heated-agm/) - Multiple members of the organisation expressed their disgust during the AGM that board members had suggested people only attended because free food was provided, while others were upset at the way they were shouted at and talked over during a fiery discussion on changes to the non-profit's bylaws.
- [Hot Streak, Magical Athlete race to wins in this year's American Tabletop Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/14/hot-streak-magical-athlete-race-to-wins-in-this-years-american-tabletop-awards/) - This year's Strategy Games prize went to Matt Leacock's pandemic spinoff The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, while the Complex Games title went to Jo Kelly's and Cole Wehrle's design Molly House.
- [Asmodee co-founder Philippe Mouret, veteran Catan Studio head Pete Fenlon step back; Julia Marcelin to head up five studios](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/10/asmodee-co-founder-philippe-mouret-veteran-catan-studio-head-pete-fenlon-step-back-julia-marcelin-to-head-up-five-studios/) - Julia Marcelin, who has been with Asmodee for almost seven years, becomes head of five studios as part of the shake-up, taking on responsibility for Days of Wonder, Space Cowboys, Repos Production, Libellud and Next Move.
- [Fantasy Flight calls time on Descent: Legends of the Dark, saying rising costs mean it was selling at a loss](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/10/fantasy-flight-calls-time-on-descent-legends-of-the-dark-saying-rising-costs-mean-it-was-selling-at-a-loss/) - FFG said, "Simply put, the game is too expensive to make. Between ever-increasing manufacturing costs, lengthy and pricey app development timelines, and global economic shifts making everything more expensive to produce, it became abundantly clear that continuing to make this game is just not feasible."
- [Fentasy Games looks to help complex game publishers avoid 'strangulation' of trad distribution with P500-style platform launch](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/07/fentasy-games-looks-to-help-complex-game-publishers-avoid-strangulation-of-trad-distribution-with-p500-style-platform-launch/) - Florian Gigot hopes newly launched platform BoardGameCommerce will give publishers of higher complexity games with smaller print runs - of between 500 and 1,000 units - a more sustainable financial option than the traditional board game industry distribution model.
- [German Mensa unveils full slate of nominees for this year's MinD Spielepreis](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/04/06/german-mensa-unveils-full-slate-of-nominees-for-this-years-mind-spielepreis/) - Mensa in Deutschland has run the awards contest since 2009, and has operated a ‘shorter games’ category for more than a decade and lighter two-player games prize since 2019.
- ["We feel that the industry wants it": German Mensa refocuses part of long-running board game award towards more complex, expert-level games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/27/we-feel-that-the-industry-wants-it-german-mensa-switches-long-running-board-game-award-away-from-lighter-titles-to-focus-on-expert-games/) - A long list of more than 20 titles has been whittled down to six challengers for the complex game category for this year: Galactic Cruise, Luthier, Shackleton Base, Speakeasy, Thebai and Thesauros, all of which have been released in Germany since Spiel Essen last October.
- [Ark Nova expansion named as Marine Worlds, will be available at Essen](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/10/ark-nova-expansion-named-as-marine-world-will-be-available-at-essen/) - Ark Nova's first big box expansion has been revealed as Marine Worlds, and will be available at the Essen game fair in October this year.
- [‘We delayed the game, but that saved the company’ – how Darwin’s Journey publisher Gonzalo Aguirre Bisi steered the project to success amid the post-Covid chaos](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/21/we-delayed-the-game-but-that-saved-the-company-how-darwins-journey-publisher-gonzalo-aguirre-bisi-steered-the-project-to-success-amid-the-post-covid-chaos/) - When Darwin’s Journey launched onto Kickstarter at the beginning of 2021, the world was beginning to show small signs of optimism that the Covid-19 pandemic that had gripped the globe for the previous 12 months was starting to lose ground.
- [New Cardboard Edison Award winner apologises for gamifying colonialist land grab for American West, promises to retheme game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/10/new-cardboard-edison-award-winner-apologises-for-gamifying-colonialist-land-grab-for-american-west-promises-to-retheme-game/) - The winner of this year's Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, has apologised for theming his game around the rush to colonise the American West. Myles Wallace said he was "in no way" seeking to glorify America's westward expansion at the expense of indigenous people with his
- [Flat River Group downsizes again as veteran trio leave to relaunch Luma Imports under ACD Distribution; ACD also buys Flat River's Synapses Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/08/flat-river-group-downsizes-again-as-veteran-trio-leave-to-relaunch-luma-imports-under-acd-distribution-acd-also-buys-flat-rivers-synapses-games/) - Board game distributor, publisher and e-commerce specialist Flat River Group has downsized again, with industry veterans Jules Vautour, Colin Young and Danni Loe leaving to revive distributor Luma Imports as part of ACD Distribution.
- [CMON eyes crowdfunding return after annual losses spiral to almost $20m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/31/cmon-eyes-crowdfunding-return-after-annual-losses-spiral-to-almost-20m/) - CMON's $23m losses across 2024 and 2025 are now almost 5.5-times larger than its profits from the preceding nine years combined - and have led an independent auditor hired by the company to question whether it has the resources to stay in business for the foreseeable future.
- [French publisher Don't Panic Games to bring more titles to North America, launches US office](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/30/french-publisher-dont-panic-games-to-bring-more-titles-to-north-america-launches-us-office/) - Emma Recher, who will head up a three-person team at Don't Panic's new US office in California, told BoardGameWire, "Several recent titles have reinforced our confidence in expanding more directly into the US market."
- [Hat-wearing animal game Petiquette wins latest Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan’s board game industry](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/30/hat-wearing-animal-game-petiquette-wins-latest-golden-box-awards-voted-on-by-members-of-japans-board-game-industry/) - The Oink Games-published design fought off competition from 2025 winner Isao Mukai, who was nominated for Banana Governance - a card-based drafting and bidding game which sees players attempt to satisfy the needs of hungry monkeys better than their opponents.
- [More than half of board game designers in TTGDA survey have used generative AI in their work](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/27/more-than-half-of-board-game-designers-in-ttgda-survey-have-used-generative-ai-in-their-work/) - About a quarter of the 171 designers who answered the TTGDA survey said they had used a genAI platform to come up with game ideas or mechanisms - while more than half indicated they were 'strongly opposed' to using AI in that way.
- [GAMA unveils board of directors election winners, current president and secretary re-elected to board](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/27/gama-unveils-board-of-directors-election-winners-current-president-and-secretary-re-elected-to-board/) - President Nicole Brady, who runs review site SAHM Reviews, was re-elected to the board by GAMA's media and events member group, while treasurer Tiffany Reid from Southern Hobby Distribution won re-election from the wholesale group.
- [Awaken Realms vows "no AI art" for Concordia: Special Edition after BGG review bombing](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/25/awaken-realms-vows-no-ai-art-for-concordia-special-edition-after-bgg-review-bombing/) - The title is the latest seminal eurogame to be re-released in a spruced-up, premium edition by Awaken Realms - and also the latest to see the publisher come under fire for embracing generative AI software such as Midjourney in developing some of its games.
- [Asmodee to pay up to €250m to buy French party, social game publisher ATM Gaming](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/26/asmodee-to-pay-up-to-e250m-to-buy-french-party-social-game-publisher-atm-gaming/) - The board game giant said buying ATM, the publisher of titles including Speed Bac/Quickstop, Mouton Mouton and Pili Pili, was predicated on social games being "the fastest growing category of the board games market".
- [Asmodee makes Asia expansion push by buying CMON's Japon Brand, launching new studio Nekuma](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/20/asmodee-makes-asia-expansion-push-by-buying-cmons-japon-brand-launching-new-studio-nekuma/) - Japon Brand was instrumental in bringing Japanese designs such as Love Letter and Machi Koro to international markets, after being inspired by the surge in novel games from home-grown designers in the early 2000s.
- ["The numbers simply aren't there": Equinox to end record-breaking Altered TCG after new crowdfund falls well short of goals](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/19/the-numbers-simply-arent-there-equinox-to-end-record-breaking-altered-tcg-after-new-crowdfund-falls-well-short-of-goals/) - Publisher Equinox said the €1.1m raised between the Roots of Corruption Gamefound campaign and through retailer pre-orders was "far too far" from the €2m it needed to "guarantee the future of the game".
- [AdMagic makes 'difficult and sad' decision to shut down Print and Play after financial strain from division became 'overwhelming'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/18/admagic-makes-difficult-and-sad-decision-to-shut-down-print-and-play-after-financial-strain-from-division-became-overwhelming/) - Print and Play had provided prototypes, promos and components for a string of big-selling titles, as well as fast turnaround print and play services for budding developers and designers.
- [Man vs Meeple's Ryan Schoon, Ludo Fact's Mark Burke join GameHead as marketing, operations managers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/18/man-vs-meeples-ryan-schoon-ludo-facts-mark-burke-join-gamehead-as-marketing-operations-managers/) - The company expanded into board game publishing in 2024 after more than a decade specialising in tabletop game mats and accessories, and rebranded from GamerMats to GameHead as part of that process.
- [Take Time seals Swiss Gamers Award, Wondrous Creatures collects inaugural expert game prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/13/take-time-seals-swiss-gamers-award-wondrous-creatures-collects-inaugural-expert-game-prize/) - Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière's design sealed top spot above Eric Olsen's Flip 7 - which won the separate family game prize - and also finished in third place in the family-weight category.
- [Why Kickstarter success Re;MATCH's designer is focused on player mastery rather than the dopamine hit of discovery [sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/17/why-kickstarter-success-rematchs-designer-is-focused-on-player-mastery-rather-than-the-dopamine-hit-of-discovery-sponsored/) - MingYang Lu's puzzle fighter-style board game Re;MATCH has had a storming start to its Kickstarter campaign, picking up almost $250,000 from over 1,250 backers with half of the month-long crowdfund still to go. In this sponsored interview, Lu talks about why his design looks to derive fun from game mastery rather than discovery, the importance of conventions for small publishers, and why AI art "cheapens creativity".
- [Record GAMA Expo attendance leaves show straining at the seams again, as drive to represent whole board game industry continues trade body's rapid growth](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/10/record-gama-expo-attendance-leaves-show-straining-at-the-seams-again-as-drive-to-represent-whole-board-game-industry-continues-trade-bodys-rapid-growth/) - Another record attendance at North America's biggest board games industry trade show, GAMA Expo, has left the event pressed for space once again - just a year after the show was transported to Louisville in an attempt to handle surging interest.
- [Steve Jackson Games CEO, Southern Hobby marketing head among newly elected directors at tabletop trade organisation GAMA](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/24/steve-jackson-games-ceo-southern-hobby-marketing-head-among-newly-elected-directors-at-tabletop-trade-organisation-gama/) - Board game trade organisation GAMA has revealed the results of its latest board of directors elections, with Steve Jackson Games CEO Meredith Placko and Southern Hobby Distribution marketing head Tiffany Reid among the newly-elected members.
- ["Toxic leadership. Rampant gatekeeping": GAMA marketing and comms head blasts organisation in resignation announcement](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/11/toxic-leadership-rampant-gatekeeping-gama-marketing-and-comms-head-blasts-organisation-in-resignation-announcement/) - Board game trade organisation GAMA has been accused of "rampant gatekeeping", "toxic leadership" and disrespecting its members in a resignation announcement from its marketing and communications manager.
- [GAMA picks Baltimore as new home for annual GAMA Expo, after trade event quickly outgrows new Louisville home](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/01/gama-picks-baltimore-as-new-home-for-annual-gama-expo-after-trade-event-quickly-outgrows-new-louisville-home/) - 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.
- [Trump tariffs putting tens of thousands of board game industry jobs at risk, GAMA says, as it joins second anti-tariffs lawsuit it likens to "a sledgehammer" rather than "a scalpel"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/23/trump-tariffs-putting-tens-of-thousands-of-board-game-industry-jobs-at-risk-gama-says-as-it-joins-second-anti-tariffs-lawsuit/) - Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are an "existential crisis" to board game companies and threaten tens of thousands of jobs in the industry, the Game Manufacturer's Association has said, amid joining its second lawsuit fighting the US President's ability to unilaterally impose the import charges.
- [GAMA hires first COO, reorganises senior staff as growing organisation prepares to unveil inaugural 10-year plan](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/16/gama-hires-first-coo-reorganises-senior-staff-as-growing-organisation-prepares-to-unveil-inaugural-10-year-plan/) - Hobby games trade organisation GAMA has brought in its first-ever chief operating officer to help manage growing staff numbers, as it prepares to do away with 'whack-a-mole' planning by unveiling its inaugural 10-year plan.
- [GAMA unveils 10-year plan to become "epicenter" of global tabletop gaming industry, renames itself after almost 50 years](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/02/gama-unveils-10-year-plan-to-become-epicenter-of-global-tabletop-gaming-industry-renames-itself-after-almost-50-years/) - 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.
- [GAMA's executive director is leaving after a 'transformative' seven-year tenure - just as the organisation puts its first-ever 10-year plan into operation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/06/gamas-executive-director-is-leaving-after-a-transformative-seven-year-tenure-just-as-the-organisation-puts-its-first-ever-10-year-plan-into-operation/) - 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.
- [GAMA names veteran leadership consultant, past-lives regression hypnotist Zaria Davis as interim executive director](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/27/gama-names-veteran-leadership-consultant-past-lives-regression-hypnotist-zaria-davis-as-interim-executive-director/) - GAMA, which boasts almost 1,800 members, said Davis would help strengthen its organisational processes, policies and contracts while working to ensure a smooth transition to hiring a new executive director.
- [GAMA unveils Origins Awards nominees, criticised for leaving out designers for third year in a row](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/04/gama-unveils-origins-awards-nominees-criticised-for-leaving-out-designers-for-third-year-in-a-row/) - The Tabletop Game Designers Association, a professional organisation launched in 2024 to advocate for creators in North America, said it requested that year that GAMA begin including designer names in its Origins Award announcements - and reiterated the plea when designer names were left out again in 2025.
- [US board game stores seal another clean sweep in latest GAMA Power Retail Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/06/us-board-game-stores-seal-another-clean-sweep-in-latest-gama-power-retail-awards/) - Arizona-based Silver Dragon Games scooped Retailer of the Year at this year's awards, adding to the Innovation In Games (Retail) and Outstanding Store Design titles it won at the same awards in 2024.
- [GAMA Expo squeezes in another record attendance ahead of trade show's shift to Baltimore](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/16/gama-expo-squeezes-in-another-record-attendance-ahead-of-trade-shows-shift-to-baltimore/) - GAMA Expo's attendance this year is more than double its pre-pandemic record of 1,800 set in 2019, and up more than 87.5% compared to the event's final Reno show in 2023.
- [Elf Creek Games back to profit after John Coveyou-led restructure, begins fulfulling overdue Kickstarters](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/10/elf-creek-games-back-to-profit-after-john-coveyou-led-restructure-begins-fulfulling-overdue-kickstarters/) - The publisher has broken a three-year run of losses since bringing in John Coveyou to restructure the company last July, with the profits allowing it to get Santa’s Workshop into the hands of backers, as well as starting to pay some of the backlog of royalties it owes designers.
- [Ex-Elf Creek Games designer tries to save one of the floundering company's Kickstarter projects, as publisher's months-long silence continues](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/09/ex-elf-creek-games-designer-tries-to-save-one-of-the-floundering-companys-kickstarter-projects-as-publishers-months-long-silence-continues/) - The former head of game development at struggling Kickstarter board game specialist Elf Creek Games is working to save one of its unfulfilled crowdfunding projects through his new publishing house.
- [Scoop: Tabletop game marketing specialist OffDutyNinja acquired by Game Brands](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/12/scoop-tabletop-game-marketing-specialist-offdutyninja-acquired-by-game-brands/) - ODN's work over the years has included crowdfunding and marketing support for companies such as Roxley Games, Indie Boards & Cards and Stronghold Games, Devir North America and Allplay, while individual campaigns worked on include the $2.2m More Terraforming Mars! Kickstarter and Roxley's Santorini Co-op & Deluxe Pantheon Edition crowdfund, which raised about CA$2.1bn.
- [Pittsburgh game store Games Unlimited still innovating after 45 years, scoops pair of GAMA Power Retail awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/28/pittsburgh-game-store-games-unlimited-still-innovating-after-45-years-scoops-pair-of-gama-power-retail-awards/) - A Pittsburgh tabletop game store which is still pushing new boundaries more than 45 years after being launched has picked up a pair of The Game Manufacturers Association's Power Retail Awards, including retailer of the year.
- [People Moves: Risa Petrone named marketing manager at AEG; David Bock joins NorthStar as marketing director](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/09/people-moves-risa-petrone-named-marketing-manager-at-aeg-david-bock-joins-northstar-as-marketing-director/) - Two more significant hires in the board game industry across the marketing side of the hobby.
- [Spiel Essen expands again to 'max out' venue space, now bigger than 15 American football fields](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/05/spiel-essen-expands-again-to-max-out-venue-space-now-bigger-than-15-american-football-pitches/) - Soaring interest in the show has now seen Spiel Essen boost its floor space four times in as many years, with this year's event in October set to be about 30% larger than the already massive 62,500 sq m show which took place in 2023.
- [Spiel Essen eyes record 220,000 attendance as world's biggest board game fair expands into seventh huge hall](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/16/spiel-essen-eyes-record-220000-attendance-as-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-expands-into-seventh-huge-hall/) - The record could finally fall this year after Spiel made the decision to expand into a seventh vast hall at the Messe Essen exhibition centre, boosting the show floor to 77,500 sq m - up 13% year-on-year, and almost 30% compared to 2023.
- [Toy Battle triumphs in 2026 As d'Or, Civolution collects expert game prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/27/toy-battle-triumphs-in-2026-as-dor-civolution-collects-expert-game-prize/) - Zenith picked up the intermediate award ahead of First Rat and Take Time, while the children’s category was won by Mooki Island in a contest with Archeo and The Twisted Spooky Night.
- [Universal to become exclusive Stonemaier US hobby retail distributor, for roughly $1.5m of annual business](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/04/universal-to-become-exclusive-stonemaier-us-hobby-retail-distributor-for-roughly-1-5m-of-annual-business/) - Universal becomes an authorised US hobby distributor for Stonemaier's games, which include the massive-selling Wingspan series and other popular titles such as Scythe, and will take on sole distribution rights in August of this year.
- [Soaring 'span' trilogy sales see Stonemaier Games' annual revenue reach record $25.1m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/03/03/soaring-span-trilogy-sales-see-stonemaier-games-annual-revenue-reach-record-25-1m/) - More than 610,000 copies of Wingspan, its Asia expansion, dragon-themed title Wyrmspan and last year's fish-focused release Finspan were printed by Stonemaier in 2025 according to its latest annual stakeholder report, bringing the total lifetime copies across the trilogy to more than 3.3 million.
- [Universal Distribution signs exclusive distribution deal with long-time crowdfunding success Dice Throne](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/26/universal-distribution-signs-exclusive-distribution-deal-with-dice-throne/) - The dice and card-focused combat game has become a crowdfunding heavyweight following its original $180,000 Kickstarter project from Mind Bottling Games in 2018, going on to raise almost $13m across a string of subsequent campaigns.
- [Cardboard Alchemy spreads its wings as 'game-changer' Flamecraft sells over 400,000 copies](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/24/cardboard-alchemy-spreads-its-wings-as-game-changer-flamecraft-sells-over-400000-copies/) - Cardboard Alchemy has taken the next step in its rapid expansion by shifting to distribute its own games into retail, powered by the evergreen success of its dragon-themed design Flamecraft.
- ["It's crazy how it has grown globally": unpublished designs award Cardboard Edison unveils new finalists as entries more than double since 2020](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/25/its-crazy-how-it-has-grown-globally-unpublished-designs-award-cardboard-edison-unveils-new-finalists-as-entries-more-than-double-since-2020/) - This year's 20 finalists include a magnet-based vertical castle-building game, a medium-weight strategy title centred around wedding planning, and a Persian folklore-themed action selection design which sees players use astrolabes to read stars and hunt demons.
- [Leder Games names Liz Davidson as new creative director after Cole Wehrle exit](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/16/leder-games-names-liz-davidson-as-new-creative-director-after-cole-wehrle-exit/) - Leder Games founder Patrick Leder told BoardGameWire, Liz has a unique creative vision, with a talent for understanding what makes a game resonate with players. She shares my passion for cooperative games, which is an area I've wanted Leder Games to explore for a number of years. She's earned the trust and respect of everyone on the team, as well as our audience."
- [Asmodee seals record quarterly net sales despite 23% US slump](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/23/asmodee-seals-record-quarterly-net-sales-despite-23-us-slump/) - That drop saw the US fall behind both France and the UK in Q3 in terms of the company's highest-performing countries for net sales, with France surging 47% year-on-year to over €111m, and the UK growing 41% to €82.7m.
- [Tabletop industry veteran Ryan Dancey loses Alderac COO job after saying AI can generate game ideas as good as some of his company's designs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/19/tabletop-industry-veteran-ryan-dancey-loses-alderac-coo-job-after-saying-ai-can-generate-game-ideas-as-good-as-some-of-his-companys-designs/) - Dancey told BoardGameWire, "This tide is, in my opinion, only running one way, and AEG is going to have to fight hard to hold it’s [sic] position."
- [Asmodee continues acquisition of CMON titles with Sheriff of Nottingham purchase](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/20/asmodee-continues-acquisition-of-cmon-titles-with-sheriff-of-nottingham-purchase/) - The latest deal comes eight months after Asmodee kicked off its reignited strategy of buying up smaller board game publishers, distributors and IPs by acquiring CMON's flagship IP Zombicide, a series which had raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch.
- [Kosmos takes full ownership of distribution arm Thames & Kosmos UK amid retirement of latter's founding directors](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/17/kosmos-takes-full-ownership-of-distribution-arm-thames-kosmos-uk-amid-retirement-of-latters-founding-directors/) - Kosmos managing director Matthias Kienzle said, "With the new ownership structure and the newly formed management team, we aim to further scale and continuously expand our international sales activities."
- [Asmodee unveils Ticket to Ride Netflix deal in ongoing push to get its best-selling games onto the big screen](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/18/asmodee-unveils-ticket-to-ride-netflix-deal-in-ongoing-push-to-get-its-best-selling-games-onto-the-big-screen/) - Asmodee said a feature film based on Ticket to Ride is already in development, written by Ben Mekler and Chris Amick - the Kung Fu Panda animated series writers who previously prepared a movie pitch for Leder Games' breakout title Root.
- [CMON's H1 revenue falls almost 25% year-on-year amid heavy slump in wholesale earnings](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/04/cmons-h1-revenue-falls-almost-25-year-on-year-amid-heavy-slump-in-wholesale-earnings/) - Zombicide publisher CMON's mid-year revenue has fallen for the first time since the pandemic, with slumping wholesale earnings putting a dent into the company's H1 results.
- [Board game crowdfunding major CMON issues profit warning, says losses could exceed $2m for 2024](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/13/board-game-crowdfunding-major-cmon-issues-profit-warning-says-losses-could-exceed-2m-for-2024/) - Crowdfunded board game heavyweight CMON has warned it could face losses of more than $2m for its business activity last year, saying the rising cost of living had eaten into its revenues from tabletop game sales.
- [Two weeks after revealing its 2024 losses could exceed $2m, CMON delays publishing annual results, citing understaffed finance department](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/25/two-weeks-after-revealing-its-2024-losses-could-exceed-2m-cmon-delays-publishing-annual-results-citing-understaffed-finance-department/) - Board game crowdfunding major CMON has followed its profit warning from earlier this month by revealing it is likely to miss its stock exchange deadline for publishing its annual financial results, saying its finance department is currently understaffed.
- [CMON's David Preti steps down as non-executive director, a month after leaving Chief Operating Officer role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/14/cmons-david-preti-steps-down-as-non-executive-director-seven-months-after-resigning-as-chief-operating-officer/) - Board game crowdfunding giant CMON's long-serving senior manager David Preti has resigned as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect, citing "other work commitments".
- [CMON announces layoffs, pauses future game development and new crowdfunding due to US tariffs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/24/cmon-announces-layoffs-pauses-future-game-development-and-new-crowdfunding-due-to-us-tariffs/) - Board game crowdfunding giant CMON is laying off staff and halting new game development and campaign launches, citing the ongoing unpredictability in US tariffs.
- [CMON's 2024 losses even worse than it predicted at over $3m - almost double its profits from the last three years combined](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/30/cmons-2024-losses-even-worse-than-it-predicted-at-over-3m-almost-double-its-profits-from-the-last-three-years-combined/) - Board game publishing major CMON slumped to a loss of more than $3m in 2024 - almost double its total profits from the previous three years combined - as falling sales for its crowdfunding campaigns led the company to its lowest annual revenue since pandemic-hit 2020.
- [New CMON profit warning says losses could reach $8m for first half of 2025 - almost three times its overall profit from the last ten years](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/21/new-cmon-profit-warning-says-losses-could-reach-8m-for-first-half-of-2025-almost-three-times-its-overall-profit-from-the-last-ten-years/) - CMON was already reeling from a more than $3m loss last year, with falling sales for its crowdfunding campaigns leading the company to its lowest annual revenue since pandemic-hit 2020.
- [CMON's long-serving chief financial officer, company secretary latest to resign from financially-troubled business](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/07/cmons-long-serving-chief-financial-officer-company-secretary-latest-to-resign-from-financially-troubled-business/) - Board game crowdfunding giant CMON has lost two more long-serving senior executives amid its attempt to fight back from heavy 2024 losses and a drastic downsizing spurred by US tariffs volatility.
- [CMON sells global headquarters after suffering $12m H1 revenue slump, charges some pre-order customers extra to cover tariffs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/08/cmon-sells-global-headquarters-after-suffering-12m-h1-revenue-slump-charges-some-pre-order-customers-extra-to-cover-tariffs/) - Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its global headquarters as part of a fightback against heavy losses - and is charging some pre-order customers extra to cover tariff costs it says it "cannot absorb given our current financial position".
- [CMON share sale to raise company funds falls through for the second time this year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/11/cmon-share-sale-to-raise-company-funds-falls-through-for-the-second-time-this-year/) - Hong Kong-listed CMON had hoped to sell more than 360 million newly-created shares in a process which would have valued the company at just over $5m, with the money raised going towards developing new games, marketing and events, and general working capital.
- [CMON exploring more IP sales after heavy losses, as it pushes to get $14m of undelivered crowdfunding campaigns to backers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/26/cmon-exploring-more-ip-sales-after-heavy-losses-as-it-pushes-to-get-14m-of-undelivered-crowdfunding-campaigns-to-backers/) - CMON announced more IP sales could be on the way alongside making an apology for the delays to its outstanding crowdfunds - some of which are now running almost two years beyond initial delivery estimates.
- [CMON valued at more than $7.5m through successful share sale, will put bulk of proceeds towards game development](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/12/cmon-valued-at-more-than-7-5m-through-successful-share-sale-will-put-bulk-of-proceeds-towards-new-game-development/) - The much-needed capital raise is the latest move by CMON as it continues its attempt to recover from massive losses racked up over the past two years.
- [Record Magic: The Gathering success powered Hasbro to $4.7bn revenue for 2025, remains its 'primary growth engine'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/11/record-magic-the-gathering-success-powered-hasbro-to-4-7bn-revenue-for-2025-remains-its-primary-growth-engine/) - Magic's record-breaking year was capped off by a storming fourth quarter, which saw revenues from the game up 141% compared to Q4 2024 on the strength of the Avatar: The Last Airbender and Final Fantasy releases.
- [Pandemic creator Matt Leacock on fighting for designers' rights, working with effective developers and his publisher 'pet peeves'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/06/pandemic-creator-matt-leacock-on-fighting-for-designers-rights-working-with-effective-developers-and-his-publisher-pet-peeves/) - After being catapulted into the board game industry limelight following the success of Pandemic in 2008, Matt Leacock has scored ongoing success through titles such as the Forbidden series, Ticket to Ride and Pandemic legacy titles and his Kennerspiel-winning climate-change co-design Daybreak. In this in-depth interview he spoke with BoardGameWire about how the industry has changed for designers over the last quarter of a century, how working with developers can best help a design to sing, and why fighting for designer rights is among his most important jobs in 2026.
- [Watch it Played's Rodney Smith cuts ties with Game Night Picks, accuses owner of unethical advertising practices towards publishers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/10/watch-it-playeds-rodney-smith-cuts-ties-with-game-night-picks-accuses-owner-of-unethical-advertising-practices-towards-publishers/) - A detailed report distributed by Smith to board game publishers yesterday said Marler had used YouTube advertising to boost Game Night Picks' views in November and December last year, with typical viewers per video rising from the low thousands to an average of 36,700 across those months.
- [Alley Cat Games' pivot to producing more high-complexity designs rewarded with Diamant d'Or win for Ada's Dream](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/09/alley-cat-games-pivot-to-producing-more-high-complexity-games-rewarded-with-diamant-dor-win-for-adas-dream/) - The Toni López-designed dice manipulation game fought off big name titles including Galactic Cruise and Luthier to win the 2026 Diamant d'Or, which was created more than a decade ago to celebrate complex euros the organisers felt were being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.
- ["Our business has exploded in a positive way": board game distribution, fulfillment specialist Meeples Group moves from start-up to scale-up with huge warehouse expansion](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/03/our-business-has-exploded-in-a-positive-way-distribution-fulfillment-specialist-meeples-group-moves-from-start-up-to-scale-up-with-huge-warehouse-expansion/) - Company co-founder Floris Toorenburg told BoardGameWire the company handled 14-times the number of orders in December 2025 that it did 12 months earlier, and estimated the business will ship about 118,000 packages and pallets this year across e-commerce fulfillment, crowdfunding fulfillment and its own sales channels.
- [Darkest Dungeon board game maker Mythic Games officially liquidated, fails to deliver on millions of dollars-worth of crowdfunding projects](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/10/darkest-dungeon-board-game-maker-mythic-games-officially-liquidated-fails-to-deliver-on-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-crowdfunding-projects/) - The dramatic demise of the decade-old publisher comes after it raised more than $19m from board game crowdfunding campaigns in just five years - including in excess of $5.6m from over 28,000 backers for its most successful Kickstarter, Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game, in 2020.
- ["We released nine games in 2025 and only one was a flop": French publisher Super Meeple on how avoiding overproduction is proving a recipe for success](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/02/02/we-released-nine-games-in-2025-and-only-one-was-a-flop-french-publisher-super-meeple-on-how-avoiding-overproduction-is-proving-a-recipe-for-success/) - Super Meeple, which releases its own designs as well as localising major titles such as Ark Nova and Gaia Project, says it is planning a "downward trend" for the number of games it releases each year in order to help each title stand out in an increasingly competitive market.
- [Veteran Dice Tower reviewer Sam Healey resigns in wake of saying Alex Pretti, Renee Good were to blame for ICE killing them, after comments began impacting review giant's annual pledge drive](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/30/veteran-dice-tower-reviewer-sam-healey-resigns-in-wake-of-saying-alex-pretti-renee-good-to-blame-for-ice-killing-them-after-comments-began-impacting-review-giants-annual-pledge-drive/) - Healey made his comments about Good and Pretti on his Facebook page on January 26, the day after the latter was killed by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the city.
- [France's biggest board game award changes rules for 2026, requires entries to name artists on box for first time](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/29/frances-biggest-board-game-award-changes-rules-for-2026-requires-entries-to-name-artists-on-box-for-first-time/) - This year's As d'Or sees Flip 7, Rebirth and Toy Battle fighting it out for the main prize, with Arcs, Civolution and Ants competing for the expert game award.
- [Tabletop Game Designers Association urges Legendary series publisher Upper Deck not to make a Harry Potter board game after company celebrates licensing deal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/23/tabletop-game-designers-association-urges-upper-deck-not-to-make-a-harry-potter-board-game-after-company-celebrates-licensing-deal/) - The company's previous collaboration with Warner Bros Discovery Global Consumer Products saw it launch a DC trading card set in March last year, which was followed in October with the announcement of Legendary: A DC Deckbuilding Game.
- [Disney Lorcana sales fell in 2025, settle at high level after 'initial hype' powered explosive growth](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/28/disney-lorcana-sales-fell-in-2025-settle-at-high-level-after-initial-hype-powered-explosive-growth/) - The company added that international toy markets were showing "positive developments" despite global challenges, driven particularly by a growth in purchases for families and adults - with card games among products which "benefited significantly" from the trend.
- [People moves: Ross Thompson leaves Asmodee's Atomic Mass Games; Druid City Games brings in ex-Incredible Dream marketing director Ilya Ushakov; Ross Connell joins Mantic from North Star Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/20/people-moves-ross-thompson-leaves-asmodees-atomic-mass-games-druid-city-games-brings-in-ex-incredible-dream-marketing-director-ilya-ushakov-ross-connell-joins-mantic-from-north-star-games/) - A trio of comings and goings from the board game industry for the year so far - if you have news of a new role, hire or job change within the industry that you'd like mentioned on BoardGameWire, please send an email with the details to the editor, Mike Didymus-True, on mike@boardgamewire.com
- [Kinderspiel des Jahres-winning publisher Schmidt Spiele sees 2025 sales rise almost 8%, to €61.5m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/19/kinderspiel-des-jahres-winning-publisher-schmidt-spiele-sees-2025-sales-rise-almost-8-to-e61-5m/) - The publisher, which also makes puzzles, plushies and toys, is best known in hobby board games for critical and commercial successes Quacks of Quedlinburg and Daybreak - winners of the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel respectively - and Ganz Schön Clever, a Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee in 2018.
- [Hachette becomes exclusive UK, Ireland distributor for Captain Flip publisher PlayPunk, taking over from Asmodee UK](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/15/hachette-becomes-exclusive-uk-ireland-distributor-for-captain-flip-publisher-playpunk-taking-over-from-asmodee-uk/) - The French publishing giant will take over UK and Ireland distribution from Asmodee UK for PlayPunk's existing titles, the Spiel des Jahres-nominated Captain Flip and Kennerspiel recommended title Zenith, and upcoming expansions Captain Flip: Isla Bomba and Zenith: Secret Agents.
- [Root and Arcs designer Cole Wehrle, style-defining artist Kyle Ferrin lead staff exodus from Leder Games to form new board game studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/14/root-and-arcs-designer-cole-wehrle-style-defining-artist-kyle-ferrin-lead-staff-exodus-from-leder-games-to-form-new-board-game-studio/) - Leder Games has agreed to sell Arcs and Oath to Buried Giant as part of the shake-up, while keeping hold of its huge-selling star title Root, a game which despite its complexity has broken out of the hobby game bubble and onto the shelves of major retailers such as Walmart and Target.
- [Games Workshop bans AI use in its designs, celebrates record half-year results](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/13/games-workshop-bans-ai-use-in-its-designs-celebrates-record-half-year-results/) - Company CEO Kevin Rountree said the £6bn business was strongly committed to protecting its IP and respecting its human creators.
- [Stonemaier Games announces small-box, quick-playing Wingspan experience amid experimental reveal of entire 2026 release slate](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/07/stonemaier-games-announces-small-box-quick-playing-wingspan-experience-amid-experimental-reveal-of-entire-2026-release-slate/) - Company co-founder and CEO Jamey Stegmaier told BoardGameWire the prevalence of smaller box releases, expansions and re-releases in its 2026 plan was not a response to US tariff concerns or other economic factors.
- [Long-running expert-level eurogame award Diamant d’Or reveals its eight finalists for 2026 prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/01/05/long-running-expert-level-eurogame-award-diamant-dor-reveals-its-eight-finalists-for-2026-prize/) - The French award focuses on new, expert-level eurogame releases from the previous 12 months which have a high replayability, especially those “whose format does not always allow them to apply for one of the many other current awards”.
- [Ares Games expands distribution operation to offer titles from five other board game publishers in Europe](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/17/ares-games-expands-distribution-operation-to-offer-titles-from-five-other-board-game-publishers-in-europe/) - The War of the Ring publisher has added Europe to its distribution partnerships with Poland's Galakta Games, Italy's Tabula Games, Czech Republic-based Albi, and France's Nuts! Publishing and Don't Panic Games, for which it already has distribution deals in North America.
- [Board game publishers Stonemaier, CMYK and Eurydice Games on how they're utilising - and paying to include - fan designs in their releases](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/16/board-game-publishers-stonemaier-cmyk-and-eurydice-games-on-how-theyre-utilising-and-paying-to-include-fan-designs-in-their-releases/) - Homebrew designs and fan-made rules and variants have been part of hobby board gaming for as long as the pastime has existed - and some publishers have leaned into utilising design work from fans in their published games. BoardGameWire spoke to Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games, Alex Hague from CMYK Games, and Jackson Pope from Eurydice Games about how they've approached bringing in fan-made ideas for their titles.
- [Root, Arcs publisher Leder Games scraps impending Take Kickstarter after game's designer abruptly leaves studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/12/root-arcs-publisher-leder-games-scraps-impending-take-kickstarter-after-games-designer-abruptly-leaves-studio/) - The surprise cancellation comes four months after the Root and Arcs publisher unveiled the crowdfunding campaign for Take, a risk management and negotiation game which sees players executing a series of heists.
- ["There's more to historical board games than just hex-and-counter WWII": Candice Harris on turning her video talents to making historical wargaming more accessible after her surprise BoardGameGeek exit](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/08/theres-more-to-historical-board-games-than-just-hex-and-counter-wwii-candice-harris-on-turning-her-video-talents-to-making-historical-wargaming-more-accessible-after-her-surprise-boardgamegeek/) - Candice Harris has been an ever-present, vivacious stalwart of the BoardGameGeek front page for more than five years, bringing her infectious enthusiasm and joy for gaming to visitors through her news posts, appearances on live play video series Game Night! and three years helming the BoardGameGeek podcast. But she's now turning her video and presenting talents to the publisher side by showcasing and marketing designs from GMT Games, best known for its complex historical, wargame and strategy titles. Harris spoke to BoardGameWire about her plans for expanding GMT's audience, the challenge of making complex game more accessible, and breaking assumptions around historical gaming and its designs.
- [Czech Games trials Hachette for UK distribution through exclusive Wispwood deal, after a decade of Asmodee as sole UK distributor](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/02/czech-games-trials-hachette-for-uk-distribution-through-exclusive-wispwood-deal-after-a-decade-of-asmodee-as-sole-uk-distributor/) - Codenames and SETI publisher Czech Games Edition has signed its first-ever distribution agreement with Hachette, as the French publishing giant continues to expand out its European board game distribution operation in the face of competition from industry heavyweight Asmodee.
- [SETI continues to sweep 2025 board game awards with Gouden Ludo win, Faraway and Sky Team also pick up prizes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/01/seti-continues-to-sweep-2025-board-game-awards-with-gouden-ludo-win-faraway-and-sky-team-also-pick-up-prizes/) - SETI's indomitable 2025 awards run also includes the Deutscher Spiele Preis - the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany - Dice Tower Awards for game of the year, best strategy game and best new designer, and the Golden Geek heavy game of the year and thematic game awards.
- [Board game maker Panda signs deal with tabletop design project management platform Boardssey, says organisation is 'critical factor separating successful game creators from struggling ones'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/26/board-game-maker-panda-signs-deal-with-tabletop-design-project-management-platform-boardssey-says-organisation-is-critical-factor-separating-successful-game-creators-from-struggling-ones/) - Panda said that despite a maturing industry, in which self-publishing had moved from niche to mainstream and with first-time creators potentially able to launch six-figure crowdfunds, most creators still rely on generic software never designed for game development workflows.
- [Senior Asmodee veteran Steve Buckmaster to step down as head of its vast distribution operation, deputy Marjolein Lubberman to take on role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/28/senior-asmodee-veteran-steve-buckmaster-to-step-down-as-head-of-its-vast-distribution-operation-deputy-marjolein-lubberman-to-take-on-role/) - About two thirds of Asmodee's net sales - which reached €1.36bn during the last financial year - come from the company distributing games from other publishers, while almost 70% of Asmodee's 2,200-plus workforce are focused on distribution.
- [Pax Unplugged: This year’s best panels for current and aspiring board game industry professionals](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/17/pax-unplugged-this-years-best-panels-for-current-and-aspiring-board-game-industry-professionals/) - The last big board game convention of the year kicks off on Friday as Pax Unplugged returns to the Philadelphia Convention Center. BoardGameWire rounds up some of the most interesting-looking sessions for tabletop game industry professionals from across the three days, ranging from how to grow your own evergreen title to getting your start as a tabletop gaming artist.
- ["I'm a lot less apologetic about the types of games I design": Descent, Arkham Horror design veteran Kevin Wilson on heading back to freelance after Incredible Dream downsizing](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/19/im-a-lot-less-apologetic-about-the-types-of-games-i-design-descent-arkham-horror-design-veteran-kevin-wilson-on-heading-back-to-freelance-after-incredible-dream-downsizing/) - Kevin Wilson, the veteran tabletop designer whose abundant list of work includes Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Arkham Horror and Cosmic Encounter, spent most of the 2010s working a successful freelance career after a decade at Fantasy Flight Games. Wilson became director of game design at Incredible Dream upon the company’s 2021 launch, but a tariff-disrupted year for the Kinfire series publisher has seen the business downsize to just two permanent staff - putting Wilson back into the freelance pool. He spoke to BoardGameWire about how his time at Incredible Dream has helped him hone his design strengths, why visibility as a freelancer is key and which of his older unpublished designs might now get another bite at the cherry.
- [Board gamers in "tough" US market turning to lower priced games, Asmodee CEO says, as company unveils another quarter of soaring sales](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/24/board-gamers-in-tough-us-market-turning-to-lower-priced-games-asmodee-ceo-says-as-company-unveils-another-quarter-of-soaring-sales/) - Asmodee CEO Thomas Koegler said the company had seen "good momentum" in its lower price-point products in the US mass market, singling out Exploding Kittens as a particularly strong performer in what he called a "challenging market".
- [German board game sales grow again despite wider economic slowdown - but brick and mortar retail is falling](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/19/german-board-game-sales-grow-again-despite-wider-economic-slowdown-but-brick-and-mortar-retail-is-falling/) - Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, are continuing to grow despite an ongoing economic slowdown in the country, new research from German toy and game trade association DVSI and its tabletop publisher-focused subsidiary Spieleverlage shows.
- ["Keep the foot on the gas, and don't get complacent!": Wyrmspan designer Connie Vogelmann on making the jump to full-time board game design](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/18/keep-the-foot-on-the-gas-and-dont-get-complacent-wyrmspan-designer-connie-vogelmann-on-making-the-jump-to-full-time-board-game-design/) - Few board game designers score the kind of rapid success that has come to Connie Vogelmann - with her debut design Apiary from 2023 flying high in the BoardGameGeek rankings, and follow-up creation Wyrmspan selling "far beyond the wildest dreams" of publisher Stonemaier Games' founder Jamey Stegmaier following its high-profile release last year. That double success - and the "destruction" Donald Trump's administration has had on her work as a grants law attorney - has seen Vogelmann decide to take the plunge into full-time board game design. She spoke to BoardGameWire about navigating freelance design, branching out beyond worker placement, and the challenges that face full-time designers in the current economic climate.
- [Kickstarter workers celebrate end to 42-day strike after securing four-day workweek, minimum salary, AI protections](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/13/kickstarter-workers-celebrate-end-to-42-day-strike-after-securing-four-day-workweek-minimum-salary-ai-protections/) - Members of the Kickstarter United union had been striking since October 2 after months of talks with management over a new collective bargaining agreement stalled.
- ["We’re not giving up": Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games lays off staff, citing rising costs, unstable US tariffs situation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/12/were-not-giving-up-star-realms-maker-wise-wizard-games-lays-off-staff-citing-rising-costs-unstable-us-tariffs-situation/) - The company has let go of project director Danielle Reynolds and customer experience manager Derek Gill as part of the "heartbreaking" layoffs, which it said were necessary to ensure its long-term sustainability.
- [Ravensburger pushes for Upper Deck to pay $3.8m legal fees it racked up defeating 'groundless but unrelenting' Disney Lorcana lawsuit](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/08/ravensburger-pushes-for-upper-deck-to-pay-3-8m-legal-fees-it-racked-up-defeating-groundless-but-unrelenting-disney-lorcana-lawsuit/) - Ravensburger's court filing said, "Upper Deck's case was frivolous in conception, objectively unreasonable in prosecution and pursued in a manner that multiplied costs while consuming vast judicial resources."
- [Amabel Holland wins 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award for video essay on Kurt Vonnegut’s long-lost board game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/12/amabel-holland-wins-2025-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-for-video-essay-on-kurt-vonneguts-long-lost-board-game/) - The co-creator of publisher Hollandspiele and designer of games including Irish Gauge, The Field of the Cloth of Gold and City of Six Moons, triumphed in this year's award with her video essay on author Kurt Vonnegut’s long-lost board game GHQ, its cultural relevance and the wider subject of game preservation.
- [Amigo Spiele shuffles top leadership again as 36-year company veteran Joachim Ulbrich announces retirement](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/10/amigo-spiele-shuffles-top-leadership-again-as-36-year-company-veteran-joachim-ulbrich-announces-retirement/) - Veteran German board game publisher Amigo Spiele has restructured its top leadership for the second time since the start of last year, after long-serving executive Joachim Ulbrich revealed he will retire at the end of 2025.
- [High price complaints, sluggish start sees Steamforged slash Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of Gamefound launch](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/05/high-price-complaints-sluggish-start-sees-steamforged-slash-terra-mystica-special-edition-all-in-price-by-over-100-within-hours-of-gamefound-launch/) - Steamforged CEO Rich Loxam told BoardGameWire the company had been surprised by the weight of feeling from potential backers over the $389 price of the all-in 'Town Founder' pledge level, which he acknowledged "placed it out of reach for many".
- [Botanicus scores Italian game of the year award win, Castle Combo creator Grégory Grard named 2025 designer of the year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/05/botanicus-scores-italian-game-of-the-year-award-win-castle-combo-creator-gregory-grard-named-2025-designer-of-the-year/) - The win for Botanicus - the debut title from designers Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini - comes hot on the heels of the title taking home the Connoisseurs Game award at the Dutch language Nederlandse Spellenprijs
- [Sold out Spiel Essen reaches record 220,000 attendance, new ticketing strategy boosts Sunday footfall](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/03/sold-out-spiel-essen-reaches-record-220000-attendance-new-ticketing-strategy-boosts-sunday-footfall/) - The generally congested Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the show were joined by a noticeably busier Sunday this year after Spiel made the decision to get rid of four-day tickets - reasoning that many people were buying the whole-show pass but skipping out on the final day.
- [Record-breaking Altered TCG needs another €2m to save latest expansion - despite having already raised over 10x its crowdfunding goal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/04/record-breaking-altered-tcg-needs-another-e2m-to-save-latest-expansion-despite-having-already-raised-over-10x-its-crowdfunding-goal/) - The Seeds of Unity campaign has collected more than €535,000 from close to 2,000 backers since launching on Gamefound a week ago - and reached the €50,000 goal amount set by publisher Equinox less than nine minutes after the crowdfund went live.
- [Catan follows Netflix deal with Minnesota Timberwolves partnership](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/04/catan-follows-netflix-deal-with-minnesota-timberwolves-partnership/) - The partnership comes two weeks after Asmodee revealed Catan would be coming to Netflix in the form of both "scripted and unscripted projects".
- [SETI continues powerful awards run by beating Endeavor: Deep Sea, Bomb Busters to Deutscher Spiele Preis](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/27/seti-continues-powerful-awards-run-by-beating-endeavor-deep-sea-bomb-busters-to-deutscher-spiele-preis/) - SETI publishers Czech Game Edition and Germany-based HeidelBÄR Games scored a double win on the night, having also seen their Matúš Kotry-designed title Little Alchemists take home the best children's game award.
- [Bomb Busters, SETI among nine nominees as Dutch board game of the year awards celebrates 25th year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/04/bomb-busters-seti-among-nominees-as-dutch-game-of-the-year-awards-celebrates-25th-year/) - The longest-running award celebrating Dutch language board games has unveiled the nine nominees fighting it out in this year's competition.
- [Asmodee makes US mass market push with launch of new party games-focused studio Moodbox Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/14/asmodee-makes-us-mass-market-push-with-launch-of-new-party-games-focused-studio-moodbox-games/) - Moodbox Games will be led by former Catan Studio director of brand development Kelli Schmitz and long-time young adult-focused book editor Shaina Olmanson, who joined Asmodee as an operations and communications manager in May of this year.
- [Asmodee continues push into crowdfunding by buying Cthulhu: Death May Die series from struggling CMON](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/20/asmodee-continues-push-into-crowdfunding-by-buying-cthulhu-death-may-die-series-from-struggling-cmon/) - CMON's sale of Cthulhu: Death May Die is the latest move in its drive to battle the huge losses the business has chalked up in the past couple of years - and comes alongside the company announcing a new share sale worth 20% of its existing share capital in an attempt to raise working capital.
- ["Production will stop, shipments will be frozen, and some companies may not make it": board game industry braces for further pain after Trump threatens 130% tariffs on China](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/17/production-will-stop-shipments-will-be-frozen-and-some-companies-may-not-make-it-board-game-industry-braces-for-further-pain-after-trump-threatens-130-tariffs-on-china/) - Tariff hikes have already seen several board game businesses shutter their operations in recent months, while others have laid off staff and been forced to hike the price of their games to cover the unexpected costs.
- [Bohnanza, 6 Nimmt publisher Amigo Spiele shutters US operation after eight years, saying tariff uncertainty was the 'final impetus'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/15/bohnanza-6-nimmt-publisher-amigo-spiele-shutters-us-operation-after-eight-years-saying-tariff-uncertainty-was-the-final-impetus/) - The decision comes despite Amigo Games being one of the few hobby board game publishers that managed to diversify some of its manufacturing away from China - the country which has been hit the heaviest by recent US tariffs to date.
- [Cryptozoic co-founder John Nee steps down as CEO, Shahriar Fouladi takes on role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/15/cryptozoic-co-founder-john-nee-steps-down-as-ceo-shahriar-fouladi-takes-on-role/) - Nee created Cryptozoic in 2010 alongside Cory Jones, Scott Gaeta and John Sepenuk, and became CEO in February 2023 after Sepenuk's sudden death of a heart attack while kite-surfing.
- [Spiel Essen 2025: This year's best panels for board game professionals](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/14/spiel-essen-2025-this-years-best-panels-for-board-game-professionals/) - This year Spiel is bringing its annual series of panel discussions and talks to the main show floor via a new 1,000 sq m stage in Hall 4, featuring everything from professional discussions about crowdfunding and fulfillment to a bagpipe-playing workshop and cosplay craft showcase.
- ["I should have brought a trailer": 999 Games scoops double win as Bomb Busters, Botanicus pick up Dutch game of the year awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/13/i-should-have-brought-a-trailer-999-games-scoops-double-win-as-bomb-busters-botanicus-pick-up-dutch-game-of-the-year-awards/) - Hisashi Hayashi’s co-operative bomb disposal game Bomb Busters has added to its recent Spiel des Jahres win by triumphing in the family games category of this year’s Nederlandse Spellenprijs, the longest-running award celebrating Dutch language board games.
- [Upper Deck brings new claim against Ravensburger in Disney Lorcana lawsuit after losing all its existing claims against publisher, trial of designer Ryan Miller to start next month](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/10/upper-deck-brings-new-claim-against-ravensburger-in-disney-lorcana-lawsuit-after-losing-all-its-existing-claims-against-publisher-trial-of-designer-ryan-miller-to-start-next-month/) - Trading card company Upper Deck has brought a fresh legal claim against Disney Lorcana publisher Ravensburger accusing it of stealing trade secrets, days after a court rejected all its prior claims against the publisher contending the game's design was stolen from it.
- ["The board game sector is fragile, especially at the moment": Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice publisher Triton Noir closes down after failure of last crowdfunding campaign](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/07/the-board-game-sector-is-fragile-especially-at-the-moment-assassins-creed-brotherhood-of-venice-publisher-triton-noir-closes-down-after-failure-of-last-crowdfunding-campaign/) - Triton Noir, the Canadian board game publisher which found Kickstarter success with its tabletop adaptation of the Assassin's Creed video game series, has closed down almost a year after scrapping its fifth and final crowdfunding campaign.
- ["We know how important brick-and-mortar retail is": Asmodee Germany expands retail, hobby store-focused sales teams with new hires](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/06/we-know-how-important-brick-and-mortar-retail-is-asmodee-germany-expands-retail-hobby-stores-teams-with-new-hires/) - Asmodee Germany is looking to get its games into a wider selection of mass market stores in addition to boosting its hobby shop relationships thanks to a pair of new sales hires.
- ["There’s no shortage of creativity in Vietnam. What we lack are bridges": Vietnam's blossoming board game design scene goes global via first Road to Essen competition](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/24/theres-no-shortage-of-creativity-in-vietnam-what-we-lack-are-bridges-vietnams-blossoming-board-game-design-scene-goes-global-via-first-road-to-essen-competition/) - A new competition designed to showcase Vietnam's burgeoning local board game design scene at the world's biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, has unveiled its first winner from almost 150 entries.
- [Kickstarter workers set to strike tomorrow over minimum salary proposals, four-day work week protection](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/01/kickstarter-workers-set-to-strike-tomorrow-over-minimum-salary-proposals-four-day-work-week-protection/) - Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is facing a worker strike tomorrow after months of talks with union members stalled over proposals for a minimum salary and protections for its long-running four-day work week programme.
- ["Flashy ads don’t convert nearly as well as genuine conversation": Don't Starve: The Board Game guns for biggest Kickstarter tabletop raise of the year after topping $1m within hours of launch](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/01/flashy-ads-dont-convert-nearly-as-well-as-genuine-conversation-dont-starve-the-board-game-guns-for-biggest-kickstarter-tabletop-raise-of-the-year-after-topping-1m-within-hours/) - 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.
- [French board game retailers unveil their designer, illustrator and publisher of the year in latest Prix des Boutiques Ludiques awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/26/french-board-game-retailers-unveil-their-designer-illustrator-and-publisher-of-the-year-in-latest-prix-des-boutiques-ludiques-awards/) - The designer and illustrator of co-operative card game Présages have both picked up awards in this year's Prix des Boutiques Ludiques, chosen by French board game retailers.
- [French competition which has celebrated unpublished board game designs for almost 50 years unveils 2025 winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/29/french-competition-which-has-celebrated-unpublished-board-game-designs-for-almost-50-years-unveils-2025-winners/) - A venerable French competition which aims to highlight the most original unpublished board game designs has revealed its latest cohort of winners.
- [Elden Ring, Helldivers II board game publisher Steamforged Games expands trade team after 'incredible growth in a short space of time', unveils Terra Mystica special edition crowdfund](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/22/elden-ring-helldivers-ii-board-game-publisher-steamforged-games-expands-trade-team-after-incredible-growth-in-a-short-space-of-time-unveils-terra-mystica-special-edition-crowdfund/) - Steamforged Games, the tabletop publisher behind licensed video game adaptations including Elden Ring and Monster Hunter World, has expanded its retailer-focused trade team as the UK-based company looks to continue its recent rapid growth.
- [Former airline captain hoping to create the Gen Con of Dubai with launch of the Middle East's first dedicated board game convention](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/19/former-airline-captain-hoping-to-create-the-gen-con-of-dubai-with-launch-of-the-middle-easts-first-dedicated-board-game-convention/) - A former airline pilot who has spent the last decade building a board game distribution business and chain of retailers in the Middle East is hoping to create the region's equivalent of Gen Con with the launch of a Dubai-based convention this November.
- [Children's toy, game maker HABA begins expansion into more complex board games with Nature distribution deal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/17/childrens-toy-game-maker-haba-begins-expansion-into-more-complex-board-games-with-nature-distribution-deal/) - HABA, the veteran German toymaker famous for its board games aimed at young children, has begun an expansion into heavier, more complex titles by signing a distribution deal for NorthStar Game Studio title Nature.
- [German children's book publisher ArsEdition launches board game arm under former Amigo, Ravensburger exec Volker Hirsch](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/15/german-childrens-book-publisher-arsedition-launches-board-game-arm-under-former-amigo-ravensburger-exec-volker-hirsch/) - German children's book, gifts and stationery publisher ArsEdition has expanded into board games with the launch of a new publishing arm led by former Amigo and Ravensburger exec Volker Hirsch.
- [Kurt Vonnegut's long-lost board game, the 'clean Wehrmacht', and ethical action in game design among finalist topics in award celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming culture](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/12/kurt-vonneguts-long-lost-board-game-the-clean-wehrmacht-and-ethical-action-in-game-design-among-finalist-topics-in-award-celebrating-exceptional-media-coverage-of-historical-gaming-culture/) - 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.
- [CMON continues battle against heavy losses by selling on recently acquired Hel, Anastyr IPs to Don't Panic Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/10/cmon-continues-battle-against-heavy-losses-by-selling-on-recently-acquired-hel-anastyr-ips-to-dont-panic-games/) - CMON has sold off two more of its game IPs as it continues its fightback against heavy losses - just 18 months after acquiring them from financially-devastated board game crowdfunding specialist Mythic Games.
- [Asmodee to adapt its 'most iconic' games into shorter, child-friendly versions with launch of kids-focused brand](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/09/asmodee-to-adapt-its-most-iconic-games-into-shorter-child-friendly-versions-with-launch-of-kids-focused-brand/) - Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has launched a dedicated kids-focused brand as it prepares to release a slate of re-worked, simpler and shorter versions of some of its most popular titles.
- ['Passion in board game profession has given way to economic reality': Ludonaute to stop publishing new games in wake of selling off Colt Express, Living Forest IPs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/08/passion-in-board-game-profession-has-given-way-to-economic-reality-ludonaute-to-stop-publishing-new-games-in-wake-of-selling-off-colt-express-living-forest-ips/) - Long-running French board game publisher Ludonaute is calling time on creating new games at the end of 2025, saying the hobby's huge expansion in recent years had seen passion within the industry leech away in favour of economic decision-making.
- [Investment firm pays £16.2m for stake in The Chameleon, Herd Mentality publisher Big Potato Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/18/uk-investment-firm-pays-16-2m-for-stake-in-the-chameleon-herd-mentality-publisher-big-potato-games/) - Big Potato Games, the UK board game publisher behind titles including The Chameleon and Herd Mentality, has picked up £16.2m of outside funding from investment firm Mobeus Equity Partners.
- [Devir to recall all copies of new release Ace of Spades after backlash over slavery depictions in artwork, apologises  for causing harm](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/08/devir-to-recall-all-copies-of-new-release-ace-of-spades-after-backlash-over-slavery-depictions-in-artwork-apologises-for-causing-harm/) - Devir Games has halted sales of its new release Ace of Spades after being called out for using racist and culturally insensitive artwork in the game, calling it "a serious mistake that we recognize and deeply regret".
- ["We felt like we'd made a profit. But we hadn't. Not really": Chroma Arcana creator Mo Shawwa on the financial wrinkles behind even a target-smashing crowdfund, and what tariffs mean for his next project](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/04/we-felt-like-wed-made-a-profit-but-we-hadnt-not-really-chroma-arcana-creator-mo-shawwa-on-the-financial-wrinkles-behind-even-a-target-smashing-crowdfund-and-what-tariffs-mean-for-his-next/) - Soaring past the crowdfunding goal for your debut game might seem like a dream scenario for a first-time designer, but the financial realities of even a successful campaign can be far more complex than at first meets the eye. Roc Nest Games founder Mo Shawwa explains the lessons he learned from the Kickstarter success of his first game, Chroma Arcana last year - and how US tariffs are throwing a further spanner into the financial calculations for creators looking to crowdfund new games.
- [Gen Con exhibitor numbers rebound to record levels despite tariffs uncertainty, biggest-ever attendance reaches almost 72,000](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/gen-con-exhibitor-numbers-rebound-to-record-levels-despite-tariffs-uncertainty-biggest-ever-attendance-reaches-almost-72000/) - 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.
- [Zatu Games boosts growing distribution operation by agreeing Maestro Media, Steamforged Games tie-ups](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/zatu-games-boosts-growing-distribution-operation-by-agreeing-maestro-media-steamforged-games-tie-ups/) - Zatu Games, one of the UK's biggest board game retailers, has added licensed game specialists Maestro Media and Steamforged Games to its growing distribution operation.
- [Financially-troubled Elf Creek Games brings in Genius Games founder to restructure business, says fulfilling overdue Kickstarters is 'top priority'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/01/financially-troubled-elf-creek-games-brings-in-genius-games-founder-to-restructure-business-says-fulfilling-overdue-kickstarters-is-top-priority/) - Financially-struggling board game publisher Elf Creek Games has brought in Genius Games founder John Coveyou as executive director, as the company tries to "stabilise and restructure" in order to get its multiple unfulfilled Kickstarter campaigns out to backers.
- [Africa’s longest-running board game convention hoping to double attendance this year after ongoing Kickstarter passes goal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/31/africas-longest-running-board-game-convention-hoping-to-double-attendance-this-year-after-ongoing-kickstarter-passes-goal/) - Africa’s longest-running board games convention, AB Con in Nigeria, has set its sights on more than doubling attendance at this year's event after pulling past its funding target for its latest Kickstarter campaign.
- [IELLO signs US distribution deal with Blue Orange in shift away from tariffs-battered Flat River Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/30/iello-signs-us-distribution-deal-with-blue-orange-in-shift-away-from-tariffs-battered-flat-river-games/) - French board game publisher IELLO has given Blue Orange USA exclusive first pick on bringing its titles to the US, having left former partner Flat River Group after it slashed its North American hobby game distribution operation.
- [Reviewers including No Pun Included, Shut Up & Sit Down boycott Codenames publisher CGE for releasing new Harry Potter game while ignoring JK Rowling's anti-trans rhetoric](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/29/reviewers-including-no-pun-included-shut-up-sit-down-boycott-codenames-publisher-cge-for-releasing-new-harry-potter-game-while-ignoring-jk-rowlings-anti-trans-rhetoric/) - Some of board gaming's biggest and most influential reviewers are boycotting Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition, after the company decided to release a new Harry Potter-themed version of the game despite years of anti-trans campaigning from the character's creator, JK Rowling.
- [Tycoon Games continues acquisition spree by picking up Ludonaute's Colt Express, Living Forest, Lewis & Clark: The Expedition](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/28/tycoon-games-continues-acquisition-spree-by-picking-up-ludonautes-colt-express-living-forest-lewis-clark-the-expedition/) - Everdell publisher Tycoon Games has continued its 2025 acquisition spree by buying Colt Express, Living Forest, and Lewis & Clark: The Expedition from French board game publisher Ludonaute.
- [Gamefound accelerates challenge to Kickstarter by buying veteran crowdfunding pioneer Indiegogo](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/24/gamefound-accelerates-challenge-to-kickstarter-by-buying-veteran-crowdfunding-pioneer-indiegogo/) - Tabletop gaming crowdfunding platform Gamefound has bought veteran Kickstarter rival Indiegogo, adding a potentially massive new source of backers for its creators' campaigns.
- [Board game retailer Zatu Games denies exploiting low-paid apprentices, 'toxic' work culture claims after wave of online criticism](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/21/board-game-retailer-zatu-games-denies-exploiting-low-paid-apprentices-toxic-work-culture-claims-after-wave-of-online-criticism/) - One of the UK's biggest board game retailers, Zatu Games, has moved to fend off a wave of online criticism claiming it exploits low-paid apprentices and runs a toxic 'hire-and-fire' culture in its growing warehouse operation.
- [Board game industry professionals from Asmodee, Brotherwise Games, The Op among nominees in this year's Wonder Women Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/16/board-game-industry-professionals-from-asmodee-brotherwise-games-the-op-among-nominees-in-this-years-wonder-women-awards/) - A cluster of board game industry professionals have picked up nominations in this year's Wonder Women Awards, which aim to shine a light on women helping to shape the future of toys and games, consumer products, licensing and entertainment.
- [Board game maker Panda to stick with new Brazilian expansion deal, despite Trump threatening country with 50% tariff rate](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/15/board-game-maker-panda-to-stick-with-new-brazilian-expansion-deal-despite-trump-threatening-country-with-50-tariff-rate/) - Board game manufacturing major Panda says it plans to stick with its new Brazilian production operation, despite its first expansion outside of China immediately falling foul of a surprise 50% tariff announcement from the US.
- [Lucky Duck brings in former Quartermaster Logistics sales director Matt Goldrick to boosts B2B localisation, licensing arm](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/15/lucky-duck-brings-in-former-quartermaster-logistics-sales-director-matt-goldrick-to-boosts-b2b-localisation-licensing-arm/) - Lucky Duck Games has brought in Quartermaster Logistics sales director Matt Goldrick as senior partner for its Global Publishing Network, the B2B localisation and licensing arm it launched two years ago.
- ["I'm rather worried about the restriction of liberties of all sorts in the US": Spiel des Jahres chairman takes aim at Trump policies, tariffs during awards ceremony](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/14/im-rather-worried-about-the-restriction-of-liberties-of-all-sorts-in-the-us-spiel-des-jahres-chairman-takes-aim-at-trump-policies-tariffs-during-awards-ceremony/) - Donald Trump's tariff policies and the restriction of liberties in the US are threatening the creation and release of new board games, the chairman of the Spiel des Jahres association told attendees at the high-profile award ceremony this year.
- [Co-op designs continue to dominate board gaming's biggest prize as Bomb Busters seals Spiel des Jahres win](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/14/co-op-designs-continue-to-dominate-board-gamings-biggest-prize-as-bomb-busters-seals-spiel-des-jahres-win/) - Co-operative bomb disposal game Bomb Busters has won this year's Spiel des Jahres, beating the much-fancied push-your-luck card game Flip 7 to the high-profile award.
- [Flip 7, Bomb Busters, Krakel Orakel to battle it out for this year's Spiel des Jahres award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/20/flip-7-bomb-busters-krakel-orakel-to-battle-it-out-for-this-years-spiel-des-jahres-award/) - The nominees for this year's Spiel des Jahres, widely considered the highest profile award in board gaming, have been unveiled ahead of the grand final on July 13.
- ["We're like a Tiny Epic Asmodee": Tycoon Games CEO Dan Yarrington on the company's ongoing acquisition spree, future plans and criticism of his past business practices](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/07/were-like-a-tiny-epic-asmodee-tycoon-games-ceo-dan-yarrington-on-the-companys-ongoing-acquisition-spree-future-plans-and-criticism-of-his-past-business-practices/) - The purchases of Blood Rage, Rising Sun, Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Arcadia Quest and Starcadia Quest were followed today by a buyout of the Gamelyn brand, including the Tiny Epic series and the Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea game lines - and more deals are likely on the way, CEO and founder Dan Yarrington told BoardGameWire.
- [CMON announces cancellation of Degenesis: Clan Wars Gamefound campaign after breakdown in relationship, legal dispute with IP holder](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/04/cmon-announces-cancellation-of-degenesis-clan-wars-gamefound-campaign-after-breakdown-in-relationship-legal-dispute-with-ip-holder/) - Financially-troubled board game publishing major CMON has suffered another blow after revealing its Gamefound campaign for Degenesis: Clan Wars has been cancelled by the IP holder amid a legal wrangle between the pair.
- [Five of board gaming's 'most active and prolific' designers up for this year's Lucca Comics & Games designer of the year award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/01/five-of-board-gamings-most-active-and-prolific-designers-up-for-this-years-lucca-comics-games-designer-of-the-year-award/) - Five finalists have been unveiled in the latest board game designers of the year contest held by Lucca Comics & Games, one of Europe's biggest comics and tabletop gaming festivals.
- [Staff at London's first board game cafe, Draughts, prepare to strike over zero-hour contracts, 'erratic scheduling' and security concerns](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/02/staff-at-londons-first-board-game-cafe-draughts-prepare-to-strike-over-zero-hour-contracts-erratic-scheduling-and-security-concerns/) - London's first board game cafe, Draughts, is facing strike action from staff who claim the business is ignoring their concerns about issues including unfair contracts, having shifts cancelled at short notice and a lack of security at one of its premises.
- [New York board game cafe workers win almost two year battle for better pay, protections by ratifying union contract](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/25/new-york-board-game-cafe-workers-win-almost-two-year-battle-for-better-pay-protections-by-ratifying-union-contract/) - More than 100 workers from a string of New York board game cafes are celebrating a historic win after ratifying their first union contract, securing pay increases and worker protections almost two years after some of them began pursuing a living wage.
- [Binding of Isaac tabletop publisher Maestro Media hails 'defining moment' in agreeing Asmodee distribution deal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/26/binding-of-isaac-tabletop-publisher-maestro-media-hails-defining-moment-in-agreeing-asmodee-distribution-deal/) - Maestro Media, the publishing company adapting IPs such as Hello Kitty and video game The Binding of Isaac to the tabletop, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Asmodee for its English language products in the US, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.
- [Flip 7 continues awards run with Origin Award victory, Fromage and Endeavor: Deep Sea also among winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/23/flip-7-continues-awards-run-with-origin-award-victory-fromage-and-endeavor-deep-sea-also-among-winners/) - 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.
- [Gloomies triumphs in Austrian game of the year prize, two years after catching Ravensburger's eye in unpublished game contest](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/20/gloomies-triumphs-in-austrian-game-of-the-year-prize-two-years-after-catching-ravensburgers-eye-in-unpublished-game-contest/) - Galactic gardening-themed set collection game Gloomies has won this year's Austrian game of the year award, two years after catching the attention of Ravensburger during Italian unpublished game design contest Premio Archimede.
- [Restoration Games staffs up again, says boosting marketing and sales proved 'prescient' amid tariffs chaos](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/19/restoration-games-staffs-up-again-says-boosting-marketing-and-sales-proved-prescient-amid-tariffs-chaos/) - Restoration Games, the US board game publisher focused on reviving and rejuvenating classic titles, is benefiting from foresight in staffing up across the last year as the impact of tariffs continues to make itself felt upon the industry.
- [Asmodee brings in David Preti, one of the architects of CMON's Kickstarter strategy, to head up its own crowdfunding and miniatures operations](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/17/asmodee-brings-in-david-preti-one-of-the-architects-of-cmons-kickstarter-strategy-to-head-up-its-own-crowdfunding-and-miniatures-operations/) - Asmodee has hired David Preti, the former COO of financially-troubled board game publisher CMON, to head up the tabletop gaming giant's own crowdfunding and miniatures strategy.
- [German language Too Many Bones, Endeavor: Deep Sea publisher Frosted Games boosts distribution through Asmodee tie-up](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/13/german-language-too-many-bones-endeavor-deep-sea-publisher-frosted-games-boosts-distribution-through-asmodee-tie-up/) - Frosted Games, the German-language publisher of titles including Too Many Bones and Endeavor: Deep Sea, has signed a deal with industry heavyweight Asmodee to expand its distribution across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- [UK Games Expo "now fully on the world stage of 'mega-cons'" as record-breaking event surpasses Gen Con for trade hall size, director says](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/03/uk-games-expo-now-fully-on-the-world-stage-of-mega-cons-as-record-breaking-event-surpasses-gen-con-for-trade-hall-size/) - Another year of surging growth has seen the British hobby gaming convention UK Games Expo overtake US giant Gen Con in trade hall size - putting it second only to Spiel Essen for trade hall floor space, co-organiser Richard Denning has told BoardGameWire.
- [Toy retailers pick Finspan, The Gang and Trio as winners of this year's Astra Play Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/06/toy-retailers-pick-finspan-the-gang-and-trio-as-winners-of-this-years-astra-play-awards/) - American toy retailers from trade body ASTRA have named Finspan, The Gang and Trio as the board game winners of its latest annual Play Awards - designed to highlight novel designs which are "thought provoking or groundbreaking" within the industry.
- [Asmodee buys Zombicide IP from struggling CMON as first move in new acquisition spree](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/10/asmodee-buys-zombicide-ip-from-struggling-cmon-as-first-move-in-new-acquisition-spree/) - Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its flagship IP Zombicide to Asmodee, stripping the company of a series which has raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch.
- [Exclusive: Board game manufacturing giant Panda expands production outside of China for first time amid US tariffs upheaval](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/09/exclusive-board-game-manufacturer-panda-expands-production-outside-of-china-for-first-time-amid-us-tariffs-upheaval/) - 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.
- [Unconscious Mind leads Dice Tower Awards nominations with nods in record seven categories, River of Gold and SETI challenge for five](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/04/unconscious-mind-leads-dice-tower-awards-nominations-with-nods-in-seven-categories-river-of-gold-and-seti-challenge-for-five/) - Unconscious Mind, a worker placement game themed around the psychoanalysis work of Sigmund Freund in the early 1900s, has scooped a record seven nominations in this year's Dice Tower Awards.
- [BackerKit's quest for investment and the future of crowdfunding - and how their lead investor worked for DOGE](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/05/backerkits-quest-for-investment-and-the-future-of-crowdfunding-and-how-their-lead-investor-worked-for-doge/) - About a month ago, users of the crowdfunding platform, BackerKit, received an email about an opportunity to invest in the company. Most didn’t know what to make of it. Some thought it was a scam and moved on. But as of today, even before the ‘equity crowdfunding’ campaign becomes available to the general public, the company has already raised more than $1 million from their customers - both backers as well as creators.
- [Renegade Game Studios boosts European distribution amid US tariffs uncertainty with new Saga Alliance, HEO tie-ups](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/21/renegade-boosts-european-distribution-amid-us-tariffs-uncertainty-with-new-saga-alliance-heo-tie-ups/) - US board game publisher Renegade Game Studios has expanded its distribution in Europe by teaming up with Saga Alliance and HEO, amid ongoing volatility in its home US market due to President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports.
- [App-assisted, real-time board game Dot Com wins this year's Cardboard Edison Award, which celebrates the best in unpublished designs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/22/app-assisted-real-time-board-game-dot-com-wins-this-years-cardboard-edison-award-which-celebrates-the-best-in-unpublished-designs/) - Dot Com, an economic strategy game which uses an app to run players' money supplies down in real time, has been crowned the winner of this year's Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs.
- [Asmodee's plan to 'reignite' buyouts of smaller companies unaffected by tariffs, CEO says uncertainty 'presents opportunities for strategic acquisitions'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/23/asmodees-plan-to-reignite-buyouts-of-smaller-companies-unaffected-by-tariffs-ceo-says-uncertainty-presents-opportunities-for-strategic-acquisitions/) - Board game giant Asmodee's plan to reignite its strategy of buying up smaller board game publishers and distributors remains "completely unchanged" by the tariffs volatility, with company CEO Thomas Koegler saying the uncertain times in fact "present opportunities for strategic acquisitions".
- [Launching a board game YouTube channel in 2025: tariff impact, side gigs and getting back in the saddle](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/22/launching-a-board-game-youtube-channel-in-2025-tariff-impact-side-gigs-and-getting-back-in-the-saddle/) - Part 2 of our ongoing series exploring the trials and tribulations of launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025. JC Wollslager is now seven months into his attempt to “flip the script” on How To Play videos with his channel How To Teach, which he believes fills an underexplored niche in the industry. But the chaotic US tariffs situation is affecting more than just publishers and manufacturers - and in this edition JC details the impact on his fledgling channel, his mental health, and what the future holds for the project.
- [Four up-and-coming designers win expenses-paid Gen Con trip in latest Diana Jones emerging designer program](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/15/four-up-and-coming-designers-win-expenses-paid-gen-con-trip-in-latest-diana-jones-emerging-designer-program/) - The Diana Jones Award committee has unveiled this year's winners of its emerging designer program, who will each receive a $6,500 prize package that includes an all-expenses trip to Gen Con.
- [Diana Jones Award reveals emerging designer winners of $6,500 prize package](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/22/diana-jones-award-reveals-emerging-designer-winners-of-6500-prize-package/) - The Diana Jones Award Committee has revealed the four latest winners of its emerging designer program, who will each receive a $6,500 prize package which includes an all-expenses trip to Gen Con.
- [Board game publishers brace for shipping price hike, delays as US drops tariffs on China to 30% in 90-day 'truce'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/13/board-game-publishers-brace-for-shipping-price-hike-delays-as-us-drops-tariffs-on-china-to-30-in-90-day-truce/) - Elevated tariffs continue to threaten the board game industry despite a 90-day 'truce' between the US and China - with publishers now facing a spike in shipping prices and a battle for limited container space as businesses race to take advantage of the lower-tariff window.
- ["We hope these bets will pay off": Ares signs two US distribution deals despite ongoing trade war with China](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/09/we-hope-these-bets-will-pay-off-ares-signs-two-us-distribution-deals-despite-ongoing-trade-war-with-china/) - War of the Ring publisher Ares Games has signed a pair of new US distribution deals, with director of production Roberto Di Meglio saying the company hopes to prove "there is still life for our industry during the trade war".
- [The Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan's board game industry, crowns Umataka as game of the year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/09/the-golden-box-awards-voted-on-by-members-of-japans-board-game-industry-crowns-umataka-as-game-of-the-year/) - Umataka, a worker placement game centred around hunter-gatherers making traditional pottery in ancient Japan, has been named game of the year in the latest Golden Box Board Game Awards.
- [Arcs wins big in 2024 Golden Geek Awards, SETI brings home pair of prizes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/08/arcs-wins-big-in-2024-golden-geek-awards-seti-brings-home-pair-of-prizes/) - Arcs, the hybrid trick-taking wargame from Root and Oath designer Cole Wehrle, has won a trio of awards in this year's Golden Geek Awards, with fellow space-themed game SETI notching up a pair of wins.
- [Boardssey: The All-in-One Platform Reshaping How Board Games Get Made [sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/05/06/boardssey-the-all-in-one-platform-reshaping-how-board-games-get-made-sponsored/) - As the board game industry has exploded in the last couple of decades, so too has the desire and demand from designers for ways to streamline and manage the often fragmented reality of prototyping, testing and preparing to publish their new creations. In this sponsored article, the team behind board game design toolkit Boardssey explain how they've leveraged their own experiences designing games - and the pain points they ran up against - to create a one-stop shop for supporting overwhelmed game designers.
- [Chaos escalates in Alliance Game Distributors sale as winning bidder scraps deal, sues owner Diamond Comics, claiming it hid that AGD had lost biggest customer Wizards of the Coast](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/29/chaos-escalates-in-alliance-game-distributors-sale-as-winning-bidder-scraps-deal-sues-owner-diamond-comics-claiming-it-hid-that-agd-had-lost-biggest-customer-wizards-of-the-coast/) - Chaos continues to engulf the sale of one North America’s biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, after the winning bidder scrapped its deal and sued bankrupt AGD owner Diamond Comics for the second time in three weeks - this time claiming Diamond concealed from it that AGD had lost its biggest customer, Wizards of the Coast.
- [Hachette Boardgames expands to the Netherlands by buying veteran publisher, distributor 999 Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/25/hachette-boardgames-expands-to-the-netherlands-by-buying-veteran-publisher-distributor-999-games/) - French book publishing giant Hachette has continued its expansion in the board game market by acquiring 35-year-old Dutch publisher and distributor 999 Games.
- [Hundreds of Mensa members wrap up four-day board gaming marathon by revealing this year's Mensa Select award winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/28/hundreds-of-mensa-members-wrap-up-four-day-board-gaming-marathon-by-revealing-this-years-mensa-select-award-winners/) - High IQ society Mensa has revealed this year's recipients of its Mensa Select seal, following its traditional four-day gaming marathon to determine the winners.
- [Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games is suing President Trump after China tariffs threaten tabletop industry](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/22/wingspan-publisher-stonemaier-games-is-suing-president-trump-after-china-tariffs-threaten-tabletop-industry/) - Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games is suing US president Donald Trump over his decision to impose spiralling import tariffs on China - a situation which has already seen board game businesses shutter their operations and lay off staff.
- [Online board game seller Boardlandia shuts down after tariffs add "unsustainable burden" to company's existing challenges](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/23/online-board-game-seller-boardlandia-shuts-down-after-tariffs-add-unsustainable-burden-to-companys-existing-challenges/) - Online board game retailer Boardlandia has become the latest tabletop-related victim of the skyrocketing US tariffs on Chinese imports, with its owners announcing they have closed down the business.
- [Steve Jackson Games CEO Meredith Placko resigns after two years in role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/17/steve-jackson-games-ceo-meredith-placko-resigns-after-two-years-in-role/) - Meredith Placko, the CEO of veteran tabletop game publisher Steve Jackson Games, has resigned from the company two years after taking over the role.
- ["Every decision we make is to do something a little out of the ordinary": CMYK's Alex Hague on the backlash to Quacks' redesigned art, and trying to 'break board gaming's monoculture'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/07/every-decision-we-make-is-to-do-something-a-little-out-of-the-ordinary-cmyks-alex-hague-on-the-backlash-to-quacks-redesigned-art-and-trying-to-break-board-gamings-monoculture/) - Few board game artistic redesigns of recent years have drawn as much polarising opinion as CMYK's recently announced reworking of Quacks of Quedlinburg, with online forums torn over the switch to the 3D clay-style imagery of Ryogo Toyoda. CMYK chief executive Alex Hague - the creative director for the redesign - spoke to BoardGameWire about the motivations behind changing up the look of the million-selling game, and CMYK's vision for breaking board games out of their 'visual and demographic monoculture'.
- [Final Frontier Games shuts down with three unfulfilled crowdfunding projects worth almost $1.4m, says CMON failing to pay for localisation was "final nail"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/15/final-frontier-games-shuts-down-with-three-unfulfilled-crowdfunding-projects-worth-almost-1-4m-says-cmon-failing-to-pay-for-localisation-was-final-nail/) - Merchants Cove and Coloma publisher Final Frontier Games is shutting down with three crowdfunding projects worth nearly $1.4m still unfulfilled - and claims that CMON failing to pay for an agreed Chinese localisation of one title was the "final nail" in its coffin.
- [America's answer to the Spiel des Jahres, the American Tabletop Awards, unveils 2025 winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/09/americas-answer-to-the-spiel-des-jahres-the-american-tabletop-awards-unveils-2025-winners/) - The American Tabletop Awards, an awards scheme launched six years ago with the aim of being the US equivalent of Germany's Spiel des Jahres, has revealed its 2025 winners.
- [Quacks publisher CMYK is launching a TV game show based on another Wolfgang Warsch game this year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/28/quacks-publisher-cmyk-is-launching-a-tv-game-show-based-on-another-wolfgang-warsch-game-this-year/) - CMYK, the US publisher of Quacks of Quedlinberg and Wavelength, is making the jump to television with the launch of a game show on CBS based on another Wolfgang Warsch design.
- ["I wanted to elevate board gaming to the same level as cinema, literature, theatre": Senet editor Dan Jolin celebrates five years of publishing board gaming's most beautiful magazine](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/02/i-wanted-to-elevate-board-gaming-to-the-same-level-as-cinema-literature-theatre-senet-editor-dan-jolin-celebrates-five-years-of-publishing-board-gamings-most-beautiful-magazine/) - Modern board gaming's boom over the past 20 years has been accompanied by an avalanche of creatives reviewing, discussing and celebrating the growing hobby. That media continues to be dominated by video reviews and previews - but five years ago long-time film magazine editor Dan Jolin and art director James Hunter took a chance that there was room in the industry for a beautiful, high-quality magazine "celebrating the craft, creativity and community" of tabletop gaming. That hunch has proven well judged, with the magazine's readership having grown five-fold compared to its original Kickstarter campaign thanks to its beautiful presentation, thoughtful reviews and articles, and interviews with the biggest names in board gaming. Editor Dan Jolin spoke to BoardGameWire about the magazine's journey so far, how the industry has changed and what the future holds for Senet.
- [Board game industry reels as Trump tariffs threaten job losses, company extinctions](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/04/board-game-industry-reels-as-trump-tariffs-threaten-job-losses-company-extinctions/) - Board game companies across the industry are bracing for price hikes, job losses and the potential shuttering of their businesses after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping import tariffs targeting countries across the world yesterday.
- [Board game distribution major Alliance to be bought by namesake Alliance Entertainment after company sees off Universal Distribution's $39m bid](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/26/board-game-distribution-major-alliance-to-be-bought-by-namesake-alliance-entertainment-after-company-sees-off-universal-distributions-39m-bid/) - One of North America’s biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, has been bought by its namesake but unrelated company Alliance Entertainment Holdings as part of the bankruptcy auction for its fallen owner Diamond Comics.
- [Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game supplants Sky Team at top of monthly new owner rankings | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/19/fellowship-of-the-ring-trick-taking-game-supplants-sky-team-at-top-of-monthly-new-owner-rankings-bgg-stats/) - Co-operative card game The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game has claimed the most new owners adding it to their collections on BoardGameGeek for February, supplanting 2024 Spiel des Jahres winner Sky Team just a few weeks after its release.
- [Almost two decades after impressing in the children's Spiel des Jahres, Wild Vikings has won the Japan Boardgame Prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/17/almost-two-decades-after-impressing-in-the-childrens-spiel-des-jahres-wild-vikings-has-won-the-japan-boardgame-prize/) - A 17-year-old German children's game has won this year's Japan Boardgame Prize, almost two decades after it picked up a recommendation in the kids segment of the much lauded Spiel des Jahres competition.
- [New-look Origins Awards has a massive 120 nominees this year; new Hall of Fame inductees revealed](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/12/new-look-origins-awards-has-a-massive-120-nominees-this-year-new-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed/) - The Origins Awards, one of board gaming's longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals, has picked out a huge slate of 120 nominees for its 2024 competition - which coincides with the 50th anniversary of its namesake gaming convention.
- [Odin wins this year's As d'Or, France’s biggest board gaming award, while Kutná Hora takes expert game prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/27/odin-wins-this-years-as-dor-frances-biggest-board-gaming-award-while-kutna-hora-takes-expert-game-prize/) - Viking-themed card shedding game Odin has won this year's As d'Or, France's highest-profile board game prize, after fighting off strong competition from Captain Flip and For A Crown.
- [Stonemaier's "pretty big gamble" with large Wyrmspan print run pays off, as soaring sales help company's revenue surge to $23.7m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/11/stonemaiers-pretty-big-gamble-with-large-wyrmspan-print-run-pays-off-as-soaring-sales-help-companys-revenue-surge-to-23-7m/) - Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games' revenue soared more than 40% to $23.7m last year, after a gamble on a hefty initial print run for new release Wyrmspan led to the game having the best first year for sales in the company's 13-year history.
- [Veteran Kosmos senior exec Heiko Windfelder, who oversaw rise of Catan, Exit games at German publisher, is retiring](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/05/veteran-kosmos-senior-exec-heiko-windfelder-who-oversaw-rise-of-catan-exit-games-at-german-publisher-is-retiring/) - Heiko Windfelder, the Kosmos board game lead who played a key role building up brands including Catan and the Exit family of games, is retiring after 30 years at the company.
- [How Goliath bought Prospero Hall's game assets, but left its heart behind](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/19/how-goliath-bought-prospero-halls-game-assets-but-left-its-heart-behind/) - When the news broke just over a day ago that Rummikub maker Goliath had bought Funko’s board game and puzzles assets, much of the initial industry talk focused on the decision by the financially-troubled Funko in getting rid of one of its only growing business segments.
- [Laid-off Funko board game designers bounce back by launching new studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/27/laid-off-funko-board-game-designers-bounce-back-by-launching-new-studio/) - When Rummikub maker Goliath bought Funko’s board game and puzzles assets last month, there was no place in the deal for most of the 30-plus team that had created some of its most lauded designs of recent years.
- [Rummikub maker Goliath continues push into hobby gaming with Lucky Duck Games buyout](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/23/rummikub-maker-goliath-continues-push-into-hobby-gaming-with-lucky-duck-games-buyout/) - Goliath, the veteran game manufacturer of Rummikub and other child and family-weight games, is making a further push into the hobby games market by buying tabletop publisher Lucky Duck Games.
- [Funko just sold its board games assets and Prospero Hall designs to Rummikub maker Goliath](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/17/funko-just-sold-its-board-games-assets-and-prospero-hall-design-team-to-rummikub-maker-goliath/) - Goliath, the veteran game company behind Rummikub and other child and family-weight games, has bought Funko's board game and puzzles assets, including those of its tabletop game design team Prospero Hall.
- [Fewer releases, spending freezes and rising prices: board game publishers face volatile financial future as US hikes China tariff to 20%, brings in 25% Canada, Mexico tariffs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/06/fewer-releases-spending-freezes-and-rising-prices-board-game-publishers-face-volatile-financial-future-as-us-hikes-china-tariff-to-20-brings-in-25-canada-mexico-tariffs/) - Board game publishers already battling the financial fallout of Donald Trump's trade war are now facing an even more volatile future, after the US President doubled the country's tariffs on Chinese imports to 20% and brought in 25% tariffs for goods from Canada and Mexico.
- [Reconstruct ancient Greek pottery, decode an alien language and watch your money burn in real time: Cardboard Edison nominees revealed as unpublished games award celebrates 10th year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/03/reconstruct-ancient-greek-pottery-decode-an-alien-language-and-watch-your-money-burn-in-real-time-cardboard-edison-nominees-revealed-as-unpublished-games-award-celebrates-10th-year/) - The long-running Cardboard Edison Award is celebrating a decade of highlighting the best currently unpublished board games, as it unveils the finalists for this year's competition.
- ["Our ambition for 2025 is to be number one in tabletop": Gamefound closes gap on Kickstarter again as crowdfunding giant's 2024 dollars raised remains flat](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/06/our-ambition-for-2025-is-to-be-number-one-in-tabletop-gamefound-closes-gap-on-kickstarter-again-as-crowdfunding-giants-2024-dollars-raised-remains-flat/) - Tabletop game crowdfunding platform Gamefound has moved a step closer to its hugely ambitious goal of overtaking industry giant Kickstarter in the category this year, with new data seeming to show the latter's tabletop funding total falling for the third year in a row.
- ["It's too late for us": CoolStuffInc founder on how Amazon pushed it out of the online board game market](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/05/its-too-late-for-us-coolstuffinc-founder-on-how-amazon-pushed-it-out-of-the-online-board-game-market/) - CoolStuffInc owner Jerry Sunkin opens up on how his company - one of the biggest online board game retailers of the last decade - has been squeezed out of the market by Amazon's 800lb gorilla.
- [HABA signs distribution deal with Asmodee France, a year after shuttering its French operation amid financial woes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/18/haba-signs-distribution-deal-with-asmodee-france-a-year-after-shuttering-its-french-operation-amid-financial-woes/) - Veteran German toy and game maker HABA has signed a deal with Asmodee to distribute its games in France, a year after shutting down its own French arm as part of a plan to save the financially-troubled business.
- ["Board games are about to get more expensive": Arcane Wonders president Robert Geistlinger on tariffs, razor-thin margins and the math of producing games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/21/board-games-are-about-to-get-more-expensive-arcane-wonders-president-robert-geistlinger-on-tariffs-razor-thin-margins-and-the-math-of-producing-games/) - The board game industry has been awash with discussion about the potentially crippling effect of tariffs for several months now, with publishers, distributors and manufacturers all scrabbling to prepare for a leap in the cost of importing games to the US. Chief among the issues is the uncertainty surrounding the situation - tariffs of up to 100% on imports from China, where the vast majority of board games are made, were being talked about by then President-elect Donald Trump last November, stoking fears of a “great collapse” of the US board game industry. So far those tariffs have only reached 10%, but ongoing sabre-rattling from Trump and tit-for-tat tariffs on US goods introduced by China have created an unpredictable trading environment. In this article for BoardGameWire, Robert Geistlinger, president of US board game major Arcane Wonders, explains how even a 10% tariff rate will have an outsized effect on publishers already working on razor-thin margins.
- [Retailers step in to help Dutch publisher Splotter after US distributor GTS cancels 'large order' over tariff uncertainty](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/20/retailers-step-in-to-help-dutch-publisher-splotter-after-us-distributor-gts-cancels-large-order-over-tariff-uncertainty/) - Food Chain Magnate publisher Splotter Spellen says US distribution major GTS has cancelled a "large order" for its game Indonesia at short notice, citing uncertainty over further changes to import tariffs in the country.
- [Harmonies, Captain Flip triumph in this year's Swiss Gamers Award, Castle Combo seals two finalist spots](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/17/harmonies-captain-flip-triumph-in-this-years-swiss-gamers-award-castle-combo-seals-two-finalist-spots/) - Nature-themed tile-laying game Harmonies has picked up its second award win of the month after being voted the best game in this year's Swiss Gamers Award.
- [More than half of board game giant Asmodee's net sales come from just five product lines - and two of those are Magic and Pokemon](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/13/more-than-half-of-board-game-giant-asmodees-net-sales-comes-from-just-five-product-lines-and-two-of-those-are-magic-and-pokemon/) - Tabletop game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has acknowledged that its business model exhibits a "concentration risk", with more than half of its €1.2bn in annual net sales coming from just five product lines.
- [Flipping the script on How to Play videos: How To Teach's creator on the trials and tribulations of launching a new board game YouTube channel](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/07/flipping-the-script-on-how-to-play-videos-how-to-teachs-creator-on-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-launching-a-new-board-game-youtube-channel/) - Launching a board game-focused YouTube channel in 2025 is a sobering prospect, with hundreds of existing video makers large and small already fighting over the eyeballs of tabletop gamers. Having a unique selling point is practically essential for helping a new channel stand out from the crowd - and creator JC Wollslager hopes "flipping the script" on How To Play videos with his channel How To Teach fills an underexplored niche in the industry. In this first part of a three-part series following the fledgling channel's prospects, Wollslager discusses his thought processes behind launching the venture, his early successes and challenges, and what he believes is the key to the channel's ongoing growth.
- [Kickstarter unveils "tools creators have been asking for" for 2025 as it looks to fight off rising Gamefound challenge](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/11/kickstarter-unveils-tools-creators-have-been-asking-for-for-2025-as-it-looks-to-fight-off-rising-gamefound-challenge/) - Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is bringing in new pledge management and pay-in-installments options this year amid increasing competition from rival platforms such as Gamefound.
- [Harmonies, Splendor: Duel romp to wins in this year's BoardGameArena awards, Darwin's Journey sees off stiff challenge from Terraforming Mars](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/04/harmonies-darwins-journey-splendor-duel-among-winners-in-this-years-boardgamearena-awards/) - BoardGameArena, Asmodee's online board gaming platform which passed 10 million registered users last summer, has unveiled the winners of its annual contenst for the most popular games added to the service in 2024.
- [Asmodee's BoardGameArena buyout reaps rewards as service passes 10 million accounts](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/14/asmodees-boardgamearena-buyout-reaps-rewards-as-service-passes-10-million-accounts/) - BoardGameArena, the online board gaming platform bought by Asmodee three years ago, has surged past 10 million registered accounts following several years of rapid growth.
- [End looms for Mythic Games as company gives up trying to deliver $1.3m Monsterpocalypse Kickstarter, hands files over to IP holder Privateer Press](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/06/end-looms-for-mythic-games-as-company-gives-up-trying-to-deliver-1-3m-monsterpocalypse-kickstarter-hands-files-over-to-ip-holder-privateer-press/) - Financially-stricken board game publisher Mythic Games has quit trying to complete its $1.3m Kickstarter for kaiju-battling game Monsterpocalypse - one of its last remaining projects after several years of failing to fulfil a string of big-money crowdfunding campaigns.
- [Ares Games teams with Armenian board game publisher Red Cat - successor to Russia's Lifestyle Boardgames - for English versions of two games, hopes for more in future](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/05/ares-games-teams-with-armenian-board-game-publisher-red-cat-successor-to-russias-lifestyle-boardgames-for-english-versions-of-two-games-hopes-for-more-in-future/) - War of the Ring publisher Ares Games is bringing two games from Armenian publisher Red Cat Games - the successor studio to Russia-based Lifestyle Boardgames - to the English language market amid a busy year for the Italy-based business.
- [Board gaming's biggest TikTok creators face uncertain future after Trump gives threatened app 75-day stay of execution](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/03/board-gamings-biggest-tiktok-creators-face-uncertain-future-after-trump-gives-threatened-app-75-day-stay-of-execution/) - Board game-focused TikTok video creators attracting millions of views each year are preparing for an uncertain future on the site, which recently went dark for almost 24 hours amid a ban by the US government over national security fears.
- [This year's nominees for France's biggest board gaming award highlights breadth of country's publishers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/30/this-years-nominees-for-frances-biggest-board-gaming-award-highlights-breadth-of-countrys-publishers/) - The variety of France's board game publishing industry has been underscored by the newly-announced nominees of this year's As d’Or, the country's highest-profile board game prize.
- [Star Wars, LEGO, Lord of the Rings games drive 29% quarterly growth for Asmodee studios, as company prepares to split from Embracer next week](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/29/star-wars-lego-lord-of-the-rings-games-drive-29-year-on-year-growth-for-asmodee-studios-as-company-prepares-to-split-from-embracer-next-week/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee scored a powerful final quarter of 2024 thanks to a strong showing from its games based on third party IPs in the Star Wars, Lego and The Lord of the Rings universes - showcasing the publisher's strength ahead of its imminent spin off from owner Embracer Group next week.
- [Grail Games follows Matagot tie-up with 'rebirth' of Maple Games to publish heavier titles](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/28/grail-games-follows-matagot-tie-up-with-rebirth-of-maple-games-to-publish-heavier-titles/) - Australian board game publisher Grail Games has teamed up with the new incarnation of Canada's Maple Games as an outlet for its heavier titles.
- ["We cannot work without each other": The White Castle's husband and wife design duo Isra and Shei on creating as as team, design pitfalls, and which games impressed them in 2024](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/24/we-cannot-work-without-each-other-the-white-castles-husband-and-wife-design-duo-isra-and-shei-on-working-as-as-team-design-pitfalls-and-which-games-impressed-them-in-2024/) - Husband and wife board game design team Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero have been collaborating on their creations for almost a decade - and have sealed their status as notable eurogame architects in recent years with standout titles The Red Cathedral and The White Castle. The pair - who go by their board game design monikers Isra and Shei - sat down with BoardGameWire to talk about their journey into the industry, why working as a duo is essential for them, and the major error they see new designers making when pitching to publishers.
- ["It's important to us that we find new CMON fans all the time": CMON hires board game YouTube channel Man vs Meeple's CEO to run its global marketing campaigns](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/27/its-important-to-us-that-we-find-new-cmon-fans-all-the-time-cmon-hires-board-game-youtube-channel-man-vs-meeples-ceo-to-run-its-global-marketing-campaigns/) - Crowdfunded board game major CMON has hired the CEO of tabletop gaming YouTube channel Man vs Meeple as its new global director of marketing, as it looks to continue expanding its player base beyond its traditional core market.
- [Tributes pour in for Barcelona, Arborea designer Dani Garcia after diagnosis with motor neuron disease ALS](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/23/tributes-pour-in-for-barcelona-arborea-designer-dani-garcia-after-diagnosis-with-motor-neuron-disease-als/) - Tributes have flooded in for Spanish board game designer Dani Garcia after he announced he had been diagnosed with progressive, degenerative disease ALS - commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
- [Kennerspiel des Jahres winning publisher Schmidt Spiele scores 11% sales growth outside Germany, total 2024 sales reached €57.5m](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/22/kennerspiel-des-jahres-winner-schmidt-spiele-scores-11-sales-growth-outside-germany-total-2024-sales-reached-e57-5m/) - 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.
- [Board game distribution major Alliance gets $39m buyout bid as owner Diamond Comics files for bankruptcy protection](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/15/board-game-distribution-major-alliance-gets-39m-buyout-bid-as-owner-diamond-comics-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/) - One of North America's biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, has received a $39m buyout bid from Canadian peer Universal Distribution after its long-time owner Diamond Comics filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.
- [Uwe Rosenberg's project to plant 40,000 trees in Ghana gets backing from 18th publisher, tie-in Kickstarter game passes €20,000](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/22/uwe-rosenbergs-project-to-plant-40000-trees-in-ghana-gets-backing-from-18th-publisher-tie-in-kickstarter-game-passes-e20000/) - 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.
- [Asmodee shakes up UK leadership structure to kick off 2025](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/17/asmodee-shakes-up-uk-leadership-structure-to-kick-off-2025/) - Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has changed up its UK leadership structure to begin 2025, with a trio of senior executives being given updated roles.
- [The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game unseats Sky Team to top weekly new owner charts | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/21/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-trick-taking-game-unseats-sky-team-to-top-weekly-new-owner-charts-bgg-stats/) - Co-operative card game The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game has surged to the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek just a few days after release, unseating 2024 Spiel des Jahres winner Sky Team after its latest spell at the top.
- [Shut Up & Sit Down continues push into game development through tie-up with publisher Play to Z, says deal will "not compromise on our core values"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/20/shut-up-sit-down-continues-push-into-game-development-through-tie-up-with-publisher-play-to-z-says-deal-will-not-compromise-on-our-core-values/) - Board game review giant Shut Up & Sit Down has made a further move into game development by inking a deal with star-studded publisher Play to Z - a financial tie-up it admits will mean "additional caveats, conversations, and potential complications" for its review work.
- [Maldito Games agrees sale to Devir after business tasks 'become a burden' for former owner](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/14/maldito-games-agrees-sale-to-devir-after-business-tasks-become-a-burden-for-former-owner/) - Devir Games has agreed to buy Spanish board game publisher Maldito Games, adding its portfolio of 'expert-level' localisations including Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova and Brass Birmingham to its catalogue.
- [SETI wins expert-level eurogame award Diamant d’Or, Civolution scores second place](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/13/seti-wins-expert-level-eurogame-award-diamant-dor-civolution-scores-second-place/) - Space exploration eurogame SETI has picked up its first major award by scooping this year's Diamant d’Or, a prize launched a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.
- [Super Meeple to shake up distribution amid retailer "reluctance" to stock expert games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/10/super-meeple-to-shake-up-distribution-amid-retailer-reluctance-to-stock-expert-games/) - French board game publisher Super Meeple plans to step up its own direct sales this year after struggling to get individual retailers to stock more than a handful of copies of each of its heavier games through 2024.
- [Finspan reveal briefly crashes Stonemaier Games website as players flock to check out final game in Wingspan trilogy](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/09/finspan-reveal-briefly-crashes-stonemaier-games-website-as-players-flock-to-check-out-final-game-in-wingspan-trilogy/) - Stonemaier Games has unveiled the final game in its bestselling Wingspan trilogy, with the fish-themed Finspan set for release in Q1 of this year.
- [Cardboard Edison revamps award process after admitting judging 'blind spot' over last year's colonialism-themed winner](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/07/cardboard-edison-revamps-award-process-after-admitting-judging-blind-spot-over-last-years-colonialism-themed-winner/) - The long-running Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, is changing the judging process for this year's competition after a backlash over last year's colonisation-themed winner.
- [Tariffs, manufacturing gradually leaving China and the ongoing "fewer, better games" trend: Back Office operator Naylor games looks ahead to 2025](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/13/tariffs-manufacturing-gradually-leaving-china-and-the-ongoing-fewer-better-games-trend-back-office-operator-naylor-games-looks-ahead-to-2025/) - When it comes to taking the temperature of the board game industry, few are in a better position than a business which works across everything from freight and trade selling to e-commerce and spare parts. James Naylor, founder of BoardGameWire sponsor Naylor Games and its one-stop shop board game outsourcing operation Back Office, unpacks the state of the industry across 2024, and casts his eye on the potential positives - and pitfalls - of the coming year.
- [Reflecting on 2024, preparing for 2025: All About Games Consulting looks at opportunities and challenges in the board game industry](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/19/reflecting-on-2024-preparing-for-2025-all-about-games-consulting-looks-at-opportunities-and-challenges-in-the-board-game-industry/) - Another strong year for the board game industry, which has now grown to about €13bn, nears its end, with all eyes turning to the opportunities and challenges presented by 2025. In this article Cedric Delobelle, co-founder of one of BoardGameWire's sponsors All About Games Consulting, looks ahead to what US tariffs might mean for the industry, and reflects on the successes and difficulties encountered in 2024.
- [Capstone Games seals first team-up with Japanese publisher, will bring eurogame Falling to Kickstarter in February](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/18/capstone-games-seals-first-team-up-with-japanese-publisher-will-bring-eurogame-falling-to-kickstarter-in-february/) - 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.
- [Liz Davidson's Beyond Solitaire podcast wins debut Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming cultural issues](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/17/liz-davidsons-beyond-solitaire-podcast-wins-debut-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-celebrating-exceptional-media-coverage-of-historical-gaming-cultural-issues/) - A new award recognising historical gaming’s most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers has unveiled interview podcast series Beyond Solitaire as its inaugural winner.
- [Expert-level eurogame award Diamant d'Or unveils Civolution, SETI among 2025 finalists](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/18/expert-level-eurogame-award-diamant-dor-unveils-civolution-seti-among-2025-finalists/) - The Diamant d'Or, a prize launched almost a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards, has unveiled its eight finalists for 2025.
- [No, Mythic Games hasn't gone into liquidation - but its fate should be decided by the end of the month](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/17/no-mythic-games-hasnt-gone-into-liquidation-but-its-fate-should-be-decided-by-the-end-of-the-month/) - Financially stricken French board game publisher Mythic Games has not been liquidated, despite a string of poorly researched reports flying across the internet - but the company expects to know by the end of October if its situation is indeed hopeless, BoardGameWire understands.
- [Rebellion defends Joyride over plagiarism claim as Powerboats designer presses for royalties](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/12/rebellion-defends-joyride-over-plagiarism-claim-as-powerboats-designer-presses-for-royalties/) - The tabletop arm of UK video game and comics major Rebellion has defended its post-apocalyptic car racing game Joyride: Survival of the Fastest, after being accused of copying the design from a title it was previously in negotiations about publishing.
- ["Hopefully people can see the difference between what we are being accused of and what has transpired": Rebellion Unplugged's Duncan Molloy on Joyride plagiarism claims](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/12/hopefully-people-can-see-the-difference-between-what-we-are-being-accused-of-and-what-has-transpired-rebellion-unpluggeds-duncan-molloy-on-joyride-plagiarism-claims/) - A successful Kickstarter campaign and favourable reviews for post-apocalyptic car racing game Joyride: Survival of the Fastest have been dampenened by claims of plagiarism from Powerboats designer Corné van Moorsel, who is seeking royalties from publisher Rebellion Unplugged.That situation has been complicated by the fact that Rebellion Unplugged head and Joyride co-designer Duncan Molloy approached van Moorsel in 2019 about reprinting Powerboats, before changing his mind several months after the pair met to discuss the matter at Spiel Essen that year. Molloy has provided extensive answers to BoardGameWire explaining where he believes it is right to draw the line between a new design and development of an existing title, and details the ways he says Powerboats and Joyride differ in their mechanics. He also admits he worries the dispute will have a knock-on effect on how Joyride is viewed, and outlines his regrets about not acknowledging Joyride's influences more clearly.
- [Facebook bans Votes for Women publisher's ads again - this time for its board game about the history of the US Supreme Court](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/05/facebook-bans-votes-for-women-publishers-ads-again-this-time-for-its-board-game-about-the-history-of-the-us-supreme-court/) - Facebook has banned ads for a Kickstarter from small historical board game publisher Fort Circle Games for the second time this year - this time claiming its game about the history of the US Supreme Court is a "sensitive social issue".
- [Portal Games ends nine-year US distribution partnership with GTS, will focus on distributors that can 'provide the best service for its brand'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/03/portal-games-ends-nine-year-us-distribution-partnership-with-gts-will-focus-on-distributors-that-can-provide-the-best-service-for-its-brand/) - Polish board game publisher Portal Games has ended its almost decade-long US distribution partnership with GTS, saying it will focus on partners it believes can best inform retailers about its games.
- [Anti-fascist Spanish Civil War semi co-op Land and Freedom wins 2024 Summit Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/10/anti-fascist-spanish-civil-war-semi-coop-land-and-freedom-wins-2024-summit-award/) - The Summit Award, which aims to celebrate historical board games that have successfully broadened the hobby, has announced Alex Knight's Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War as its latest winner.
- [Hachette Boardgames seals US, UK distribution deals for MicroMacro publisher Edition Spielwiese](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/12/02/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.
- [The White Castle, Forest Shuffle seal wins in this year's Gouden Ludo awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/27/the-white-castle-forest-shuffle-seal-wins-in-this-years-gouden-ludo-awards/) - Forest Shuffle has added to its triumph in the German language Deutscher Spiele Preis last month by winning the Gouden Ludo Flemish family game of the year award.
- [Finalists revealed in debut Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, celebrating exceptional media coverage of historical gaming cultural issues](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/26/finalists-revealed-in-debut-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-celebrating-exceptional-media-coverage-of-historical-gaming-cultural-issues/) - A new award recognising historical gaming's most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers has unveiled its four debut finalists.
- [Acquisitions are back at Asmodee as board game giant eyes more than 20 buyout targets](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/21/acquisitions-are-back-at-asmodee-as-board-game-giant-eyes-more-than-20-buyout-targets/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee is preparing to "reignite" its strategy of buying up smaller board game publishers and distributors following its upcoming split from troubled owner Embracer Group.
- ["Despair. Hopelessness. Frustration. Sadness": board game professionals fear for industry's future under "reckless" Trump tariffs - but GAMA plans to fight back](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/21/despair-hopelessness-frustration-sadness-board-game-professionals-fear-for-industrys-future-under-reckless-trump-tariffs-but-gama-plans-to-fight-back/) - Punishing import tariffs threatened by US president-elect Donald Trump could lead to a "great collapse" of the US board game industry, with publishers, distributors and retailers of all sizes facing the threat of going under, professionals within the industry have told BoardGameWire.
- [Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa, the owner of Japanese board game publisher and Tokyo Game Market organiser Arclight](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/19/sony-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-kadokawa-the-owner-of-japanese-board-game-publisher-and-tokyo-game-market-organiser-arclight/) - Video game and electronics giant Sony is in talks to buy the $2.7bn parent business of Arclight, one of Japan’s biggest board game publishers and the organiser of Tokyo Game Market.
- [Huge demand sees Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth soar to top of new owner rankings in October | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/20/huge-demand-sees-lord-of-the-rings-duel-for-middle-earth-soar-to-top-of-new-owner-rankings-in-october-bgg-stats/) - Massive demand for 7 Wonders Duel re-implementation Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth saw the two-player strategy game pick up more than 7,300 new registered owners on BoardGameGeek in October - roughly double the usual total for the most-added game in a month.
- [Asmodee's earnings up despite ongoing sales downturn, as board game giant prepares to unshackle from struggling Embracer video games operation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/14/asmodees-earnings-up-despite-ongoing-sales-downturn-as-board-game-giant-prepares-to-unshackle-from-struggling-embracer-video-games-operation/) - Board game giant Asmodee has seen its year-on-year sales figures slide for the second quarter in a row - but profits continue to rise at the company as it nears a spin-off from its troubled parent business Embracer Group.
- [The Porters, a game about Black railway workers fighting to unionise, has triumphed in this year's Zenobia Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/18/the-porters-a-game-about-black-railway-workers-fighting-to-unionise-has-triumphed-in-this-years-zenobia-award/) - The Porters, a board game exploring the struggle of early 20th Century Black Canadian railway workers to overcome racism and organise unions, has become the second winner of the Zenobia Award - a contest aimed at lifting up game designers from marginalised groups.
- [Zenobia Award continues push to lift up underrepresented game designers, reveals nine nominees diversifying historical tabletop design](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/26/zenobia-award-continues-push-to-lift-up-underrepresented-game-designers-reveals-nine-nominees-diversifying-historical-tabletop-design/) - Games grappling with subjects including Indian revolutionaries fighting the British Raj and the moral dilemmas of enslaved textile workers in colonial Mexico are among the nominees for the second Zenobia Award, which looks to shine a light on diverse historical game designs from creators in marginalised groups.
- [Hobby titles stake claim for 2025 game of the year in traditionally mass market-focused Toy of the Year awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/13/hobby-titles-stake-claim-for-2025-game-of-the-year-in-traditionally-mass-market-focused-toy-of-the-year-awards/) - A trio of gateway hobby board games have emerged as Game of the Year contenders in the Toy Association's latest Toy of the Year awards - a prize traditionally dominated by mass-market games.
- ["It's theft": Root artist Kyle Ferrin on the "slop" of AI art, and why publishers using it are "devaluing all of board games as an industry"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/07/its-theft-root-artist-kyle-ferrin-on-the-slop-of-ai-art-and-why-publishers-using-it-are-devaluing-all-of-board-games-as-an-industry/) - 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.
- [Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games defends using AI art in new projects, board game artists call out ethics of decision](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/07/star-realms-maker-wise-wizard-games-defends-using-ai-art-in-new-projects-board-game-artists-call-out-ethics-of-decision/) - Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games has become the latest major board game publisher to begin using AI generated images in its projects, despite widespread criticism from artists that the technology is built upon stolen work.
- [Board gaming's biggest job site is an almost 20,000-strong Facebook group - and is planning its first ever live event next year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/07/board-gamings-biggest-job-site-is-an-almost-20000-strong-facebook-group-and-is-planning-its-first-ever-live-event-next-year/) - A pair of board game professionals are in talks to take their hugely successful online industry jobs space on the road next year, after seeing the group surge to almost 20,000 members.
- [Life in Reterra becomes first board game to win Forest Stewardship Council sustainability award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/05/life-in-reterra-becomes-first-board-game-to-win-forest-stewardship-council-sustainability-award/) - Life in Reterra, Hasbro's opening gambit for a push into the light-gateway hobby game segment, has become the first board game to win a sustainability leadership award from the Forest Stewardship Council.
- [Gnome Hollow, LEGO's Monkey Palace designers launch publishing studio, seal Asmodee USA distribution deal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/04/gnome-hollow-legos-monkey-palace-designers-launch-publishing-studio-seal-asmodee-usa-distribution-deal/) - The designers behind LEGO's first tilt at board games in over a decade have teamed with the creator of Gnome Hollow to launch new tabletop publisher Uncommons Publishing.
- [Matagot stops publishing heavier games like Kemet, Inis, shifts focus to family and children's titles](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/16/matagot-stops-publishing-heavier-games-like-kemet-inis-shifts-focus-to-family-and-childrens-titles/) - Veteran French board game publisher Matagot is pulling out of publishing heavier games such as Kemet and Inis, instead focusing the company's future on the family, beginner and children's games market.
- [Discord community management platform Levellr raises $1.75m of funding, plans Reddit integration](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/04/discord-community-management-platform-levellr-raises-1-75m-of-funding-plans-reddit-integration/) - Discord community management platform Levellr has raised $1.75m of funding from a clutch of venture capital firms and games industry executives.
- [Summit Award reveals 2024 contenders which have best helped draw in players, broaden scope of historical board gaming](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/23/summit-award-reveals-2024-contenders-which-have-best-helped-draw-in-players-broaden-scope-of-historical-board-gaming/) - The finalists of this year's Summit Award, which aims to recognise historical board games that have attracted new players or introduced new subjects or perspectives to the hobby, have been revealed.
- [BoardGameGeek founder, Magic the Gathering creator among board game industry professionals teaming up to support Kamala Harris presidential campaign](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/22/boardgamegeek-founder-magic-the-gathering-creator-among-board-game-industry-professionals-teaming-up-to-support-kamala-harris-presidential-campaign/) - 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.
- [Nucleum wins Portugal's game of the year award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/15/nucleum-wins-portugals-game-of-the-year-award/) - Alternative history industrialisation eurogame Nucleum has triumphed in this year's Jogo Do Ano, the Portuguese game of the year award.
- [Board game sales in Germany grow again despite sharp fall in wider toy and puzzle industry, "structural crisis" in economy](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/15/board-game-sales-in-germany-grow-again-despite-sharp-fall-in-wider-toy-and-puzzle-industry-structural-crisis-in-economy/) - Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, continue to grow despite a "structural crisis" in the country's economy which has seen the wider toy market slump, new research shows.
- ["Did it save the company? Yes and no": FunForge's CEO on fighting its financial woes by selling the Tokaido line to Stonemaier](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/11/did-it-save-the-company-yes-and-no-funforges-ceo-on-fighting-its-financial-woes-by-selling-the-tokaido-line-to-stonemaier/) - After years of financial struggles, French board game publisher FunForge has taken the drastic step of selling its entire line of Tokaido games to Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games, in a move it hopes will give the company breathing space to rebuild - and refocus - its business. FunForge CEO Philippe Nouhra sat down with BoardGameWire at this year's Spiel Essen board game fair to discuss how the company is pivoting to small-box games in an attempt to rebuild financially and creatively, and why board gaming's broken crowdfunding and distribution models are leading the industry to a looming crisis.
- [Florida-based board game publisher R&R evacuates HQ as "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Milton nears landfall](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/09/florida-based-board-game-publisher-rr-evacuates-hq-as-extremely-dangerous-hurricane-milton-nears-landfall/) - Veteran Florida-based board game publisher R&R Games has evacuated its Tampa home in preparation for major hurricane Milton striking the state overnight.
- [Tabletop Game Designers Association persuades Barnes & Noble to start namechecking board game designers in online store listings](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/09/tabletop-game-designers-association-persuades-barnes-noble-to-start-namechecking-designers-in-online-store-listings/) - US retailer Barnes & Noble has begun including the names of the designers of board games it sells through its online store after a successful approach by the recently-launched Tabletop Game Designers Association.
- [Spiel Essen sells out for first time as 204,000 attendees set post-Covid record](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/08/spiel-essen-sells-out-for-first-time-as-204000-attendees-set-post-covid-record/) - The world's biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, has posted a new post-Covid attendance record amid completely selling out of tickets for the four-day event for the first time in its 41-year history.
- [Forest Shuffle scoops German's biggest community-voted board game award,  Sky Team and White Castle also impress](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/08/forest-shuffle-scoops-germans-biggest-community-voted-board-game-award-sky-team-and-white-castle-also-impress/) - Woodland-themed tableau-building card game Forest Shuffle has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis, the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany.
- [Upper Deck lawsuit claiming Lorcana's designer stole the game from them rumbles on in courts](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/26/upper-deck-lawsuit-claiming-lorcanas-designer-stole-the-game-from-them-rumbles-on-in-courts/) - Upper Deck's lawsuit claiming the designer of hit trading card game Disney Lorcana stole the design from them continues to plod its way through the courts, more than a year after the complaint was first lodged.
- [Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition unveils new logo, calling old design "a little too serious"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/25/codenames-publisher-czech-games-edition-unveils-new-logo-calling-old-design-a-little-too-serious/) - Czech Games Edition, the publisher of titles including Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak, has revealed a new logo and mascot to "freshen things up" after 17 years under its former brand.
- [Board Game Arena boost has helped Splendor games surge to three million sales](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/12/board-game-arena-boost-has-helped-splendor-games-surge-to-three-million-sales/) - Splendor, the gem collecting engine builder celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has soared to three million sales across its various versions thanks to a hefty boost from its digital counterparts.
- [Go On Board plans to stick with Gamefound after record $7.6m Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game success](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/24/go-on-board-plans-to-stick-with-gamefound-after-record-7-6m-cyberpunk-2077-success/) - Polish board game crowdfunding specialist Go On Board says it plans to stick with Gamefound for its future campaigns in the wake of wrapping up one of the ascendant fundraising platform's biggest-ever projects on more than $7.6m.
- [Root, Arcs maker Leder Games in talks for video game of 'one of its IPs', comics also potentially in the works](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/19/root-arcs-maker-leder-games-in-talks-for-video-game-of-one-of-its-ips-comics-also-potentially-in-the-works/) - Leder Games, the publisher of acclaimed strategy board games including Root and Arcs, is in talks over a video game adaptation of one of its titles, less than two weeks after putting out a call on Twitter for ideas about getting its designs into other types of media.
- [WizKids rehires Vee Mus'e as senior marketing and communications manager](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/18/wizkids-rehires-vee-muse-as-senior-marketing-and-communications-manager/) - Board game and collectable miniatures specialist WizKids has rehired former marketing associate Vee Mus'e as a senior marketing and communications manager at the company.
- [CMON's COO David Preti is resigning after eight years at the company](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/19/cmons-coo-david-preti-is-resigning-after-eight-years-at-the-company/) - Zombicide publisher CMON is losing its chief operating officer David Preti after the 54-year-old handed in his resignation last week, citing unnamed "other work commitments".
- [Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games seals year-on-year profit rise despite lowest revenue since 2019](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/18/wingspan-publisher-stonemaier-games-seals-year-on-year-profit-rise-despite-lowest-revenue-since-2019/) - Wingspan and Scythe publisher Stonemaier Games saw its profits rise last year despite a continued fall in revenue, which is down almost a third from the record $24.7m the company reached in 2021.
- [Dice Tower production manager Roy Cannaday leaves after success of Last Light design "opens up new opportunities"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/11/dice-tower-editor-roy-cannaday-leaves-after-success-of-last-light-design-opens-up-new-opportunities/) - Roy Cannaday, the production manager for board game review behemoth The Dice Tower, has left the company following the success of his tabletop game design Last Light.
- [999 Games eyes unprecedented clean sweep of categories in Dutch game of the year awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/11/999-games-eyes-clean-sweep-of-categories-in-dutch-game-of-the-year-awards/) - Dutch board game publisher 999 Games is in with a chance of success in all three categories at this year's Nederlandse Spellenprijs - the Dutch game of the year awards.
- [Invincible: The Card Game is coming to Kickstarter as Indie Boards & Cards signs multi-year licensing deal with Skybound Tabletop](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/10/invincible-the-card-game-is-coming-as-indie-boards-cards-signs-multi-year-licensing-deal-with-skybound-tabletop/) - Coup and The Resistance publisher Indie Boards & Cards has picked up the rights to make a series of co-op deckbuilding games based on the Invincible superhero franchise, after signing a multi-year licensing deal with Skybound Tabletop.
- [New board game publisher Wharf Rat Games launches, aims to speed up publication process for designers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/10/new-board-game-publisher-wharf-rat-games-launches-aims-to-speed-up-publication-process-for-designers/) - Newly-launched board game publisher Wharf Rat Games is hoping to cut down the time it takes for a designer's game to go from contract signing to publication.
- [Flamecraft designer Manny Vega on quitting his 20-year video games career to make board games his "forever home"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/05/flamecraft-designer-manny-vega-on-quitting-his-20-year-video-games-career-to-make-board-games-his-forever-home/) - Flamecraft designer Manny Vega has been working in the video game industry for more than 20 years, most recently on Electronic Arts' first person shooter Immortals of Aveum. But a lukewarm response to that release left him in a distressingly familiar situation - unemployed, and facing the prospect of hunting for work in what he describes as a "volatile and toxic" industry. Video gaming's loss is set to be board gaming's gain, however, with Vega turning his focus to tabletop as he looks to make the industry his "forever home". BoardGameWire caught up with Vega to find out his game design and illustration plans - and his work on Flamecraft's successor - for 2024 and beyond.
- [Asmodee's first new CEO in 12 years takes reins ahead of spin-off from Embracer Group](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/03/asmodees-first-new-ceo-in-12-years-takes-reigns-ahead-of-spin-off-from-embracer-group/) - Board game giant Asmodee has named long-serving exec Thomas Koegler as its first new CEO in 12 years, as the company prepares to carve out its independence from corporate owner Embracer Group.
- [Kickstarter board game specialist Orange Nebula signs exclusive US distribution deal with GTS](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/22/kickstarter-board-game-specialist-orange-nebula-signs-exclusive-us-distribution-deal-with-gts/) - Orange Nebula, a Kickstarter-focused board game publisher which has raised more than $6m across its campaigns, has inked an exclusive US distribution deal with GTS Distribution.
- [Oink Games has printed more than 300,000 copies of Deep Sea Adventure; company announces new edition](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/20/oink-games-has-printed-more-than-300000-copies-of-deep-sea-adventure-company-announces-new-edition/) - Japanese board game publisher Oink Games has revealed its submarine treasure-hunting game Deep Sea Adventure has now been printed more than 300,000 times - and a new edition is coming later this year.
- [Gen Con celebrates record 71,000 attendance after event sells out before start of show](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/08/gen-con-celebrates-record-71000-attendance-after-event-sells-out-for-first-time-in-history/) - North America's giant tabletop gaming convention Gen Con has broken new ground again after a record 71,000 people flocked to Indianapolis for this year's event.
- [Meet Meeples, the startup using tech to take on Asmodee in board game distribution and fulfillment](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/16/meet-meeples-the-startup-using-tech-to-take-on-asmodee-in-distribution-and-fulfillment/) - Meeples Group, a full-service supply chain and logistics business focused on the board game market, has rapidly grown from a two-person business being run out of an attic three years ago to a tech-heavy operation about to move into a new 1,400 sq m warehouse. Co-founder and CCO Floris Toorenburg spoke to BoardGameWire about the company's vision, plans for the future and how he believes publishers are making things unnecessarily difficult for themselves by not choosing a one-stop shop for their logistics.
- [Asmodee remains jewel in Embracer's crown despite suffering quarterly sales drop](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/15/asmodee-remains-jewel-in-embracers-crown-despite-suffering-quarterly-sales-drop/) - Board game giant Asmodee continues to outperform for troubled parent company Embracer Group, despite its latest quarterly sales numbers falling compared to the same period last year.
- [Asmodee, LEGO team up to launch LEGO-focused board game design studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/13/asmodee-lego-team-up-to-launch-lego-focused-board-game-design-studio/) - Board game giant Asmodee has inked a partnership deal with LEGO to launch a dedicated design studio focused on creating new LEGO board games.
- [Gen Con 2024: The view from the booths](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/08/gen-con-2024-the-view-from-the-publishers/) - BoardGameWire spoke to a string of publishers who ran booths at this year's record-breaking Gen Con event, to get the inside track on highs, lows, opportunities and challenges at the show. Those responses were far more than we were able to use in our headline article - Gen Con celebrates record 71,000 attendance after event sells out for first time in history - so we've collected their views in their totality on this year's event here.
- [Origins seals record post-Covid attendance, hopes to attract back larger publishers for 50th anniversary next year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/10/origins-seals-record-post-covid-attendance-hopes-to-attract-back-larger-publishers-for-50th-anniversary-next-year/) - GAMA’s annual tabletop gaming convention Origins has sealed a record post-Covid attendance, with visitor numbers up 10% compared to last year's event.
- [Toy Fair New York owner adds Chicago Toy and Game Fair to roster with People of Play buyout](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/07/new-york-toy-fair-owner-adds-chicago-toy-and-game-fair-to-roster-with-people-of-play-buyout/) - New York Toy Fair owner The Toy Association has bought Chicago Toy and Game Fair operator People of Play, bringing two of North America's largest toy and game industry events under the same umbrella.
- ["A lot of luck and many contacts": How small Swiss publisher Treecer tackled pitching Microsoft to create the Zoo Tycoon board game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/31/a-lot-of-luck-and-many-contacts-how-small-swiss-publisher-treecer-tackled-pitching-microsoft-to-create-the-zoo-tycoon-board-game/) - Approaching large companies to use their IP in board games can be a daunting task - and they don't come much bigger than $3tn computing giant Microsoft. That didn't put off two-person Swiss board game publisher Treecer, though, whose successful pitch ended up with more than 5,000 backers committing about $600,000 to the Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game Kickstarter. Treecer co-founder Marc Dür took time out from managing the crowdfund for the game's New Shores expansion - which has raised almost $500,000 itself so far - to tell BoardGameWire how his company went about securing the licence, how their approach to crowdfunding has changed over the years, and lessons they learned from the original Zoo Tycoon campaign.
- [Spiel des Jahres bans Daybreak co-designer Matteo Menapace for wearing pro-Palestine watermelon sticker at 2024 awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/25/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.
- [Board Game Revolution's huge Facebook community names Hegemony as its latest Game of the Year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/24/board-game-revolutions-huge-facebook-community-names-hegemony-as-its-latest-game-of-the-year/) - Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has triumphed in this year's Meeple's Choice awards, which are voted on by members of Board Game Revolution's hefty Facebook groups.
- [Sky Team crowned Spiel des Jahres winner for 2024, Daybreak takes Kennerspiel prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/23/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.
- [Financially troubled FunForge nears deal to get years-delayed Monumental Kickstarter into the hands of backers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/22/financially-troubled-funforge-nears-deal-to-get-years-delayed-monumental-kickstarter-into-the-hands-of-backers/) - Financially-troubled French board game publisher FunForge is understood to be within weeks of signing a contract which will give it the funding to get its heavily-delayed Monumental Kickstarter to backers within the next two months.
- [Kickstarter's new head of games is ex-Exploding Kittens, Greater than Games sales specialist Maggie Clayton](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/19/kickstarters-new-head-of-games-is-ex-exploding-kittens-greater-than-games-sales-specialist-maggie-clayton/) - Kickstarter has named Exploding Kittens Inc's senior sales manager Maggie Clayton as its new head of games, as the crowdfunding giant continues its battle against tabletop-focused competitors Gamefound and BackerKit.
- [Hasbro brings in veteran Blizzard senior exec John Hight as Wizards of the Coast, digital gaming president](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/18/hasbro-brings-in-veteran-blizzard-senior-exec-john-hight-as-wizards-of-the-coast-digital-gaming-president/) - Gaming giant Hasbro has named long-serving Blizzard senior exec John Hight as its new president of Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming, three months after the resignation of former incumbent Cynthia Williams.
- [Runaway inflation sees Africa's longest-running board games convention return to Kickstarter in search of funding](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/17/runaway-inflation-sees-africas-longest-running-board-games-convention-return-to-kickstarter-in-search-of-funding/) - Africa's longest-running board games convention has returned to Kickstarter after two years of self-financing, as soaring inflation in its home country of Nigeria weighs heavily on the event's finances.
- ["The ride here wasn’t without its bumps:" Heat: Pedal to the Metal co-designer Asger Harding Granerud on his journey from board game distributor and retailer to BGG Top 40 designer](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/12/the-ride-here-wasnt-without-its-bumps-heat-pedal-to-the-metal-co-designer-asger-harding-granerud-on-his-journey-from-board-game-distributor-and-retailer-to-bgg-top-40-designer/) - Heat: Pedal to the Metal co-designer Asger Harding Granerud has completed a full lap of the board game industry since he began designing games just over a decade ago, having launched a distributor, retail shop and design studio in addition to seeing his motor racing co-design accelerate into the BoardGameGeek Top 40. Granerud sat down with BoardGameWire to discuss his learning curve as a designer and publisher, the challenges of running a three-person indie studio, and how to avoid common pitfalls in bringing your game to market.
- [Board game research projects in line for up to €20,000 each through Asmodee-backed Game In Lab programme](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/12/board-game-research-projects-in-line-for-up-to-e20000-each-through-asmodee-backed-game-in-lab-programme/) - Academic researchers planning board game-related projects are being offered up to €20,000 in grant money through this year's programme from Game in Lab, which was co-created by Asmodee in 2018.
- [Small is beautiful: Fight in a Box's Seppy Yoon on succeeding with small-scale crowdfunds, managing convention maths, and keeping up with the competition](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/11/small-is-beautiful-fight-in-a-boxs-seppy-yoon-on-succeeding-with-small-scale-crowdfunds-convention-maths-and-keeping-up-with-the-competition/) - Bigger money crowdfunding projects inevitably take up the lion's share of discussion in board game circles, but the vast majority of projects inevitably run on a smaller scale - and with smaller margins for error. Managing production at that scale can be a significant challenge, but is one frequently faced by first-time designers and more established board game publishers alike. Seppy Yoon from board game publisher Fight In A Box has successfully managed a string of small Kickstarter projects - and one which failed to reach its goal. Amid raising funds for the company's latest Kickstarter project, he shares his advice and insights on deciding how big your game should be, managing convention finances, and balancing creative urges with keeping a game project manageable.
- [Multiple board game publishers fall prey to scammers impersonating 80,000 member board game Facebook group](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/08/multiple-board-game-publishers-fall-prey-to-scammers-impersonating-80000-member-board-game-facebook-group/) - Scammers impersonating a Facebook group and community with tens of thousands of members have managed to con multiple tabletop publishers into sending them review copies of their latest games.
- [Struggling Cthulhu Wars maker Petersen Games has been bailed out by newly-launched US board game maker Quimbley's Toys & Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/08/struggling-cthulhu-wars-maker-petersen-games-has-been-bailed-out-by-newly-launched-us-board-game-maker-quimbleys-toys-games/) - Petersen Games, the Cthulhu Wars publisher left struggling to fulfill more than $2m of Kickstarter projects after hitting severe financial issues during the coronavirus pandemic, has been bailed out by fledgling board game publisher and manufacturer Quimbley's Toys and Games.
- ["It's probably the longest road of any game design I've had in play": COIN series designer Volko Ruhnke talks new game Hunt for Blackbeard, solving the hidden information conundrum, and why he's moving on from the series he created](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/28/its-probably-the-longest-road-of-any-game-design-ive-had-in-play-coin-series-designer-volko-ruhnke-talks-new-game-hunt-for-blackbeard-solving-the-hidden-information-conundrum-and-why-hes/) - Crafting a game system so compelling that other designers want to create their own games using it is a rare beast in board gaming. Veteran wargaming designer Volko Ruhnke has managed it twice - first with the COIN series, which saw its asymmetric counterinsurgency design influence games including Root, and his Levy and Campaign series, which currently runs to nine volumes of designs by various creators. The former CIA intelligence analyst spoke to BoardGameWire about his continuing drive towards accessibility with new design Hunt for Blackbeard, which is on Kickstarter now, how he's solving the hidden movement mechanics conundrum, and which games have been influencing his own design processes in recent years.
- [Spinning plates: How a one-person publisher is bringing Imperial Borders, the latest giant game from legendary Axis & Allies designer Larry Harris, to the table [sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/02/spinning-plates-how-a-one-person-publisher-is-bringing-imperial-borders-the-latest-giant-game-from-legendary-axis-allies-designer-larry-harris-to-the-table-sponsored/) - Bringing any board game crowdfunding project to fruition amid the clamour of competiting offerings can be a challenge for even large publishers. But doing so as a one-person company, putting out the latest expansive board game from famed Axis & Allies designer Larry Harris, requires another level of plate-spinning entirely. In this sponsored article, Nightingale Games owner Thomas Gale talks deluxification of Kickstarters, savvy advertising and working in the post-Covid environment, while Larry Harris himself discusses his design approach and creating 'experiences' rather than just games.
- [GAMA's annual diversity drive opens offering $1,000 grants, convention support to fledgling board game publishers, retailers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/02/gamas-annual-diversity-drive-opens-offering-1000-grants-convention-support-to-fledgling-board-game-publishers-retailers/) - Applications for board games trade organisation GAMA's annual diversity programme are now open for this year, offering $1,000 grants, convention support and mentorship to new board game publishers and retailers from under-represented communities.
- [Industry professionals from Asmodee, Flat River Group, Exploding Kittens nominated for 2024 Wonder Women Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/01/industry-professionals-from-asmodee-flat-river-group-exploding-kittens-nominated-for-2024-wonder-women-awards/) - A string of board game industry professionals are in the running for this year's Wonder Woman Awards, which looks to recognise exceptional women executives in the toy, licensing and entertainment sectors.
- [Bamboozled by board game Twitch? Professional streamer Banzainator's top tips for working with influencers to make your campaign shine](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/01/bamboozled-by-board-game-twitch-professional-streamer-banzainators-top-tips-for-working-with-influencers-to-make-your-campaign-shine/) - Online streaming platforms have exploded in the last decade, with ballooning numbers of viewers tuning in to Twitch and other services to chat with their favourite presenters as they play games online. Professional streamer Banzainator, who has thousands of Twitch followers and also works as a community manager for Alderac Entertainment Group, shared with BoardGameWire her strategic advice for how to best work with streamers to get your game noticed.
- [Harmonies surges to top spot for most new owners in May, Sky Team continues to soar | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/27/harmonies-surges-to-top-spot-for-most-new-owners-in-may-sky-team-continues-to-soar-bgg-stats/) - Abstract lightweight tile-laying game Harmonies has powered to the top of the charts for the number of BGG users adding new games to their collections in May.
- [Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, Red Strike dominate with three wins each at new-look Charles S Roberts Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/25/downfall-conquest-of-the-third-reich-red-strike-dominate-with-three-wins-each-at-new-look-charles-s-roberts-awards/) - Innovative hex and counter wargame Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich has been named Game of the Year at the latest Charles S Roberts Awards, seen by many as the Oscars of wargaming.
- [Dicebreaker's future remains unclear as silenced site makes editor-in-chief, senior staff writer redundant after IGN takeover](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/dicebreakers-future-remains-unclear-as-silenced-site-makes-editor-in-chief-senior-staff-writer-redundant-after-ign-takeover/) - Board game news website Dicebreaker has made its editor-in-chief Matt Jarvis and senior staff writer Alex Meehan redundant, following three weeks of silence on the website in the wake of its parent company's takeover by IGN.
- ["You can run a $1.5m campaign and end up with a net loss of $1m": Why math, math, math has been key to Dux Somnium's blossoming board game Kickstarters](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/20/you-can-run-a-1-5m-campaign-and-end-up-with-a-net-loss-of-1m-why-math-math-math-has-been-key-to-dux-somniums-blossoming-board-game-kickstarters/) - Raising $1m in crowdfunding for a board game is no mean feat, even for veteran publishers with multiple campaigns under their belts. But high school sweethearts Dusty and Amy Droz managed just that last year on their first try, after more than 15,000 backers pledged funding to create Victorian-themed flower hunting game Botany. Amid juggling their wedding photograph business and managing their own lavender farm, Dusty spoke to BoardGameWire about how the lessons learned from their crowdfunding debut helped Dux Somnium score its second success in raising $550,000 for follow-up game La Fleur.
- [Digging In: How a four-person UK board game design studio turned 58 million-selling video game Terraria into a tabletop crowdfunding hit](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/19/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.
- [Hegemony, Nucleum and Evacuation are among five games fighting for Portugal’s game of the year award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/19/hegemony-nucleum-and-evacuation-are-among-five-games-fighting-for-portugals-game-of-the-year-award/) - Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory is looking to add Portugal's game of the year award to its resume in the wake of a powerful showing in the Golden Geek Awards last month.
- [Gugong, Paris publisher Game Brewer shuts down, citing challenge to remain profitable in increasingly competitive market](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/18/gugong-paris-publisher-game-brewer-shuts-down-citing-challenge-to-remain-profitable-in-increasingly-competitive-market/) - Game Brewer, the Belgian publisher of board games including Gugong and Paris, is shutting down after struggling to remain profitable amid rising competition.
- [The word 'meeple' is being trademarked in the US in reaction to 'cease and desist' activity from Carcassonne publisher Hans Im Glueck](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/14/the-word-meeple-is-being-trademarked-in-the-us-in-reaction-to-cease-and-desist-activity-from-carcassonne-publisher-hans-im-glueck/) - The word 'meeple', which board gamers around the world will recognise as meaning a stylised human-shaped playing piece, is being trademarked in the US in reaction to Carcassonne's German publisher Hans Im Glueck sending a 'cease and desist' email calling for a crowdfunding project to be taken down.
- [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](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/13/sky-team-captain-flip-in-the-footsteps-of-darwin-set-for-sales-boost-after-being-unveiled-as-this-years-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.
- [Spiel Essen set for another record-breaking year as upsized show sells out for exhibitor space](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/spiel-essen-set-for-another-record-breaking-year-as-upsized-show-sells-out-for-exhibitor-space/) - Spiel Essen, the world’s biggest board game fair, is set for another record-breaking year after a surge of interest saw it completely sell out its floor space for exhibitors - despite a big expansion in available capacity this year.
- [Kickstarter board games veteran Monolith unveils new campaign, Mythic Battles: Isfet [sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/07/kickstarter-board-games-veteran-monolith-unveils-new-campaign-mythic-battles-isfet-sponsored/) - Monolith Board Games knows its way around a Kickstarter campaign, having raised more than €21.5m across over a dozen tabletop crowdfunding projects since it was founded a decade ago. After big successes across projects including Conan, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles and Mythic Battles: Pantheon, Monolith is back fundraising for its latest in the Mythic Battles series, which sees the wars rage on the sands of ancient Egypt. In this sponsored article, Monolith highlights the mechanics, modules and miniatures on offer in the Mythic Battles: Isfet campaign.
- [Spiel Essen, the world's biggest board game fair, scraps using AI art to promote event after backlash last year, ongoing legal uncertainty](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/06/worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-scraps-using-ai-art-to-promote-event-after-backlash-last-year-ongoing-legal-uncertainty/) - Spiel Essen, the world's biggest board game fair, has stopped using AI generated images to market the event, citing criticism from industry professionals and consumers about last year's campaign and ongoing uncertainties about the legality of the technology.
- [Record-breaking UK Games Expo preps for even bigger future after being outbid for its main hall next year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/06/record-breaking-uk-games-expo-preps-for-even-bigger-future-after-being-outbid-for-its-main-hall-next-year/) - The UK’s largest hobby gaming convention is planning a big expansion in 2025, after a surging attendance saw more than 39,000 people descend on this year's record-breaking event.
- [Paizo's workers union, two tabletop games conventions and a TTRPG charity bundle for trans rights are all finalists for this year's Diana Jones Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/05/paizos-workers-union-two-tabletop-games-conventions-and-a-ttrpg-charity-bundle-for-trans-rights-are-all-finalists-for-this-years-diana-jones-award/) - Tabletop gaming's most eclectic award has revealed the five finalists for its annual prize, which it believes best exemplifies excellence in the field of gaming.
- [Board game industry professionals band together for Palestinian children-focused fundraiser](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/05/board-game-industry-professionals-band-together-for-palestinian-children-focused-fundraiser/) - A host of board game publishers, designers, artists and content creators are hoping to raise $5,000 to help Palestinian children affected by the Israel-Hamas war, via a 12-hour internet livestream this coming weekend.
- [Uwe Rosenberg is teaming up with scientists to develop a quantum tech-themed board game, thanks to €820,000 of government funding](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/04/uwe-rosenberg-is-developing-a-quantum-tech-themed-board-game-thanks-to-e820000-of-government-funding/) - Revered board game design veteran Uwe Rosenberg is leading development of a game about quantum technologies, which is being funded to help teach about the workings of research laboratories.
- [Board game publishers left "scratching their heads" after surprise Essen Spiel changes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/13/board-game-publishers-left-scratching-their-heads-after-surprise-essen-spiel-changes/) - 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.
- [This year's Cardboard Edison Award winner simulates pioneers staking land claims in the rush for the American West](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/28/this-years-cardboard-edison-award-winner-simulates-pioneers-staking-land-claims-in-the-rush-for-the-american-west/) - Crowded Frontier has won this year's Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games.
- [Making microscopic mosaics from algae is this year's Cardboard Edison unpublished game of the year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/22/making-microscopic-mosaics-from-algae-is-this-years-cardboard-edison-unpublished-game-of-the-year/) - Diatoms, a game in which players take on the role of Victorian naturalists growing microscopic mosiacs from algae, has triumphed in this year's Cardboard Edison awards for unpublished board game designs.
- ["It's not uncommon for me to revise parts of the game as many as 15 to 20 times": Descent, Arkham Horror design veteran Kevin Wilson dives into worker placement for his third Kinfire game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/24/its-not-uncommon-for-me-to-revise-parts-of-the-game-as-many-as-15-to-20-times-descent-arkham-horror-design-veteran-kevin-wilson-dives-into-worker-placement-for-his-third-kinfire-game/) - Kevin Wilson is a pillar of the modern board games industry, having spent more than 20 years working across titles ranging from Descent: Journeys in the Dark and Arkham Horror to Cosmic Encounter and Civilization: The Board Game. Since being named director of game design at Incredible Dream upon the company's 2021 launch, he's been the design lead on a trio of games in the Kinfire setting. The latest, Kinfire Council, sees Wilson bringing his own take on the worker placement genre - and is just about to complete a successful Kickstarter campaign. Wilson sat down with BoardGameWire to talk worldbuilding, prototyping, and best practice for designing as part of a team.
- ["If the artwork compels, it drives people to learn more": graphic designer Ross Bruggink on how strong visuals helped his Vicious Gardens Kickstarter bloom](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/21/if-the-artwork-compels-it-drives-people-to-learn-more-graphic-designer-ross-bruggink-on-how-strong-visuals-helped-his-vicious-gardens-kickstarter-bloom/) - When professional graphic designer Ross Bruggink decided to mix his love of gardening with his eye for creative artwork and create his first board game, he was adamant that visual beauty should be at the heart of the game. That push to create a striking game that was also strategic and quick to learn has reaped big rewards, with Vicious Gardens currently closing in on $300,000 with half the campaign still to run. Bruggink explained to BoardGameWire how his design and playtesting process, and his decision to partner with services providers for publishing and marketing, helped the campaign to blossom.
- [Asmodee writes down more than $620m of asset value despite posting strong annual sales](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/23/asmodee-writes-down-more-than-620m-of-asset-value-despite-posting-strong-annual-sales/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee has written down the value of its assets by more than $620m, with owner Embracer Group blaming macroeconomic headwinds, rising interest rates and "prudent future expectations".
- [Dicebreaker owner Gamer Network bought by IGN, redundancies begin across group](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/22/dicebreaker-owner-gamer-network-bought-by-ign-redundancies-begin-across-group/) - Board game news website Dicebreaker and its video game-focused stablemates have been bought by IGN Entertainment, with redundancies immediately starting across the newly-purchased sites.
- [How All About Games Consulting created a one-stop shop for board game services [sponsored]](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/28/how-all-about-games-consulting-created-a-one-stop-shop-for-board-game-services-sponsored/) - Launched in the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, All About Games Consulting has swiftly grown from offering manufacturing and sales support to become a one-stop shop for board game business services. In this sponsored article, AAGC co-founder Cedric Delobelle explains how the company has quickly expanded to fill a gap in the industry, sets straight some assumptions about what a consultant actually does, and talks about why smart sales rather than pushy ones will always win out.
- [Adepticon moves out of Illinois after 20% attendance jump this year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/17/adepticon-moves-out-of-illinois-after-20-attendance-jump-this-year/) - Veteran miniatures wargaming convention Adepticon is moving out of Illinois next year after a hefty rise in attendance saw it outgrow its long-time home.
- [Hackers attack website of Japan's biggest board game fair, 'years of irreplacable information' lost](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/16/hackers-attack-website-of-japans-biggest-board-game-fair-years-of-irreplacable-information-lost/) - Hackers have broken into the website server for Game Market, the organiser of Japan's biggest board games events, causing tens of thousands of images to be deleted from the site.
- [GAMA shifts 2025 Expo dates after 'blowing past projections' for space needed, signs one-year Kentucky extension](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/09/gama-shifts-2025-expo-dates-after-blowing-past-projections-for-space-needed-signs-one-year-kentucky-extension/) - The Game Manufacturer's Association has shifted next year's GAMA Expo trade show a week earlier than usual due to a huge growth in attendance this year - and has agreed to keep the event in Kentucky for an extra year despite its own reservations over remaining in the state.
- [Hegemony lives up to its name by dominating latest Golden Geek Awards, Sky Team also flies high](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/15/hegemony-lives-up-to-its-name-by-dominating-latest-golden-geek-awards/) - Economic class warfare simulator Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has dominated BoardGameGeek's 18th Annual Golden Geek Awards by winning all three of its nominated categories.
- [Three years late, and months without an update: FunForge CEO expresses "frustration" that Monumental Kickstarter is still not ready to deliver](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/10/three-years-late-and-months-without-an-update-funforge-ceo-expresses-frustration-that-monumental-kickstarter-is-still-not-ready-to-deliver/) - The CEO of French board game publisher FunForge has said he understands the frustration felt by thousands of Kickstarter backers of the company's Monumental campaign, which is now more than three years beyond its expected delivery date.
- [Tabletop gaming trade organisation GAMA's board officers are all women for the first time in history](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/09/tabletop-trade-organisation-gamas-board-officers-are-all-women-for-the-first-time-in-history/) - Hobby games trade organisation The Game Manufacturers Association is celebrating the first all-women lineup for its board officers in its 47-year history.
- [Newly-launched Tabletop Game Designers Association aims to level playing field between designers and publishers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/09/newly-launched-tabletop-game-designers-association-aims-to-level-playing-field-between-designers-and-publishers/) - Board game designers in North America can now call upon a professional organisation to help with everything from playtest advice to contract wrangles, thanks to the official launch of the Tabletop Game Designers Association.
- [Kickstarter tells Wonders of the First team to cancel controversial $1.4m campaign over NFT use](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/08/kickstarter-tells-wonders-of-the-first-team-to-cancel-controversial-1-4m-campaign-over-nft-use/) - Wonders of the First, a contentious collectible card game project which has raised more than $1.4m since launching on Kickstarter last week, has been told by the crowdfunding platform to pull the campaign for its inclusion of cards which can be redeemed for NFTs.
- [Too Many Bones publisher Chip Theory Games just bought Dice Throne co-creator Manny Trembley's new design studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/30/too-many-bones-publisher-chip-theory-games-just-bought-dice-throne-co-creator-manny-trembleys-new-design-studio/) - Chip Theory Games, the publisher of board games including Too Many Bones and Cloudspire, has bought the game design studio recently launched by Dice Throne co-creator Manny Trembley.
- [Fallout tabletop game sales surge for Modiphius as TV show draws in 65 million viewers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/30/fallout-tabletop-game-sales-surge-for-modiphius-as-tv-show-draws-in-65-million-viewers/) - Tabletop gaming publisher Modiphius has seen sales of its Fallout-related products more than double month-on-month amid the huge popularity of Amazon Prime's new Fallout TV show, which attracted 65 million viewers in just over two weeks.
- [BoardGameWire is one year old today - and we've had more than a quarter of a million readers!](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/25/boardgamewire-is-one-year-old-today-and-weve-had-more-than-a-quarter-of-a-million-readers/) - I launched BoardGameWire exactly one year and a day ago, on a hunch that the industry had grown so large that there was a market for professionally written, business-focused news and features that just wasn’t being filled by other outlets. Hand on heart, I couldn’t have dreamed of the response. A trickle of readers in those first days and weeks grew to reach more than 278,000 unique users in the last 12 months - that’s about the attendance of four Gen Cons.
- [High-IQ society Mensa reveals its top board games of 2024 after four-day judging marathon](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/29/high-iq-society-mensa-reveals-its-top-board-games-of-2024-after-four-day-judging-marathon/) - Mensa, the membership society for people with exceptionally high IQ, has revealed the clutch of games receiving its Mensa Select seal this year.
- [Elden Ring maker FromSoftware's $2bn corporate owner just bought Japanese board game publisher, Tokyo Game Market organiser Arclight](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/29/elden-ring-maker-fromsoftwares-2bn-corporate-owner-just-bought-japanese-board-game-publisher-tokyo-game-market-organiser-arclight/) - Arclight, one of Japan's biggest board game publishers and the organiser of Tokyo Game Market, has been bought by multibillion-dollar Japanese entertainment conglomerate Kadokawa Group.
- [CMON buys Japon Brand, the company which introduced the world to Love Letter and Machi Koro](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/26/cmon-buys-japon-brand-the-company-which-introduced-the-world-to-love-letter-and-machi-koro/) - Zombicide and Blood Rage publisher CMON has bought Japon Brand, the collective launched almost 20 years ago to promote Japanese board games around the world.
- [CMON's profits jumped 35% last year on $45m sales, thanks to huge drop in costs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/17/cmons-profits-soared-28-last-year-to-more-than-23m-thanks-to-huge-drop-in-costs/) - CMON, the crowdfunding board game specialist which left Kickstarter for rival Gamefound earlier this year, saw its profits soar to over $23m in 2023 amid a hefty drop in its sales-associated costs.
- [Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering continue to outperform as Hasbro's deep cost-cutting raises profits](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/24/wizards-of-the-coast-magic-the-gathering-continue-to-outperform-as-hasbros-deep-cost-cutting-raises-profits/) - Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons owner Hasbro has recorded a jump in profits in the first quarter of 2024, on the back of ongoing strength from Wizards of the Coast and Magic, and an ongoing cost-cutting programme which has so far involved the planned layoffs of nearly 2,000 people.
- [No AI art: Wingspan, Scythe maker Stonemaier Games draws hard line on using AI in 'creative work'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/24/no-ai-art-wingspan-scythe-maker-stonemaier-games-draws-hard-line-on-using-ai-in-creative-work/) - Wingspan and Scythe publisher Stonemaier Games has come out strongly against using AI in creative work, with co-founder Jamey Stegmaier telling BoardGameWire his company wants "nothing to do with it".
- [New-look Charles S Roberts Awards aims to better reflect broadening definition of 'wargames'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/24/new-look-charles-s-roberts-awards-aims-to-better-reflect-broadening-definition-of-wargames/) - One of the longest-running awards honouring conflict-focused tabletop games has shaken up its categories again, in an ongoing attempt to leave behind a traditionally narrow definition of 'wargame'.
- [Asmodee's owner loads it up with €900m debt amid plan to spin off board game giant, CEO Carville to be replaced](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/22/asmodees-owner-loads-it-up-with-e900m-debt-amid-plan-to-spin-off-board-game-giant/) - Asmodee's troubled corporate owner Embracer Group has revealed plans to spin off the tabletop gaming giant, which will see the business take on the vast majority of its parent company's hefty debt pile.
- [Hasbro Gaming, Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams resigns after two years in role](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/17/hasbro-gaming-wizards-of-the-coast-president-cynthia-williams-resigns-after-two-years-in-role/) - Cynthia Williams, the president of Hasbro's digital gaming arm and Magic: The Gathering and D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast, has resigned from the company after two years in the role.
- [Women in Toys launches revamped scholarship to drive next generation of industry leaders](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/04/16/women-in-toys-launches-revamped-scholarship-to-drive-next-generation-of-industry-leaders/) - Long-running advocacy and networking non-profit Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment has launched a new scholarship to forge the next generation of women looking to work in the industry.
- [After 25 years in the board game industry, Z Man and Play to Z founder Zev Shlasinger just ran his first crowdfunding campaign. Here's what he learned](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/27/after-25-years-in-the-board-game-industry-z-man-and-play-to-z-founder-zev-shlasinger-just-ran-his-first-crowdfunding-campaign-heres-what-he-learned/) - Few people in the modern board game industry can boast a career as long and storied as Zev Shlasinger. After launching Z-Man Games 25 years ago, he found huge success bringing games such as Agricola to the US market - as well as signing one of the biggest board games of all time in 2008's Pandemic. After leaving his seven-year role as director of board games at Wizkids last June, Shlasinger wasted no time launching a new publishing house, Play to Z Games, and the company launched its first offering onto Kickstarter at the end of February - marking the first time Shlasinger had dipped his toes into crowdfunding. He tells BoardGameWire how he approached the campaign, lessons learned and what he plans to do next.
- [Embracer Group commits to Asmodee's future as restructuring program ends](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/28/embracer-group-commits-to-asmodees-future-as-restructuring-program-ends/) - The CEO of Asmodee’s troubled corporate owner Embracer Group has praised the tabletop giant as "one of the absolute most important businesses we have", as the parent company prepares to end a severe restructuring process which has seen it lay off about 1,400 people.
- [Hasbro invests in family card game design from Women Innovators of Play winner Ellie Dix](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/27/hasbro-invests-in-design-from-women-innovators-of-play-winner-ellie-dix/) - Toy and game giant Hasbro is developing a board game with Ellie Dix, one of three winners of the company's inaugural Women Innovators of Play challenge.
- [Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/26/tributes-pour-in-after-death-of-veteran-wargamer-designer-dean-essig/) - Veteran wargame designer Dean Essig has died, leading to an outpouring of tributes from fans and industry friends across social media.
- [Looping Games co-founder leaves to launch new company Kokorin Games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/25/looping-games-co-founder-leaves-to-launch-new-company-kokorin-games/) - Perepau Llistosella, the co-founder of Spanish board game publisher Looping Games, has left the company to launch his new business Kokorin Games.
- [German game designers association calls out "questionable practice" from publishers over royalty payments](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/07/german-game-designers-association-calls-out-questionable-practice-from-publishers-over-royalty-payments/) - Board game publishers in Germany are short-changing designers when it comes to paying out royalties by using opaque payment structures, the country's tabletop game designers association SAZ has said.
- [Codenames publisher Czech Games Edition has bought its own board game factory](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/19/codenames-publisher-czech-games-edition-has-bought-its-own-board-game-factory/) - Czech Games Edition, the publisher of titles including Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak, has expanded into board game manufacturing by buying the factory it has used almost since its inception 17 years ago.
- [Awaken Realms CEO promises 'no AI art' in final deluxe Puerto Rico release after questions raised about promo images](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/01/awaken-realms-ceo-promises-no-ai-art-in-final-deluxe-puerto-rico-release-after-questions-raised-about-promo-images/) - A newly-announced deluxe edition of classic economic strategy game Puerto Rico has come under fire after promotional images for the campaign appeared to show tell-tale signs of using AI to create the artwork.
- [Two long-time Asmodee managers just bought out Miniature Market from their employer](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/21/two-long-time-asmodee-managers-just-bought-out-miniature-market-from-their-employer/) - Asmodee has sold Miniature Market, the US tabletop retailer it bought three years ago, to a pair of the board game publishing giant's long-serving managers.
- [New academic survey hopes to uncover hobby board gamer motivations](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/18/new-academic-survey-hopes-to-uncover-hobby-board-gamer-motivations/) - A new academic survey aimed at digging into the motivations of hobby board gamers has been launched by strategy and wargaming blog and podcast The Armchair Dragoons.
- [German board game, toymaker HABA exits insolvency in wake of plan to slash workforce by 40%](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/14/haba-exits-insolvency-in-wake-of-plan-to-slash-workforce-by-40/) - HABA, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker famous for its family-weight board games, said it has exited insolvency proceedings in the wake of a planned shedding of over 650 jobs - about 40% of its workforce.
- [Gen Con-style events, an extra hall: UK Games Expo mulls expansion options as it preps for its biggest, most international event yet](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/14/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.
- [Undaunted publisher Osprey targets gap in historical wargaming market with one-box, fast-playing Battalion: War of the Ancients](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/13/undaunted-publisher-osprey-targets-gap-in-historical-wargaming-market-with-small-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.
- [Asmodee promises more games coming from Canadian Plan B team after folding German operation into Lookout](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/13/asmodee-promises-more-games-coming-from-canadian-plan-b-team-after-folding-german-operation-into-lookout/) - Board game giant Asmodee has confirmed it has a string of projects in development at the Canada arm of its Plan B Games studio, following the firm merging the Germany-based part of Plan B into its Lookout Spiele subsidiary.
- [Arkham Horror card game co-designer Maxine Newman hired as Earthborne Rangers design lead](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/12/arkham-horror-card-game-co-designer-maxine-newman-hired-as-earthborne-rangers-design-lead/) - Maxine Newman, the co-creator and long time design lead for the Arkham Horror card game, has been hired as the lead designer for sustainability-focused co-operative card game Earthborne Rangers.
- [Thousands of Kickstarter backers left out of pocket as Super Dungeon Explore publisher Ninja Division files for bankruptcy](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/11/thousands-of-kickstarter-backers-left-out-of-pocket-as-super-dungeon-explore-publisher-ninja-division-files-for-bankruptcy/) - Ninja Division, the troubled miniatures game publisher which raised more than $3m via Kickstarter for a string of tabletop projects, has filed for bankruptcy.
- [Designer Diary: How we made Carolingi](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/08/designer-diary-how-we-made-carolingi/) - 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.
- [Wyrmspan soars to top of new owner rankings for February, Stonesaga clinches most wishlisted | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/06/wyrmspan-soars-to-top-of-new-owner-rankings-for-february-stonesaga-most-wishlisted-bgg-stats/) - Wyrmspan, the dragon-themed successor to Stonemaier Games' bestselling board game Wingspan, topped the charts for most new owners on BoardGameGeek last month after a huge launch campaign.
- [Awaken Realms pulls AI art from deluxe Puerto Rico crowdfunding campaign after Ravensburger steps in](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/02/awaken-realms-pulls-ai-art-from-deluxe-puerto-rico-kickstarter-after-ravensburger-steps-in/) - Awaken Realms has taken down AI-generated promotional images for its newly-announced Puerto Rico 1897 Special Edition crowdfunding campaign after being contacted by the game's licensor Ravensburger.
- [Four years after leaving Asmodee, Dead of Winter creator Plaid Hat is finally free to do things its own way](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/29/four-years-after-leaving-asmodee-dead-of-winter-creator-plaid-hat-is-finally-free-to-do-things-its-own-way/) - Four years have passed since Plaid Hat creator Colby Dauch bought back the Dead of Winter studio from Asmodee - but an exclusivity deal signed as part of the exit has put limits on what the newly-independent studio has been able to experiment with. That deal expired ten days ago - and Dauch has wasted no time in spreading Plaid Hat's wings for its first-ever foray into crowdfunding, with the launch of its latest narrative-fuelled Crossroads game, Wandering Galaxy, set to go live on Kickstarter in the summer.
- [Diana Jones Award emerging designer program offers marginalised creators up to $4,000 Gen Con financial package, free accommodation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/28/diana-jones-emerging-designer-program-offers-marginalised-creators-up-to-4000-gen-con-financial-package-free-accommodation/) - Tabletop game designers from marginalised communities stand a chance to present their work at Gen Con thanks to a hefty financial package being offered by the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program.
- [Board game veterans to "open doors to bottomless potential" with launch of group supporting women in industry](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/26/board-game-veterans-to-open-doors-to-bottomless-potentialwith-launch-of-group-supporting-women-in-industry/) - A group of board game industry veterans have launched a new support initiative aimed at helping women who work in, or want to work in, tabletop gaming learn from and champion each other.
- ["Rising star" Mythwind publisher Open Owl Studios signs exclusive distribution deal with GTS](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/27/rising-star-mythwind-publisher-open-owl-studios-signs-exclusive-distribution-deal-with-gts/) - Open Owl Studios, the publisher of Kickstarter successes Mythwind and Stars of Akarios, has agreed an exclusive US distribution deal for its games with GTS Distribution.
- ["This is not going away anytime soon": How soaring costs and long delays from the Red Sea shipping crisis are taking their toll on the board game industry](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/21/this-is-not-going-away-anytime-soon-how-soaring-costs-and-long-delays-from-the-red-sea-shipping-crisis-are-taking-their-toll-on-the-board-game-industry/) - Soaring global shipping rates and heavy delays caused by attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have begun to have a serious impact on the board game industry - and experts believe the snarl-up could persist well into 2024.
- [Asmodee shines while owner Embracer Group continues large-scale cost-cutting](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/15/asmodee-shines-while-owner-embracer-group-continues-large-scale-cost-cutting/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee's corporate owner Embracer Group is planning more big divestments, amid its ongoing struggle to pay down huge debt taken on to fund a string of acquisitions in recent years.
- [Asmodee continues whittling down Plan B Games, shifts trio of award-winning games to Lookout Spiele](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/20/asmodee-continues-whittling-down-plan-b-games-shifts-trio-of-award-winning-games-to-lookout-spiele/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee has moved Camel Up, Village and the entire Great Western Trail series to subsidiary Lookout Spiele, continuing a slow exodus of titles from Plan B Games.
- [After $2.7m Firefly success, Gale Force Nine announces Conan, Star Trek, Dune campaigns coming to Gamefound](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/20/after-2-7m-firefly-success-gale-force-nine-announces-conan-star-trek-dune-campaigns-coming-to-gamefound/) - IP-focused board game publisher Gale Force Nine has followed its phenomenally successful debut crowdfunding campaign last year by announcing a trio of new games set to come to Gamefound.
- [Amigo Spiele eyes future, names senior managers to join veteran Uwe Pauli, who led the company's turnaround in the 1990s](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/19/amigo-spiele-eyes-future-names-senior-managers-to-join-veteran-uwe-pauli-who-led-the-companys-turnaround-in-the-1990s/) - Amigo Spiele has named two new managing directors as it lays the groundwork for a future beyond veteran company head Uwe Pauli, the man who helped save the German board game maker from financial peril in the early 1990s.
- [How board game maker The Op got 8 million TikTok views last month](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/15/how-board-game-maker-the-op-got-8-million-tiktok-views-last-month/) - In an industry where selling several thousand copies of a game can often be considered a success, getting eight million people to look at your products is something most publishers would bite your hand off to achieve. Board game media and marketing specialist Ray Billings, who has years of experience under her belt with companies including Czech Games Edition and Resonym, told BoardGameWire how her foray into TikTok since joining The Op five months ago has led to eye-watering engagement figures for the company - and explains how other publishers should be following suit.
- [Here are the 12 games fighting it out for France's biggest board gaming awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/30/here-are-the-12-games-fighting-it-out-for-frances-biggest-board-gaming-awards/) - Two games based on the life and works of Charles Darwin are in the running for awards in this year's As D'or, a French board gaming prize initially created in 1988.
- [Sustainable tabletop games maker scores second crowdfunding success, raises nearly $1m for new Earthborne Rangers campaign](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/14/sustainable-tabletop-games-maker-scores-second-crowdfunding-success-raises-nearly-1m-for-new-earthborne-rangers-campaign/) - Earthborne Games, a sustainable manufacturing-focused board game maker run by former Fantasy Flight Games designers and artists, has scored its second crowdfunding success by raising almost $1m for the new printing of co-operative card game Earthborne Rangers.
- [Magic, D&D maker Hasbro lost over $1bn in Q4, predicts WotC revenue decline in 2024](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/13/magic-dd-maker-hasbro-lost-over-1bn-in-q4-predicts-wotc-revenue-decline-in-2024/) - Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons owner Hasbro lost more than $1bn in the final quarter of 2023, as huge expenses associated with selling its eOne film and TV business far outweighed growth from its Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming segments.
- [Marketing on BGG "has been very much hit or miss, especially lately": Mindclash Games' CEO on effective marketing, crowdfunding's rocky patch and the 'smoke and mirrors' of stretch goals](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/07/bgg-has-been-very-much-hit-or-miss-especially-lately-mindclashs-ceo-on-effective-marketing-crowdfundings-rocky-patch-and-the-smoke-and-mirrors-of-stretch-goals/) - Mindclash Games has made a name for itself as a Kickstarter-focused heavy board games expert since the launch of debut title Trickerion on the crowdfunding service in 2015. BoardGameWire spoke to CEO Viktor Peter about the company's changing approach, its recent use of Gamefound rather than Kickstarter, and how some avenues for marketing its games are not proving as lucrative as in the past.
- [Hachette takes over Super Meeple US distribution rights from Asmodee USA](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/07/hachette-takes-over-super-meeple-us-distribution-rights-from-asmodee-usa/) - Sky Team and Decrypto publisher Hachette has agreed a deal to distribute Parisian board game company Super Meeple's games in the US, taking over from Asmodee USA.
- [Codenames gets DACH region distribution boost through strengthened Asmodee Germany, HeidelBÄR Games partnership](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/06/codenames-gets-dach-region-distribution-boost-through-strengthened-asmodee-germany-heidelbar-games-partnership/) - Asmodee Germany and HeidelBÄR Games have expanded their distribution partnership for Vlaada Chvátil's Codenames family of games across Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
- [Death threats, doxxing and IP deals: Mythic Games' co-founder on the fallout from its CMON deal, and where it all went wrong for the company](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/31/death-threats-doxxing-and-ip-deals-mythic-games-co-founder-on-the-fallout-from-its-cmon-deal-and-where-it-all-went-wrong-for-the-company/) - Mythic Games' fall from being one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time to one beset by financial woes has been swift. Company co-founder Leonidas Vesperini spoke to BoardGameWire about the decision behind the CMON deal, the death threats he has received since, and where the future lies for Mythic's two remaining projects.
- [Arcane Wonders, Spin Master to publish Marvel comics collecting board game after Tom Vasel recommendation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/29/arcane-wonders-spin-master-to-publish-marvel-comics-collecting-board-game-after-tom-vasel-recommendation/) - Arcane Wonders has teamed with toy major Spin Master to publish a board game about collecting Marvel comics, after Dice Tower creator Tom Vasel brought it to them as a recommendation.
- [Sea Cove Games scraps Gamefound campaign for debut game Carolingi, says platform is "not the right fit"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/29/sea-cove-games-scraps-gamefound-campaign-for-debut-game-carolingi-says-platform-is-not-the-right-fit/) - 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.
- [German board game sales have bounced back dramatically after a tricky 2022](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/29/german-board-game-sales-have-bounced-back-dramatically-after-a-tricky-2022/) - Board game sales in Germany, one of the world’s biggest tabletop markets, returned to growth last year to shake off a difficult 2022 rocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the global energy crisis.
- [Mythic Games fails to deliver on two Kickstarter projects worth $3.2m, sells IP to CMON](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/27/mythic-games-fails-to-deliver-on-two-kickstarter-projects-worth-3-2m-sells-ip-to-cmon/) - Mythic Games, formerly one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time, has given up producing two of its outstanding Kickstarter projects worth $3.2m in favour of selling the intellectual property rights to CMON.
- [Votes for Women shrugs off Facebook ad ban to raise almost $200,000 after huge show of support](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/26/votes-for-women-shrugs-off-facebook-ad-ban-to-raise-almost-200000-after-huge-show-of-support/) - Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women’s suffrage in the US, has raised almost $200,000 for its second edition Kickstarter campaign as backers turned up in droves after the game's adverts were banned by Facebook.
- [Gamefound turns up heat on Kickstarter after scoring 2023's biggest tabletop fundraise, half of the year's top 10 most-funded board game projects](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/25/gamefound-turns-up-heat-on-kickstarter-after-scoring-2023s-biggest-tabletop-fundraise-half-of-the-years-top-10-most-funded-board-game-projects/) - Tabletop games-focused crowdfunding platform Gamefound has upped the pressure on industry heavyweight Kickstarter thanks to a stellar 2023 which saw it bag the biggest board game fundraise of the year.
- [Maestro Media preps for slew of new board game releases with Flat River Group distribution partnership](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/23/maestro-media-preps-for-slew-of-new-board-game-releases-with-flat-river-group-distribution-partnership/) - Maestro Media, the publishing company adapting IPs such as Hello Kitty and video game The Binding of Isaac to the tabletop, is preparing for a string of new releases by signing a global distribution deal with Flat River Group.
- [Quacks of Quedlinburg maker Schmidt Spiele maintains high board game sales levels through flat year-on-year results](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/18/quacks-of-quedlinburg-maker-schmidt-spiele-maintains-high-board-game-sales-level-despite-flat-year-on-year-results/) - German board game publisher Schmidt Spiele reported flat year-on-year sales for its family and children-focused division - albeit at a level it said has been on a high since 2020.
- [BoardGameGeek's top ranked game, Brass: Birmingham, is getting a sequel](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/17/boardgamegeeks-top-ranked-game-brass-birmingham-is-getting-a-sequel-this-year/) - Brass: Birmingham, the industrial revolution-themed strategy game which ousted Gloomhaven as BoardGameGeek's top-ranked game early last year, is getting a sequel.
- [Wingspan tops BoardGameGeek new owner charts for 2023, Earth only game from last year to break Top 10](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/15/wingspan-tops-boardgamegeek-new-owner-charts-for-2023-earth-only-game-from-last-year-to-break-top-10/) - Wingspan's huge popularity since its 2019 release shows no sign of abating, with more BoardGameGeek users adding it to their collections last year than any other game.
- [Facebook bans ads for award-winning Votes for Women board game's new Kickstarter, claims it is a "sensitive social issue"](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/11/facebook-bans-ads-for-award-winning-votes-for-women-board-game-claims-sensitive-social-issue/) - Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women's suffrage in the US, stands to miss out on up to $60,000 of backing for its second print run after Facebook repeatedly banned ads for the game due to it featuring a "sensitive social issue".
- [Votes for Women follows critical acclaim by triumphing in 2023 Summit Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/12/votes-for-women-follows-critical-acclaim-by-triumphing-in-2023-summit-award/) - Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame from designer Tory Brown, has scooped this year's Summit Award celebrating the historical board game which best succeeded in broadened the hobby.
- [The long-running board game industry podcast from Ignacy Trzewiczek and Stephen Buonocore has left Dice Tower for BoardGameGeek](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/11/the-long-running-board-game-industry-podcast-from-ignacy-trzewiczek-and-stephen-buonocore-has-left-dice-tower-for-boardgamegeek/) - Board Games Insider, the long-running industry podcast created by former Stronghold Games president Stephen Buonocore and Portal Games president Ignacy Trzewiczek, has left its home on the Dice Tower Network to join BoardGameGeek.
- [Eggertspiele, Spielworxx founders team up to launch debut Sea Cove Games title Carolingi](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/11/eggertspiele-spielworxx-founders-team-up-to-launch-debut-sea-cove-games-title-carolingi/) - The founders of German board game publishers Eggertspiele and Spielworxx have launched the first title under their new joint publishing company, Sea Cove Games.
- [How we made Wyrmspan: Designer Connie Vogelmann on creating 2024's hottest game so far](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/10/how-we-made-wyrmspan-designer-connie-vogelmann-on-creating-2024s-hottest-game-so-far/) - Stonemaier Games' big reveal of Wyrmspan - a new game "in the world of Wingspan" - last week might have descended like a dragon out of the blue, but it's no surprise Elizabeth Hargrave's hugely lauded 2019 design is getting a spiritual successor. Wingspan had sold over 1.6 million copies as of April last year - more than all of Stonemaier's other games - including Scythe, Viticulture and Tapestry - combined. In an industry where selling tens of thousands of copies of a game is often seen as a success, those numbers are astronomical, and make it a no-brainer that more games based on Wingspan's template would be in the works. The task of designing "Wingspan with dragons" was given to Apiary creator Connie Vogelmann - but as she explains in this Q&A interview, the new game is far more than just a reskin of its feathery predecessor.
- [BoardGameGeek's support drive numbers fall for third year running](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/09/boardgamegeeks-support-drive-numbers-fall-for-third-year-running/) - BoardGameGeek's annual end-of-year support drive has fallen short of its target again, with the number of supporters pledging payment to the site during the event dropping for the third year in a row.
- [Halo tabletop miniatures game coming this year after Mantic Games inks deal with 343 Industries](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/05/halo-board-game-coming-this-year-after-mantic-games-inks-deal-with-343-industries/) - Halo, the multibillion dollar-selling video games franchise, is getting a tabletop miniatures combat game this year thanks to UK developer Mantic Games.
- ["It’s frustrating all that work can be wiped away": board game YouTuber Grant Lyon still waiting for answers two weeks after his channel was permanently deleted](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/03/its-frustrating-all-that-work-can-be-wiped-away-board-game-youtuber-grant-lyon-still-waiting-for-answers-two-weeks-after-his-channel-was-permanently-deleted/) - Board game video content maker Grant Lyon says he is still in the dark about why his popular YouTube channel was deleted two weeks ago amid accusations of 'spam, scams and deceptive practices'.
- [Cardboard Edison begins the hunt for 2024's best unpublished board game](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/02/cardboard-edison-begins-the-hunt-for-2024s-best-unpublished-board-game/) - Submissions are open for this year's Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to celebrate the best currently unpublished board game designs.
- [More than 80,000 readers! Thanks to you all, as BoardGameWire signs off for the Christmas holidays](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/21/more-than-80000-readers-thanks-to-you-all-as-boardgamewire-signs-off-for-the-christmas-holidays/) - More than 80,000 readers have visited BoardGameWire since launch - CEOs, publishers, game designers, artists, marketing professionals and hordes of interested consumers - keen to check in on our breaking news, in-depth features and what I hope is insightful, thoughtful reporting.
- [Gamescom, the world's biggest video games event, is launching a tabletop games section](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/20/gamescom-the-worlds-biggest-video-games-event-is-launching-a-tabletop-games-section/) - Gamescom, the world's biggest video gaming event which attracted 320,000 visitors last year, is branching out into tabletop gaming with a dedicated area at the 2024 show.
- [Third New York board game cafe in a month wins fight to establish union](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/14/third-new-york-board-game-cafe-in-a-month-wins-fight-to-establish-union/) - Workers at New York City board game cafe The Brooklyn Strategist have scored a landslide election victory to establish a union - the third NYC game store to do so within the last month.
- [Essen Spiel, Tokyo Game Market are looking to team up to promote each other's events](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/13/essen-spiel-tokyo-game-market-are-looking-to-team-up-to-promote-each-others-events/) - Essen Spiel, the world’s biggest board game fair, hopes to launch a co-promotion partnership with Japan's largest tabletop convention Tokyo Game Market to help boost awareness of both events.
- [Z-Man, Stronghold Games founders lead star-studded launch of new board game publisher Play to Z](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/13/z-man-stronghold-games-founders-lead-star-studded-launch-of-new-board-game-publisher-play-to-z/) - Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger has teamed with fellow board game industry veterans including Stronghold Games founder Stephen Buonocore to launch a new publishing house called Play to Z.
- [Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons maker Hasbro is laying off another 1,100 staff amid weak holiday-season demand](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/12/magic-the-gathering-dungeons-and-dragons-maker-hasbro-is-laying-off-another-1100-staff-amid-weak-holiday-season-demand/) - Hasbro, the toy and game giant that owns Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons studio Wizards of the Coast, is slashing another 1,100 jobs as ongoing macroeconomic concerns eat into consumer demand.
- [The White Castle continues to dominate new owners charts, fights off Ticket to Ride Legacy challenge | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/11/the-white-castle-continues-to-dominate-new-owners-charts-fights-off-ticket-to-ride-legacy-challenge-bgg-stats/) - Edo-period Japan worker placement game The White Castle has scored the most new owners on BoardGameGeek for the second month running, heading off a strong challenge from the much-hyped arrival of Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West.
- [Games Workshop pays out £7.5m in bonuses to staff amid jump in profits; share price slumps](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/08/games-workshop-pays-out-7-5m-in-bonuses-to-staff-amid-jump-in-profits/) - Games Workshop is handing out £2,500 to each staff member in December through a $7.5m bonus pot, after revealing a 12% rise in its half-year profits.
- [Woodcraft, Wandering Towers take home Flemish game of the year prizes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/06/woodcraft-wandering-towers-take-home-flemish-game-of-the-year-prizes/) - Woodcraft, the woodworking eurogame designed by Vladimír Suchý and Ross Arnold, has scooped the Gouden Ludo Flemish expert game of the year prize.
- [Star Realms publisher Wise Wizard launches family-weight imprint with trio of games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/06/star-realms-publisher-wise-wizard-launches-family-weight-imprint-with-trio-of-games/) - Wise Wizard Games, the publisher of award-winning spaceship combat deck-building game Star Realms, has launched a family-focused imprint called Wacky Wizard Games.
- [Last chance to sign up for Button Shy's latest 18 Card Challenge game design competition](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/04/last-chance-to-sign-up-for-button-shys-latest-18-card-challenge-game-design-competition/) - Time is running out for game designers to submit their entries to the latest contest run by Button Shy Games, which specialises in wallet-sized board games which use just 18 cards.
- [Incredible Dream scraps new Kickstarter after just a day, despite reaching almost 90% of target](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/01/incredible-dream-scraps-new-kickstarter-after-just-a-day-despite-reaching-almost-90-of-target/) - Incredible Dream, one of the few board game startups to attract millions in venture capital dollars, has scrapped its second Kickstarter project just a day after launch, despite reaching almost 90% of its target amount.
- [Dicebreaker's owner investigates putting site up for sale alongside video game stablemates](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/30/dicebreakers-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.
- [Hasbro picks trio of winners in hunt for 'next great woman-led mass market game'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/22/hasbro-picks-trio-of-winners-in-hunt-for-next-great-woman-led-mass-market-game/) - Toy and game giant Hasbro has chosen three winners in its search for what it hopes will be the "next great woman-led mass market toy or game".
- ['Restructuring' has started at Asmodee as owner Embracer Group battles to cut $1.4bn debt pile](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/21/restructuring-has-started-at-asmodee-as-owner-embracer-group-battles-to-cut-1-4bn-debt-pile/) - Asmodee's owner Embracer Group has confirmed it has begun "restructuring" at the tabletop gaming giant, as part of a massive cost-cutting programme which has already seen Embracer shed more than 900 jobs.
- [Senet magazine co-creator Dan Jolin has won a British Society of Magazine Editors award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/22/senet-magazine-co-creator-dan-jolin-has-won-a-british-society-of-magazine-editors-award/) - Dan Jolin, the co-creator of board gaming's most beautiful magazine, Senet, has won a British Society of Magazine Editors award for his work on the title.
- ["Influencer impact was judged to be quite high. I think that tide is receding": Alderac's veteran COO on how to master board game crowdfunding](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/16/influencer-impact-was-judged-to-be-quite-high-i-think-that-tide-is-receding-alderacs-veteran-coo-on-how-to-master-board-game-crowdfunding/) - Alderac's veteran COO Ryan Dancey has managed more than 20 crowdfunding campaigns during his long career - and is currently overseeing another Kickstarter success with Wingspan designer Elizabeth Hargrave's latest offering, Undergrove. In this in-depth guide he picks out every aspect of the crowdfunding process designers and publishers need to nail in order to run a successful campaign.
- [No Rolls Barred scraps Twitch channel after three-month deal expires](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/16/no-rolls-barred-scraps-twitch-channel-after-three-month-deal-expires/) - No Rolls Barred, a group of board game entertainment video makers with more than 300,000 YouTube subscribers, has scrapped its three month-old Twitch channel after failing to pull enough fans across from its other outlets.
- [New York board game cafe workers unionise in landslide election win](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/15/new-york-board-game-cafe-workers-unionise-in-landslide-election-win/) - Workers at New York City board game cafe chain Hex & Company have won their fight to unionise after securing a landslide election victory.
- ["Building an audience is crucial": Mayan Curse designer Joe Slack reveals his secrets of a successful Kickstarter campaign](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/15/building-an-audience-is-crucial-mayan-curse-designer-joe-slack-reveals-his-secrets-of-a-successful-kickstarter-campaign/) - Board game designer Joe Slack taps knowledge acquired through his four successful Kickstarters to provide some guidance on running a strong crowdfunding campaign. He talks knowing your numbers, how to spend a marketing budget and why building an audience before launch is key to clearing your targets.
- [Challengers adds to string of awards by taking home Italian Game of the Year prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/08/challengers-adds-to-string-of-awards-by-taking-home-italian-game-of-the-year-prize/) - Challengers, a deck-management board game designed to replicate the feel of a digital auto-battler, has continued its powerful run of award wins by being named Italian Game of the Year.
- ["We didn’t expect to find this dark underbelly of the game design industry": Two seasoned board game designers highlight why a professional association is so badly needed](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/06/we-didnt-expect-to-find-this-dark-underbelly-of-the-game-design-industry-two-seasons-board-game-designers-highlight-why-a-professional-association-is-so-badly-needed/) - Two board game designers describe a horror-show of interactions with publishers around contract law, overwork and unprofessional communication and attitudes - and underscore just how badly something like the TTGDA is needed in the modern tabletop games industry.
- [Board gaming's most beautiful magazine is up for a pair of awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/09/board-gamings-most-beautiful-magazine-is-up-for-an-editor-of-the-year-award/) - Senet, a quarterly magazine celebrating the beauty of board games, has been nominated for a pair of British Society of Magazine Editors Awards.
- [The White Castle tops October new owner charts after powerful Essen Spiel showing | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/09/the-white-castle-tops-october-new-owner-charts-after-powerful-essen-spiel-showing-bgg-stats/) - Edo-period Japan worker placement game The White Castle has surged to the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek after a much-hyped appearance at this year's Essen Spiel board game fair.
- ["The scope of the problem was far larger than I realized": How the Tabletop Game Designers Association hopes to give creators a stronger voice](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/06/the-scope-of-the-problem-was-far-larger-than-i-realized-how-the-tabletop-game-designers-association-hopes-to-give-creators-a-stronger-voice/) - The high-profile designers of Wingspan, Space Cadets and Mind MGMT have teamed up to launch a professional organisation to fight on behalf of tabletop game designers.
- [Another New York board game cafe refuses to recognise workers' union](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/02/another-new-york-board-game-cafe-refuses-to-recognise-workers-union/) - New York board game cafe the Brooklyn Strategist has refused to recognise a workers' union despite more than 75% of staff signing a petition to unionise.
- ['Everything was done behind our backs': Heroes of Normandie designers speak out over shock Pig From Hell Games liquidation](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/01/everything-was-done-behind-our-backs-heroes-of-normandie-designers-speak-out-over-shock-pig-from-hell-games-liquidation/) - The designers of WW2 skirmish board game Heroes of Normandie have slammed publisher Pig From Hell Games' owners after being informed over email that the business was being liquidated.
- ["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](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/31/its-clear-there-are-too-many-games-being-published-pegasus-spieles-co-founder-talks-dorfromantik-economic-uncertainty-and-how-it-keeps-winning-board-gamings-biggest-prize/) - Pegasus Spiele's co-founder talks Dorfromantik, economic uncertainty and how it keeps winning board gaming's biggest prize
- [Castles of Burgundy, Voidfall crowdfunding successes see owner numbers surge in September | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/16/castles-of-burgundy-voidfall-crowdfunding-successes-see-owner-numbers-surge-in-september-bgg-stats/) - Successful crowdfunding deliveries dominated the top of the new owner charts on BoardGameGeek in September with the arrival of The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition and Voidfall to people's doors.
- [Dice Tower reshoots deleted Darwin's Journey review after rules error, Tom Vasel gives rare 9 rating to expansion](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/19/dice-tower-reshoots-deleted-darwins-journey-review-after-rules-error-tom-vasel-gives-rare-9-rating-to-expansion/) - Board game reviews giant The Dice Tower has upped its scores for Kickstarter success Darwin’s Journey in a reshot video, two weeks after deleting its original review of the game due to a “pretty big rules mistake”.
- [Major gaming website Kotaku just lost its board games writer](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/10/gaming-website-giant-kotaku-just-lost-its-board-games-writer/) - Kotaku, one of the biggest video gaming websites in the world, has just lost its board game writer Luke Plunkett after more than 16 years with the company.
- [Essen Spiel celebrates record post-Covid attendance with 193,000 visitors](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/09/essen-spiel-celebrates-record-post-covid-attendance-with-193000-visitors/) - Essen Spiel, the world’s biggest board game fair, has celebrated its 40th anniversary with a record post-Covid attendance of 193,000 - up more than 30% compared to its 2022 event.
- [New York board game cafe chain Hex & Company accused of union busting as staff seek 'living wage'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/10/new-york-board-game-cafe-chain-hex-company-accused-of-union-busting-amid-staff-seeking-living-wage/) - New York City board game cafe chain Hex & Company has been accused by workers of union busting amid efforts by staff to officially organise in pursuit of a "living wage".
- [How Darkest Dungeon board game maker Mythic Games is fighting to survive as spiralling costs weigh on business](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/12/how-darkest-dungeon-board-game-maker-mythic-games-is-fighting-to-survive-as-spiralling-costs-weigh-on-business/) - Mythic Games, one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time, is fighting for its survival after rising prices left it struggling under the weight of its expensive to produce, miniatures-heavy projects.
- [More than 650 HABA staff to lose jobs in wake of company's self-administration](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/05/more-than-650-haba-staff-to-lose-jobs-in-wake-of-companys-self-administration/) - Haba, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker famous for its family-weight board games, plans to shed about 40% of its workforce after entering self-administration.
- [German board game market back to growth after 2022 slump, Pokemon helps TCGs boom](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/05/german-board-game-market-back-to-growth-after-2022-slump-pokemon-helps-tcgs-boom/) - Board game sales in Germany, one of the world's biggest tabletop markets, grew 6% in the year to August as the industry bounced back from a slump in 2022, new data from German trade association DVSI shows.
- [Worms board game still on schedule despite Team17 restructuring, Mantic Games CEO says](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/03/worms-board-game-still-on-schedule-despite-team17-restructuring-mantic-games-ceo-says/) - The board game adaptation of classic video game Worms remains on track for its delivery to Kickstarter backers next year despite the announced restructuring of development partner Team17.
- [The world's biggest board game fair is using AI art on its tickets, posters and app](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/02/the-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-is-using-ai-art-on-its-tickets-posters-and-app/) - Essen Spiel, the world's biggest board game fair, has admitted using controversial AI-generated art on its tickets, posters and app for this year's event, which kicks off in three days.
- [Planet Unknown beats Dorfromantik, Heat to win Germany's biggest board game prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/04/planet-unknown-beats-dorfromantik-heat-to-win-germanys-biggest-board-game-prize/) - Planet Unknown, the tile-laying planetary development and colonisation game from Ryan Lambert and Adam Rehberg, has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis - Germany’s biggest board gaming award.
- [Capstone inks deal with Barrage publisher Cranio Creations to produce English language editions of new games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/27/capstone-inks-deal-with-barrage-publisher-cranio-creations-to-produce-english-editions-of-new-games/) - Cranio Creations, the Italian board game publisher famous for Simone Luciani games Barrage and Golem, has signed a localisation deal with US-based Capstone Games.
- [New Heroscape publisher Renegade reignites GTS Distribution partnership](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/22/new-heroscape-publisher-renegade-reignites-gts-distribution-partnership/) - Renegade Game Studios has re-established its partnership with GTS Distribution, three years after dropping the company as one of its distributors.
- [Lucky Duck Games to launch visually redesigned Food Chain Magnate special edition on Gamefound](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/21/lucky-duck-games-to-launch-food-chain-magnate-special-edition-on-gamefound/) - Lucky Duck Games has agreed a deal with Food Chain Magnate creator Splotter Spellen to launch a Gamefound campaign for a special edition of the brain-burning fast food restaurant management game.
- [Veteran tabletop retailer CoolStuffInc to stop selling board games, RPGs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/22/veteran-tabletop-retailer-coolstuffinc-to-stop-selling-board-games-rpgs/) - Online tabletop retail major CoolStuffInc is quitting the board game and RPG markets in favour of more profitable CCGs such as Magic, Pokemon and Lorcana.
- [Essen Spiel's new head on how the world's biggest board game fair is reinventing itself for its 40th year and beyond](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/20/essen-spiels-new-head-on-how-the-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-is-reinventing-itself-for-its-40th-year-and-beyond/) - Carol Rapp, a long-time Asmodee and Kosmos senior marketing executive, only joined the Essen Spiel team in November last year - and quickly found herself in charge of managing its biggest event yet.
- [International Gamers Awards picks Revive, Oranienburger Kanal as 2023 winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/21/international-gamers-awards-picks-revive-oranienburger-kanal-as-2023-winners/) - Civilization rebuilding eurogame Revive and Uwe Rosenberg's Oranienburger Kanal have triumphed in this year's International Gamers Awards, a global board game award series which has been running since 1999.
- [Origins Game Fair attendance jumps 38%, still down on pre-pandemic highs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/27/origins-game-fair-attendance-jumps-38-still-down-on-pre-pandemic-highs/) - GAMA's annual tabletop gaming convention Origins Game Fair failed to draw record crowds last week despite a marked jump in attendance compared to last year's event.
- [Cafe del Gatto wins Austrian game of the year prize](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/04/cafe-del-gatto-wins-austrian-game-of-the-year-prize/) - Café del Gatto, a family-focused drafting game about cat baristas competing to serve customers drinks, has won this year's Austrian game of the year prize.
- [The Witcher: The Old World knocks Earth from top spot for most new owners | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/06/the-witcher-the-old-world-knocks-earth-from-top-spot-for-most-new-owners-bgg-stats/) - Monster-hunting adventure game The Witcher: The Old World had the most new owners on BoardGameGeek in June, knocking Earth from the top spot it has held for the previous two months.
- [Rare venture capital-backed board game maker Incredible Dream brings in Kovray influencer Ilya as debut release looms](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/06/rare-venture-capital-backed-board-game-maker-incredible-dream-brings-in-kovray-influencer-ilya-as-debut-release-looms/) - Incredible Dream, one of the few board game startups to attract millions in venture capital dollars, has hired influencer Ilya Ushakov as social media and community manager ahead of its debut game release next month.
- [Carnegie, Weather Machine among five games battling it out for Portugal's game of the year award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/10/carnegie-weather-machine-among-five-games-battling-it-out-for-portugals-game-of-the-year-award/) - Golden Geek heavy game of the year winner Carnegie is looking to add to its titles after being nominated alongside four other games for Spiel Portugal's game of the year awards.
- [Czech Games Edition to shine a light on its creative process in 8-part documentary](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/12/czech-games-edition-to-shine-a-light-on-its-creative-process-in-8-part-documentary/) - Czech Games Edition, the publisher behind board games including Codenames, Through the Ages and Lost Ruins of Arnak, is releasing an eight-part documentary delving into how it made the most notable games in its 16-year history.
- [Web-to-print board game publisher The Game Crafter launches warehousing, fulfillment services](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/12/web-to-print-board-game-publisher-the-game-crafter-launches-warehousing-fulfillment-services/) - Online board game design portal and print-on-demand publisher The Game Crafter has expanded into warehousing and fulfillment services.
- [Lawyer brands Ravensburger's filing to dismiss Upper Deck's Lorcana lawsuit as 'mostly a dumb motion'](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/13/lawyer-brands-ravensburgers-filing-to-dismiss-upper-decks-lorcana-lawsuit-as-dumb-motion/) - Board game publishing major Ravensburger has filed to dismiss a lawsuit from Upper Deck that claims it stole the design for upcoming Disney trading card game Lorcana.
- [GAMA diversity drive offers $1,000 grants, mentoring to fledgling board game publishers and retailers](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/13/gama-diversity-drive-offers-1000-grants-mentoring-to-fledgling-board-game-publishers-and-retailers/) - Board games trade organisation GAMA is offering $1,000 grants and peer mentoring to new board game publishers and retailers from under-represented communities.
- [FTC warns board game content creators, publishers over failing to properly disclose relationships, free games](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/17/ftc-warns-board-game-influencers-publishers-over-failing-to-properly-disclose-relationships-free-gifts/) - Board game reviewers and influencers are falling foul of FTC rules prohibiting 'unfair or deceptive' acts by failing to properly disclose when they receive free games - putting themselves and publishers in the firing line for court action.
- [Kickstarter rival BackerKit follows $4m Gloomhaven campaign success with official launch from beta](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/18/kickstarter-rival-backerkit-follows-4bn-gloomhaven-campaign-success-with-official-launch-from-beta/) - BackerKit has officially launched its bid to take on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, after capping off a year of beta testing with the huge success of Gloomhaven's Grand Festival on the platform.
- ['Mystery fan' bails out troubled Cthulhu Wars Kickstarter, pays $143,000 shipping costs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/19/mystery-fan-bails-out-troubled-cthulhu-wars-kickstarter-pays-143000-shipping-costs/) - An 'anonymous fan' has provided troubled Cthulhu Wars publisher Petersen Games with more than $140,000 to get the game into the hands of frustrated Kickstarter backers - some of whom were facing a four-and-a-half year delay in receiving their orders.
- ["I began to be a little bored by designing games": Why launching a board game publishing house has renewed 7 Wonders creator Antoine Bauza's spark](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/19/i-began-to-be-a-little-bored-by-designing-games-why-launching-a-board-game-publishing-house-has-renewed-7-wonders-creator-antoine-bauzas-spark/) - Do any job for 15 years, and it can end up feeling a little stale. That even goes for board game design royalty - and was the position 7 Wonders and Hanabi creator Antoine Bauza found himself in last year.
- [More than 40,000 users! Thank you for supporting BoardGameWire as we head into our August break](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/08/04/more-than-40000-users-thank-you-for-supporting-boardgamewire-as-we-head-into-our-august-break/) - We're overwhelmed that close to 42,000 of you have visited our site since our launch in May, to keep up to date with important board game industry news that isn't being reported elsewhere.
- [Board game maker Haba blames economic turbulence, "incorrect decisions" for slump into insolvency](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/18/board-game-maker-haba-blames-economic-turbulence-incorrect-decisions-for-slump-into-insolvency/) - Haba, the 85-year-old Germany toymaker renowned in board game circles for its family-weight games, has gone into self-administration in an attempt to save the business.
- [Sky Team, Nucleum lead most-wished for games in August | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/09/19/sky-team-nucleum-lead-most-wished-for-games-in-august-bgg-stats/) - Hachette's co-op aeroplane landing board game Sky Team soared to the top of the most-wished-for game rankings on BoardGameGeek in August, pipping Simone Luciani and Dávid Turczi's heavy euro Nucleum to the number one spot.
- [Cthulhu Wars maker asks Kickstarter backers to pay extra shipping or face four-and-a-half year delay, accidentally posts personal details online](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/05/cthulhu-wars-maker-asks-kickstarter-backers-to-pay-extra-shipping-or-face-four-and-a-half-year-delay-accidentally-posts-personal-details-online/) - The troubled Kickstarter for the miniatures-heavy Cthulhu Wars board game has reached a new low after the company posted personal details of Kickstarter backers online while asking them to contribute more money to the campaign.
- [Kickstarter challenger BackerKit notches biggest crowdfund yet as Gloomhaven Grand Festival soars past $2m goal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/26/kickstarter-challenger-backerkit-notches-biggest-ever-crowdfund-as-gloomhaven-grand-festival-soars-past-2m-goal/) - BackerKit's bid to take on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has scored a major success after Gloomhaven publisher Cephalofair passed $2m for its first campaign on the platform.
- [7 Wonders creator, Repos Productions co-founder launch new publishing company PlayPunk](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/20/7-wonders-creator-repos-productions-co-founder-launch-new-publishing-company-playpunk/) - Antoine Bauza, the veteran designer of games including 7 Wonders and Takenoko, has launched board game publishing company PlayPunk alongside Repos Productions co-founder Thomas Provoost.
- [Asmodee launches new distribution business to get English titles into European stores](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/22/asmodee-launches-new-distribution-business-to-get-english-titles-into-european-stores/) - Board game giant Asmodee has launched a new distribution business aimed at supplying "new, niche and hard-to-get" English-language titles to European retailers.
- [Root designer Cole Wehrle among nominees for lost Diana Jones Award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/21/root-designer-cole-wehrle-among-nominees-for-lost-diana-jones-award/) - Root and John Company designer Cole Wehrle has been nominated for the long-running Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming, for "some of the finest work that’s ever been done in board game design".
- [Troubled Embracer Group using Asmodee IPs for more than 20 video game projects](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/21/troubled-embracer-group-using-asmodee-ips-for-more-than-20-in-development-video-games/) - Tomb Raider and Borderlands developer Embracer Group is planning a slew of video games based on Asmodee's board game range, as the company tries to leverage its intellectual property amid plans to slash its $1.45bn of debt.
- [Blood on the Clocktower leads nominations for 17th Golden Geek Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/04/25/blood-on-the-clocktower-leads-nominations-for-17th-golden-geek-awards/) - Voting has kicked off for BoardGameGeek's 17th Annual Golden Geek Awards, with Blood on the Clocktower leading the nominations as a contender in five categories.
- [Guards of Atlantis II races past €30k crowdfunding goal in 10 minutes, passes €300k](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/04/26/guards-of-atlantis-ii-becomes-one-of-the-fastest-funded-board-games-in-crowdfunding-history/) - Guards of Atlantis II, which looks to translate MOBA video gaming to the tabletop, has raced past its crowdfunding target to reach more than €300,000 on day one
- [Weird City Games signs sales, marketing deal with US major Publisher Services Inc](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/04/28/weird-city-games-signs-sales-marketing-deal-with-us-major-publisher-services-inc/) - Weird City Games, launched by Wonderland's War designer Tim Eisner, signs with US sales, marketing specialist Publisher Services as it prepares to launch Leaf.
- [Hasbro's strong Q1 results show increasing reliance on Magic amid consumer spending slump](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/04/28/hasbros-strong-q1-results-show-increasing-reliance-on-magic-amid-consumer-spending-slump/) - High demand for Hasbro's February Magic: The Gathering release, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, helped propel the gaming giant to a profitable first quarter despite weaker sales from its toys segment.
- [Green Games Guide goes live to help tabletop industry become sustainable](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/01/green-games-guide-goes-live-to-help-tabletop-industry-become-sustainable/) - A group of board game publishers, designers, manufacturers and players have created a guide to help tabletop game makers reduce their environmental impact.
- [Duelling cafés board game Fika coming to North America](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/01/duelling-cafes-board-game-fika-coming-to-north-america/) - Two-player café conflict simulator Fika is coming to North America after publisher Board Game Circus agreed a deal with Atlanta-based 25th Century Games.
- [American Mensa picks its five Select award winners for 2023](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/01/american-mensa-picks-its-five-select-award-winners-for-2023/) - Ancient Greek architecture and knocking kittens off beds both triumphed among this year's games singled out for distinction by American Mensa.
- [Record crowds attend GAMA Expo, but retailers still below pre-pandemic peak](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/02/record-crowds-attend-gama-expo-but-retailers-still-below-pre-pandemic-peak/) - A record number of people descended on tabletop gaming trade show GAMA Expo last week, although the number of retailers attending the event is still below pre-Covid levels, ICV2 reports.
- [Kickstarter successes see OOMM Games launch new large-scale co-op focused studio](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/01/kickstarter-successes-see-oomm-games-launch-new-large-scale-co-op-focused-studio/) - A trio of runaway Kickstarter successes from OOMM Games has persuaded the publisher to launch a new studio focused on large-scale co-operative board games.
- [Rainbow Six: Siege board game backers furious after Mythic Games asks for more money to finish production](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/02/rainbow-six-siege-board-game-backers-furious-after-mythic-games-asks-for-more-money-to-finish-production/) - Frustrated Kickstarter backers of a board game based on Rainbow Six: Siege are up in arms after Mythic Games told them to plough more money into the project to finish the game.
- [Ares Games, Osprey Games both up for three gongs at UK Games Expo 2023 Awards](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/02/ares-games-osprey-games-both-up-for-three-gongs-at-uk-games-expo-2023-awards/) - Italy's Ares Games and UK-based Osprey Games are each up for three awards at this year's UK Games Expo Awards.
- [Earth takes top spot as new owners continue to pile up | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/03/earth-takes-top-spot-as-new-owners-continue-to-pile-up-bgg-stats/) - Ecosystem engine-builder board game Earth picked up the most new owners in April according to BoardGameGeek stats collated by user Igor Larchenko.
- [Exclusive: Mythic Games rejects bankruptcy fears in wake of 6: Siege Kickstarter turmoil](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/04/exclusive-mythic-games-rejects-bankrupcty-fears-in-wake-of-6-siege-kickstarter-turmoil/) - Mythic Games has denied it is on the verge of bankruptcy after a second successive Kickstarter in which it asked backers for extra contributions in order to finish producing the games.
- [Exclusive: Root movie pitch delayed by US writers strike](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/05/exclusive-root-movie-pitch-delayed-by-us-writers-strike/) - Plans are afoot for a movie based on woodland warfare board game Root, BoardGameWire can reveal - but the process is on hold amid the mass walk-out of Writers Guild of America members this week.
- [Terraforming Mars is getting a second Prelude expansion](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/08/terraforming-mars-is-getting-a-second-prelude-expansion/) - Terraforming Mars is getting a sequel to its best-regarded expansion, with publisher FryxGames confirming a Kickstarter campaign for Prelude 2 will launch "soon".
- [Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Cat in the Box lead BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award winners](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/09/heat-pedal-to-the-metal-cat-in-the-box-lead-boardgamegeek-golden-geek-award-winners/) - Heat: Pedal to the Metal the deluxe version of Cat in the Box both came away with a pair of winners trophies at BoardGameGeek's 17th annual Golden Geek Awards, which are voted on by users of the site.
- [Exclusive: Troubled Rainbow Six board game receives enough extra cash from backers to go into production](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/09/exclusive-troubled-rainbow-six-board-game-receives-enough-extra-cash-from-backers-to-go-into-production/) - The financially troubled Kickstarter for the offically-licensed Rainbow Six: Siege board game is set to go into production for some of its backers after developer Mythic Games successfully persuaded them to part with significant amounts of extra cash to fund the game.
- [French publisher Funforge inks North American distrubution deal with Flat River Group](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/10/french-publisher-funforge-inks-north-american-distrubution-deal-with-flat-river-group/) - Funforge, the France-based publisher of games including Tokaido and Monumental, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Flat River Group to cover the US and Canadian markets.
- [Heat: Pedal to the Metal reprint should hit US shelves by end of May](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/11/heat-pedal-to-the-metal-reprint-should-hit-us-shelves-by-end-of-may/) - One of last year's biggest board game hits, motor racing game Heat: Pedal to the Metal, should finally be back in stock in the US by the end of May after surprising its publisher with the speed it sold out.
- [Pax Renaissance publisher Ion Game Design set to reveal new game involving dinosaurs](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/12/pax-renaissance-publisher-ion-game-design-set-to-reveal-new-game-involving-dinosaurs/) - Ion Game Design, the Swedish publisher of games including Pax Renaissance and High Frontier 4 All, has shared a dinosaur-based teaser for a new game.
- [Interview: FryxGames' Jonathan Fryxelius talks Prelude 2](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/15/interview-terraforming-mars-fryxgames-jonathan-fryxelius-talks-prelude-2/) - FryxGames' Jonathan Fryxelius spoke to BoardGameWire about the decision to use crowdfunding for the second Terraforming Mars Prelude expansion - and confirmed that yes, it really will be called Prelude 2.
- [The 2023 Spiel des Jahres nominees are being announced on this livestream](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/16/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.
- [PAX Unplugged tabletop gaming event returns this December](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/17/pax-unplugged-tabletop-gaming-event-returns-this-december/) - PAX Unplugged, one of the largest tabletop gaming events in the world, has announced it will take place between December 1 and December 3 this year.
- [Elden Ring board game maker seals Kickstarter exclusivity deal in wake of mass redundancies](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/19/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.
- [Voting opens for Germany's biggest board gaming award](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/17/voting-opens-for-germanys-biggest-board-gaming-award/) - Voting is open for the Deutscher Spiele Preis, Germany's biggest board gaming award, with winners set to be announced at the Essen Game Fair in October.
- [Exclusive: Quackalope's emails to Aeon Trespass: Odyssey devs offering to scrap 'frustrating experience' coverage in return for 'discounted' $7,500 sponsorship](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/21/exclusive-quackalopes-emails-to-aeon-trespass-odyssey-devs-offering-to-scrap-frustrating-experience-coverage-in-return-for-discounted-7500-sponsorship/) - Quackalope, a board game youtube channel with close to 48,000 subscribers, tried to charge the developers of campaign board game Aeon Trespass: Odyssey $7,500 for sponsored coverage of their upcoming kickstarter - and offered to scrap its existing footage of its "quite frustrating" experience if they would sign up to the deal.
- ["I almost lost my lunch" - Earth publisher Conor McGoey on managing one of 2023's biggest board game successes](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/19/i-almost-lost-my-lunch-earth-publisher-conor-mcgoey-on-managing-one-of-2023s-biggest-board-game-success/) - “I almost lost my lunch when I saw the invoice that came along with that order,” Inside Up Games founder Conor McGoey tells me, describing his decision to “bet it all on black” and print an enormous 25,000 English language copies of plant-themed tableau builder Earth.
- [Dorfromantik, Next Station London, FunFacts revealed as Spiel des Jahres 2023 finalists](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/22/dorfromantik-next-station-london-funfacts-revealed-as-2023-spiel-des-jahres-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.
- [Women underepresented in board game design because they're 'socialised to avoid harsh criticism' - Alderac COO](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/23/women-underepresented-in-board-game-design-because-theyre-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.
- [Asmodee's first full-year results since €2.75bn Embracer buyout shows board games sales declined in 'hesitant' Q4](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/24/asmodees-first-full-year-results-since-e2-75bn-embracer-buyout-shows-board-games-sales-declined-in-hesitant-q4/) - Tabletop gaming giant Asmodee saw its board game sales decline slightly in Q4 due to a "more hesitant market environment", figures from the company's first full-year results since its €2.75bn buyout by Embracer group show.
- [CMON planning new God of War, Game of Thrones board game releases this year](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/29/cmon-planning-new-god-of-war-game-of-thrones-board-game-releases-this-year/) - CMON, the publisher of miniatures-heavy board games including Zombicide, is planning new releases this year based on God of War and Game of Thrones.
- [Board game YouTuber Quackalope sheds 10% of subscribers in wake of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey emails controversy](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/30/board-game-youtuber-quackalope-sheds-10-of-subscribers-in-wake-of-aeon-trespass-odyssey-emails-controversy/) - Quackalope, the board game YouTuber at the centre of a massive controversy over paid promotions in the industry, has lost 10% of his channel's subscribers so far in the wake of the storm.
- [UK Games Expo soars to record 32,000 visitors to cement post-Covid recovery](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/04/uk-games-expo-soars-to-record-32000-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.
- [Japanese developer of Aqua Garden, Ostia puts retail on hold for new game Biohack despite Kickstarter success](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/05/japanese-developer-of-aqua-garden-ostia-puts-retail-on-hold-for-new-game-biohack-despite-kickstarter-success/) - Uchibacoya, the Japanese developer of Aqua Garden and Ostia, has soared past its crowdfunding goal for medium-weight eurogame BioHack - but is holding off launching retail distribution after suffering delivery delays to its previous two games.
- [Earth clings on with most new owners in May despite Heat: Pedal to the Metal challenge | BGG Stats](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/05/earth-clings-on-with-most-new-owners-in-may-despite-heat-pedal-to-the-metal-challenge-bgg-stats/) - Earth clung on to the top spot for most new owners in May according to BoardGameGeek stats, despite a strong challenge from Heat: Pedal to the Metal.
- [Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger to leave WizKids after seven years](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/06/z-man-games-founder-zev-shlasinger-to-leave-wizkids-after-seven-years/) - Zev Shlasinger, the founder of Pandemic publisher Z-Man Games, is leaving his role as director of board game development at WizKids after seven years with the business.
- [GAMA: Cancelling Kentucky expo contract would have 'lethal' financial impact](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/07/gama-cancelling-kentucky-expo-contract-would-have-lethal-financial-impact/) - GAMA has looked into scrapping moving its annual trade show to Kentucky in the wake of anti-LGBTQ laws passed by the state - but said the $1.8m cancellation cost would have a "lethal impact" on the organisation
- [Nemesis, Frostpunk board game designer's book on game design reaches crowdfunding goal](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/07/nemesis-frostpunk-board-game-designers-book-on-game-design-reaches-crowdfunding-goal/) - Adam Kwapiński, the designer of recent board game hits Nemesis and Frostpunk: The Board Game, has passed the funding goal on Gamefound for his book about game design.
- [Upper Deck sues Ravensburger, claiming they stole their work-in-progress game to repackage as Lorcana](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/07/upper-deck-sues-ravensburger-claiming-they-stole-their-work-in-progress-game-to-repackage-as-lorcana/) - Upper Deck is suing board game major Ravensburger over the upcoming Disney Lorcana trading card game, claiming the game's design was stolen from them by lead designer Ryan Miller.
- [Azul designer's Spiel des Jahres nominee Sanssouci finally coming to the US](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/08/azul-designers-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.
- [Asmodee owner Embracer Group to make layoffs to help tackle $1.45bn debt pile](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/13/asmodee-owner-embracer-group-to-make-layoffs-to-help-tackle-1-5bn-debt-pile/) - Asmodee parent company Embracer Group is letting go some of its 17,000 staff as part of a restructuring program aimed at slashing its $1.45bn of debt.
- [Games Workshop rockets towards record £440m annual revenue](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/14/games-workshop-rockets-towards-record-440m-annual-revenue/) - Games Workshop's global sales are set to reach a record £440m for the current financial year - double the amount it reached just five years ago.
- [Fort Circle follows widespread Votes for Women acclaim with latest Kickstarter success](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/14/fort-circle-follows-widespread-votes-for-women-acclaim-with-latest-kickstarter-success/) - Fort Circle Games has followed up its critically acclaimed card-driven wargame Votes for Women by passing the funding goal for its latest offering on Kickstarter - The Halls of Montezuma.
- [Cryptozoic failed to pay artists for months, blames disruption from shock CEO death](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/16/cryptozoic-failed-to-pay-artists-for-months-blames-disruption-from-shock-ceo-death/) - Board game publisher Cryptozoic Entertainment has gone months without paying some of its artists, saying the shock death of CEO John Sepenuk in February "significantly disrupted" its operations, emails seen by BoardGameWire show.
- [Vital Lacerda's latest luxury worker placement game races past $550,000 on Kickstarter](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/19/vital-lacerdas-latest-luxury-worker-placement-game-races-past-550000-on-kickstarter/) - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, the latest heavy eurogame from On Mars and Kanban EV creator Vital Lacerda, has soared past $550,000 for its Kickstarter campaign after just four days of fundraising.
- [Lorcana publisher Ravensburger doubles down on August release despite Upper Deck lawsuit](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/11/lorcana-publisher-ravensburger-doubles-down-on-august-release-despite-upper-deck-lawsuit/) - Ravensburger is pressing ahead with its planned August release of its Disney Lorcana TCG despite a lawsuit by Upper Deck claiming it stole the game's design
- [Dice Tower deletes Darwin's Journey review video after 'pretty big' rules mistake](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/05/dice-tower-deletes-darwins-journey-review-video-after-pretty-big-rules-mistake/) - Board game reviews giant The Dice Tower has deleted its review of Kickstarter success Darwin's Journey after acknowledging it made a "pretty big rules mistake" before handing the game a 7/10 rating.
- [UK Games Expo directors apologise after RPG runner's session was rejected for mentioning sexual orientation, queerness](https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/07/uk-games-expo-directors-apologise-after-rpg-runners-session-was-rejected-for-mentioning-sexual-orientation-queerness/) - The directors of the UK’s largest hobby gaming convention, UK Games Expo, have apologised after an RPG session runner had their scenario rejected because it included "themes of sexuality or orientation".

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