https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Asmodee unveils Ticket to Ride Netflix deal in ongoing push to get its best-selling games onto the big screen Ark Nova expansion named as Marine Worlds, will be available at Essen Man vs Meeple’s Ryan Schoon, Ludo Fact’s Mark Burke join GameHead as marketing, operations managers ‘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 New Cardboard Edison Award winner apologises for gamifying colonialist land grab for American West, promises to retheme game Flat River Group downsizes again as veteran trio leave to relaunch Luma Imports under ACD Distribution; ACD also buys Flat River’s Synapses Games CMON eyes crowdfunding return after annual losses spiral to almost $20m French publisher Don’t Panic Games to bring more titles to North America, launches US office Hat-wearing animal game Petiquette wins latest Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan’s board game industry Asmodee to pay up to €250m to buy French party, social game publisher ATM Gaming “The numbers simply aren’t there”: Equinox to end record-breaking Altered TCG after new crowdfund falls well short of goals AdMagic makes ‘difficult and sad’ decision to shut down Print and Play after financial strain from division became ‘overwhelming’ GAMA unveils board of directors election winners, current president and secretary re-elected to board Awaken Realms vows “no AI art” for Concordia: Special Edition after BGG review bombing Asmodee makes Asia expansion push by buying CMON’s Japon Brand, launching new studio Nekuma GAMA board apologises for directors being ‘rude and disrespectful’ to members during heated AGM Take Time seals Swiss Gamers Award, Wondrous Creatures collects inaugural expert game prize Why Kickstarter success Re;MATCH’s designer is focused on player mastery rather than the dopamine hit of discovery [sponsored] More than half of board game designers in TTGDA survey have used generative AI in their work 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 Steve Jackson Games CEO, Southern Hobby marketing head among newly elected directors at tabletop trade organisation GAMA “Toxic leadership. Rampant gatekeeping”: GAMA marketing and comms head blasts organisation in resignation announcement GAMA picks Baltimore as new home for annual GAMA Expo, after trade event quickly outgrows new Louisville home 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” GAMA hires first COO, reorganises senior staff as growing organisation prepares to unveil inaugural 10-year plan GAMA unveils 10-year plan to become “epicenter” of global tabletop gaming industry, renames itself after almost 50 years 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 Toy Battle triumphs in 2026 As d’Or, Civolution collects expert game prize GAMA names veteran leadership consultant, past-lives regression hypnotist Zaria Davis as interim executive director Pittsburgh game store Games Unlimited still innovating after 45 years, scoops pair of GAMA Power Retail awards People Moves: Risa Petrone named marketing manager at AEG; David Bock joins NorthStar as marketing director Ex-Elf Creek Games designer tries to save one of the floundering company’s Kickstarter projects, as publisher’s months-long silence continues Scoop: Tabletop game marketing specialist OffDutyNinja acquired by Game Brands Universal to become exclusive Stonemaier US hobby retail distributor, for roughly $1.5m of annual business GAMA unveils Origins Awards nominees, criticised for leaving out designers for third year in a row Kosmos takes full ownership of distribution arm Thames & Kosmos UK amid retirement of latter’s founding directors GAMA Expo squeezes in another record attendance ahead of trade show’s shift to Baltimore Soaring ‘span’ trilogy sales see Stonemaier Games’ annual revenue reach record $25.1m “It’s crazy how it has grown globally”: unpublished designs award Cardboard Edison unveils new finalists as entries more than double since 2020 Universal Distribution signs exclusive distribution deal with long-time crowdfunding success Dice Throne Cardboard Alchemy spreads its wings as ‘game-changer’ Flamecraft sells over 400,000 copies Elf Creek Games back to profit after John Coveyou-led restructure, begins fulfulling overdue Kickstarters US board game stores seal another clean sweep in latest GAMA Power Retail Awards Spiel Essen expands again to ‘max out’ venue space, now bigger than 15 American football fields Spiel Essen eyes record 220,000 attendance as world’s biggest board game fair expands into seventh huge hall Leder Games names Liz Davidson as new creative director after Cole Wehrle exit Asmodee seals record quarterly net sales despite 23% US slump 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 Advertise With Us Asmodee continues acquisition of CMON titles with Sheriff of Nottingham purchase