Former airline captain hoping to create the Gen Con of Dubai with launch of the Middle East’s first dedicated board game convention
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Devir to recall all copies of new release Ace of Spades after backlash over slavery depictions in artwork, apologises for causing harm
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Board game retailer Zatu Games denies exploiting low-paid apprentices, ‘toxic’ work culture claims after wave of online criticism
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“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
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Asmodee buys Zombicide IP from struggling CMON as first move in new acquisition spree
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Asmodee’s plan to ‘reignite’ buyouts of smaller companies unaffected by tariffs, CEO says uncertainty ‘presents opportunities for strategic acquisitions’
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Board game publishers brace for shipping price hike, delays as US drops tariffs on China to 30% in 90-day ‘truce’
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CMON’s 2024 losses even worse than it predicted at over $3m – almost double its profits from the last three years combined
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Steve Jackson Games CEO Meredith Placko resigns after two years in role
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Board game crowdfunding major CMON issues profit warning, says losses could exceed $2m for 2024
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“Board games are about to get more expensive”: Arcane Wonders president Robert Geistlinger on tariffs, razor-thin margins and the math of producing games
Plus: Retailers step in to help Dutch publisher Splotter after US distributor GTS cancels ‘large order’ over tariff uncertainty
“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
Plus: End looms for Mythic Games as company gives up trying to deliver $1.3m Monsterpocalypse Kickstarter, hands files over to IP holder Privateer Press
“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
Plus: “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
Board game distribution major Alliance gets $39m buyout bid as owner Diamond Comics files for bankruptcy protection
Plus: Super Meeple to shake up distribution amid retailer “reluctance” to stock expert games
Rebellion defends Joyride over plagiarism claim as Powerboats designer presses for royalties
Plus: Ex-Elf Creek Games designer tries to save one of the floundering company’s Kickstarter projects, as publisher’s months-long silence continues
Acquisitions are back at Asmodee as board game giant eyes more than 20 buyout targets
Plus: “Despair. Hopelessness. Frustration. Sadness”: board game professionals fear for industry’s future under “reckless” Trump tariffs – but GAMA plans to fight back
“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”
Plus: Board gaming’s biggest job site is an almost 20,000-strong Facebook group – and is planning its first ever live event next year
No, Mythic Games hasn’t gone into liquidation – but its fate should be decided by the end of the month
Plus: Tabletop Game Designers Association persuades Barnes & Noble to start namechecking board game designers in online store listings
“Did it save the company? Yes and no”: FunForge’s CEO on fighting its financial woes by selling the Tokaido line to Stonemaier
Plus: Tabletop Game Designers Association persuades Barnes & Noble to start namechecking board game designers in online store listings
