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
Zenobia Award continues push to lift up underrepresented game designers, reveals nine nominees diversifying historical tabletop design
Plus: Upper Deck lawsuit claiming Lorcana’s designer stole the game from them rumbles on in courts
Root, Arcs maker Leder Games in talks for video game of ‘one of its IPs’, comics also potentially in the works
Plus: CMON’s COO David Preti is resigning after eight years at the company
Board Game Arena boost has helped Splendor games surge to three million sales
Plus: Dice Tower production manager Roy Cannaday leaves after success of Last Light design “opens up new opportunities”
Flamecraft designer Manny Vega on quitting his 20-year video games career to make board games his “forever home”
Plus: CMON’s H1 revenue falls almost 25% year-on-year amid heavy slump in wholesale earnings
Meet Meeples, the startup using tech to take on Asmodee in board game distribution and fulfillment
Plus: Asmodee remains jewel in Embracer’s crown despite suffering quarterly sales drop
“A lot of luck and many contacts”: How small Swiss publisher Treecer successfully pitched Microsoft to create the Zoo Tycoon board game
Plus: Spiel des Jahres bans Daybreak co-designer Matteo Menapace for wearing pro-Palestine watermelon sticker
“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
Plus: Origins seals record post-Covid attendance, hopes to attract back larger publishers for 50th anniversary next year
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]
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“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
Plus: The word ‘meeple’ is being trademarked in the US in reaction to ‘cease and desist’ activity from Carcassonne publisher Hans Im Glueck
Kickstarter board games veteran Monolith unveils new campaign, Mythic Battles: Isfet [sponsored]
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Spiel Essen scraps using AI art to promote event after backlash last year, ongoing legal uncertainty
Plus: Record-breaking UK Games Expo preps for even bigger future after being outbid for its main hall next year
How All About Games Consulting created a one-stop shop for board game services [sponsored]
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Veteran designer Kevin Wilson on his dive into worker placement, and Asmodee writes down more than $620m
Plus: Dicebreaker owner Gamer Network bought by IGN, redundancies begin across group
Three years late, and months without an update: FunForge CEO expresses “frustration” that Monumental Kickstarter is still not ready to deliver
Plus: GAMA shifts 2025 Expo dates after ‘blowing past projections’, TTGDA aims to level playing field between designers and publishers
Asmodee’s owner loads it up with €900m debt, and BoardGameWire celebrates its first birthday
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Embracer commits to Asmodee's future as restructuring ends, plus what board game veteran Zev Shlasinger just learned from his first crowdfunding campaign
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