Cardboard Alchemy spreads its wings as ‘game-changer’ Flamecraft sells over 400,000 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. More than 400,000 copies of the worker placement game have…
What Up, BGG!
by Justin Bell Hey hey folks! I’m excited to be a part of the team here at BoardGameGeek as a contributor on the BoardGameGeek News blog. You’ll see me here every week and I’ll pop up with extra content from…
Designer Diary: Treat, Please!
by Courtney Shernan One day in the summer of 2019, I was sitting on the couch with my little loaf Trixie, watching her lick my hand over and over, so I would keep petting her. It made me think about…
FIJ and GAMA Expo Preview is Live
by Beth Heile We’ve recently made some big changes with our Preview lists, and things kick off with this list for Festival International des Jeux (FIJ) and GAMA Expo. Previously, publishers filled out a form and BGG staff and volunteers…
Asmodee seals record quarterly net sales despite 23% US slump
Asmodee posted record sales of €524m during the last quarter of 2025 despite a slump in its US performance, with trading card game earnings in Europe acting as a driving force for the business. The board game giant’s overall net…
LGPD Compliance in WordPress: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners
I remember reviewing my site analytics years ago and seeing a sudden burst of traffic from São Paulo. I felt a rush of excitement seeing my content reach people across the globe. Then it hit me: was my site actually…
Matt: Claude & Sonos
Tonight was one of my most surreal Claude Code Sundays. To make a long story short, I pointed Claude Code at my Sonos setup in Houston: “All 29 Sonos speakers were running on WiFi with SonosNet completely disabled. They had…
Designer Diary: Spokes
by Bert Hardeman I have always loved playing games, and at some point, I thought: “Maybe I could design one myself.” So, I sat down one evening, whipped up a prototype, and tried it by myself. It was a terrible…
Gutenberg Times: Interactivity API, WordPress 7.0 Beta and Telex updates — Weekend Edition 358
Greetings from snow-covered Munich — or at least it was when we left Friday for Salzburg, Austria, with a one-hour delay after our locomotive engineer got caught in the city’s snow-induced chaos. Have a fabulous weekend! Yours, Birgit Developing Gutenberg…
Matt: WordPress, AI, plugins, future of software engineering
Yesterday I was on the WP-Tonic podcast, and my colleague Adrian Laboş did a great summary of the key points, which I’ll share here: AI security audit wave incoming: Expect AI tools to flood WordPress core and the 70,000+ plugin…
