WPBeginner Spotlight 28: WPVibe Hits 40,000 Sites, a New WPForms Dashboard, and Two WordPress Security Updates
September was the month WordPress plugins really started talking to AI assistants in a serious way. You can now manage backups, forms, online stores, and fundraising campaigns just by asking Claude or ChatGPT, and there’s a good chance you already…
The Fugo love the Braided Skies of the Emerland and Smoky Mountains
by Steph Hodge [imageid=9149394 medium rep]▪️ Tycoon Games released Everdell Emerland, From designers James A. Wilson & Clarissa A. Wilson (Game: Everdell). This is the next Everdell installment for 1-4 players and plays in 30-120 minutes. Many find this a…
Luxembourg hospitality industry’s drive to get board games into cafés names Pili Pili its 2026 winner
Luxembourg’s hospitality industry has named trick-taker Pili Pili as its board game of the year, continuing an eight-year initiative aimed at getting modern hobby games onto the tables of cafés, bars and restaurants. Rather than solely recognising the best game…
Designer Diary: Bake or Break
by cafestorybook Bake or Break started in a somewhat unusual place for a board game…behind the counter of my cafe in Osaka, Japan. I run a picture book cafe called Cafe Storybook, where people come not only for the picture-book-themed…
#235 – Rob Pugh and Tony Arcangelini on Bringing Podcasting to Jetpack
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in…
bbPress: bbPress 2.6.19 is out!
bbPress 2.6.19 is a security and maintenance release. Everyone running bbPress should update. This release applies inherited forum passwords to REST API responses and BuddyPress activity, and strengthens access checks for restricted forum content across feeds, group forums, and other…
Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow TV adaptation lands International Emmy nomination
A TV show based directly on the gameplay of 25-year-old board game The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow has landed an International Emmy nomination. Season two of Canal+’s Loups-Garous has been nominated in the Non-Scripted Entertainment category at the iconic awards,…
Paolo Mori seals second designer of the year award in five months with Lucca Comics & Games win
Italian board game creator Paolo Mori has picked up his second designer of the year prize in the space of five months thanks to Lucca Comics & Games – one of Europe’s biggest comics and tabletop gaming festivals. Mori, whose…
From the King of Siam via Afghanistan to Sweden and back to Berlin: Upland & Prairie
by Peer Sylvester Game design is a mix of experimentation and inspiration. If you condensed a description of Upland & Prairie down to a single sentence, you’d be excused for thinking I’ve simply remade The King is Dead: ‘Place one…
Open Channels FM: Delegating to AI: What September Taught Us About Control and Cost
This month’s AI stories, from kernel-crawling bots to assistants booking your flights, all pointed to the same gap: creation got cheap. Trust didn’t. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0 0 Tell us how can…
