News - The world's leading source of industry news and analysis for board game professionals
-
Fantasy Flight calls time on Descent: Legends of the Dark, saying rising costs mean it was selling at a lossby Mike Didymus-True on April 10, 2026FFG said, "Simply put, the game is too expensive to make. Between ever-increasing manufacturing costs, lengthy and pricey app development timelines, and global economic shifts making everything more expensive to produce, it became abundantly clear that continuing to make this game is just not feasible." The post Fantasy Flight calls time on Descent: Legends of the Dark, saying rising costs mean it was selling at a loss first appeared on .
-
Asmodee co-founder Philippe Mouret, veteran Catan Studio head Pete Fenlon step back; Julia Marcelin to head up five studiosby Mike Didymus-True on April 10, 2026Julia Marcelin, who has been with Asmodee for almost seven years, becomes head of five studios as part of the shake-up, taking on responsibility for Days of Wonder, Space Cowboys, Repos Production, Libellud and Next Move. The post Asmodee co-founder Philippe Mouret, veteran Catan Studio head Pete Fenlon step back; Julia Marcelin to head up five studios first appeared on .
-
Fentasy Games looks to help complex game publishers avoid ‘strangulation’ of trad distribution with P500-style platform launchby Mike Didymus-True on April 7, 2026Gigot hopes newly launched platform BoardGameCommerce will give publishers of higher complexity games with smaller print runs - of between 500 and 1,000 units - a more sustainable financial option than the traditional board game industry distribution model. The post Fentasy Games looks to help complex game publishers avoid ‘strangulation’ of trad distribution with P500-style platform launch first appeared on .
-
German Mensa unveils full slate of nominees for this year’s MinD Spielepreisby Mike Didymus-True on April 6, 2026Mensa in Deutschland has run the awards contest since 2009, and has operated a ‘shorter games’ category for more than a decade and lighter two-player games prize since 2019. The post German Mensa unveils full slate of nominees for this year’s MinD Spielepreis first appeared on .
-
CMON eyes crowdfunding return after annual losses spiral to almost $20mby Mike Didymus-True on March 31, 2026CMON's $23m losses across 2024 and 2025 are now almost 5.5-times larger than its profits from the preceding nine years combined - and have led an independent auditor hired by the company to question whether it has the resources to stay in business for the foreseeable future. The post CMON eyes crowdfunding return after annual losses spiral to almost $20m first appeared on .
-
Hat-wearing animal game Petiquette wins latest Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan’s board game industryby Mike Didymus-True on March 30, 2026The Oink Games-published design fought off competition from 2025 winner Isao Mukai, who was nominated for Banana Governance - a card-based drafting and bidding game which sees players attempt to satisfy the needs of hungry monkeys better than their opponents. The post Hat-wearing animal game Petiquette wins latest Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan’s board game industry first appeared on .
-
French publisher Don’t Panic Games to bring more titles to North America, launches US officeby Mike Didymus-True on March 30, 2026Emma Recher, who will head up a three-person team at Don't Panic's new US office in California, told BoardGameWire, "Several recent titles have reinforced our confidence in expanding more directly into the US market. " The post French publisher Don’t Panic Games to bring more titles to North America, launches US office first appeared on .
-
More than half of board game designers in TTGDA survey have used generative AI in their workby Mike Didymus-True on March 27, 2026About a quarter of the 171 designers who answered the TTGDA survey said they had used a genAI platform to come up with game ideas or mechanisms - while more than half indicated they were 'strongly opposed' to using AI in that way. The post More than half of board game designers in TTGDA survey have used generative AI in their work first appeared on .
-
GAMA unveils board of directors election winners, current president and secretary re-elected to boardby Mike Didymus-True on March 27, 2026President Nicole Brady, who runs review site SAHM Reviews, was re-elected to the board by GAMA's media and events member group, while treasurer Tiffany Reid from Southern Hobby Distribution won re-election from the wholesale group. The post GAMA unveils board of directors election winners, current president and secretary re-elected to board first appeared on .
-
Asmodee to pay up to €250m to buy French party, social game publisher ATM Gamingby Mike Didymus-True on March 26, 2026The board game giant said buying ATM, the publisher of titles including Speed Bac/Quickstop, Mouton Mouton and Pili Pili, was predicated on social games being "the fastest growing category of the board games market". The post Asmodee to pay up to €250m to buy French party, social game publisher ATM Gaming first appeared on .
Tell us how can we improve this post?
