Spiel Essen 2026: This year’s best talks and panels for board game industry professionals
The global tabletop gaming industry descends on Germany once again next week for the world’s biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen – bringing together thousands of publishers, designers, distributors, retailers and other industry professionals for four packed days of new…
Open Channels FM: Balancing AI Efficiency Costs and Value in Markdown Data and Open Source Security
In today’s news, markdown streamlines AI input, AI-generated security reports increase workloads, and autonomous agent costs affect project efficiency Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0 0 Tell us how can we improve this post?…
Designer Diary – Nature: Climate – Redesigning a Classic
by Dominic Crapuchettes The Nature system currently has a BoardGameGeek rating of 8.6 – well beyond my wildest expectations! This designer diary tells the story of its most recent module, Nature: Climate. The first five modules introduced entirely new material,…
Course Platform Fees Compared: 14 Platforms to Sell a Course (+ Free Calculator)
We compared fees on Teachable, Kajabi, Stan, Udemy, WordPress LMS plugins, and more. Plug your own numbers into our free calculator to see the real cost! The post Course Platform Fees Compared: 14 Platforms to Sell a Course (+ Free…
Open Channels FM: Open Channels FM Heading to the Web Summit 2026 in Lisboa
Next month in November, I’ll (Bob) be attending the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. I have been to conferences in the past that have had attendance up to 15,000, but never one that has over 70,000 attendees. That’s a lot…
Matt: Board Agent
Automattic is always 5–15 years ahead of other companies, but things happen faster now. I predict other companies will start scrambling to add great writers to their boards, because, well, look at the headlines in AI. United’s board already has…
Novamira vs WPVibe vs MCP Adapter vs Easy MCP AI: Which One Fits Your Site?
Novamira vs WPVibe, plus the MCP Adapter and Easy MCP AI, compared: where each runs, what your AI can touch, real prices and caps, and which fits your site. The post Novamira vs WPVibe vs MCP Adapter vs Easy MCP…
Ares Games continues international distribution expansion through deal with Spanish publisher Draco Ideas
Ares Games has expanded its international distribution business again through a partnership with Spain’s Draco Ideas, bringing the English editions of its games to retailers. The deal covers games from the company’s two publishing arms, Draco Ideas and Eclipse Editorial,…
OpenStation Blog: What WordPress would have looked like in 1995
I’ve been wondering how far a theme can take OpenStation. Not just a wallpaper and a different color, but everything: windows, dock, menus, fonts, icons, layouts, etc. So I tried to make wp-admin look like two operating systems from a…
Asmodee scores big at Dutch game of the year awards as Take Time, Lord of the Rings trick-taking titles triumph
Asmodee has sealed a strong showing at this year’s Nederlandse Spellenprijs, with co-operative puzzle game Take Time and its Lord of the Rings-themed trick-taking games taking home two of the three prizes in the country’s longest-running board game awards. Take…
