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“Board games are about to get more expensive”: Arcane Wonders president Robert Geistlinger on tariffs, razor-thin margins and the math of…
Plus: Retailers step in to help Dutch publisher Splotter after US distributor GTS cancels ‘large order’ over tariff uncertainty
“Our ambition for 2025 is to be number one in tabletop”: Gamefound closes gap on Kickstarter again as crowdfunding giant’s 2024 dollars…
Plus: End looms for Mythic Games as company gives up trying to deliver $1.3m Monsterpocalypse Kickstarter, hands files over to IP holder Privateer Press
“It’s important to us that we find new CMON fans all the time”: CMON hires board game YouTube channel Man vs Meeple’s CEO to run its global…
Plus: “We cannot work without each other”: The White Castle’s husband and wife design duo Isra and Shei on creating as as team, design pitfalls, and…
Board game distribution major Alliance gets $39m buyout bid as owner Diamond Comics files for bankruptcy protection
Plus: Super Meeple to shake up distribution amid retailer “reluctance” to stock expert games
Rebellion defends Joyride over plagiarism claim as Powerboats designer presses for royalties
Plus: Ex-Elf Creek Games designer tries to save one of the floundering company’s Kickstarter projects, as publisher’s months-long silence continues
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…
“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
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