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Hot Streak, Magical Athlete race to wins in this year’s American Tabletop Awards

This year’s Strategy Games prize went to Matt Leacock’s pandemic spinoff The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, while the Complex Games title went to Jo Kelly’s and Cole Wehrle’s design Molly House.

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Fantasy Flight calls time on Descent: Legends of the Dark, saying rising costs mean it was selling at a loss

FFG 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.”

Thumbnail for Asmodee co-founder Philippe Mouret, veteran Catan Studio head Pete Fenlon step back; Julia Marcelin to head up five studios

Asmodee co-founder Philippe Mouret, veteran Catan Studio head Pete Fenlon step back; Julia Marcelin to head up five studios

Julia 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.

Thumbnail for Fentasy Games looks to help complex game publishers avoid ‘strangulation’ of trad distribution with P500-style platform launch

Fentasy Games looks to help complex game publishers avoid ‘strangulation’ of trad distribution with P500-style platform launch

Gigot 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.

News courtesy of BoardGameWire.com. Plugin developed by Meeple Mountain.

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