Board Game News

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High-IQ society Mensa reveals its top board games after annual four-day judging marathon

Alex Cutler and Peter C Hayward both saw two of their creations win the seal this year, including their co-design Critter Kitchen, Hayward’s Things in Rings and Cutler’s A Place for All My Books – which he co-created with Michael Mihealsick.

Arydia leads Golden Geek nominations with nods in six categories, Vantage and Fate of the Fellowship up for five each

Other titles picking up nominations across multiple categories included Eternal Decks, Star Trek: Captain’s Chair and Hot Streak, with four each, while Magical Athlete, Molly House, Luthier, Galactic Cruise, Corps of Discovery, The Old King’s Crown, Speakeasy and The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era all picked up three nods.

Lucky Duck cuts back on “resource intensive” localisation strategy, shifts focus to developing own titles

Lucky Duck has a big hitter of its own in the Chronicles of Crime series of games, which have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

GAMA president Nicole Brady loses re-election bid, VP Meredith Placko voted into role

Brady, who spent two years as president of GAMA, had been a key driver of a plan for the organisation to become the “epicentre” of global tabletop gaming, underpinned by the unveiling of its first-ever 10-year plan last October.

Tabletop Junkie aims to make it easier to buy, sell, and trade board games

February 8, 2026

Andy Matthews

How can modern web tech smooth out the rough patches in buying and selling used board games? UK based Tabletop Junkie has a plan. Read on for the...

Tilt 5: The Much-Anticipated Arrival of AR Glasses for Board Games

November 22, 2023

Guest Contributor

Tilt5 has designed a system that’s perfectly fused traditional board gameplay with 3D, stereoscopic visuals and ultra-realistic holograms. Here’s how...