Board Game News

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Below you’ll find news and announcements from the world of tabletop gaming as well as hyperlocal information from Nashville, the birthplace of Meeple Mountain.

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Ares Games expands distribution operation to offer titles from five other board game publishers in Europe

The War of the Ring publisher has added Europe to its distribution partnerships with Poland’s Galakta Games, Italy’s Tabula Games, Czech Republic-based Albi, and France’s Nuts! Publishing and Don’t Panic Games, for which it already has distribution deals in North America.

Board game publishers Stonemaier, CMYK and Eurydice Games on how they’re utilising – and paying to include – fan designs in their releases

Homebrew designs and fan-made rules and variants have been part of hobby board gaming for as long as the pastime has existed – and some publishers have leaned into utilising design work from fans in their published games. BoardGameWire spoke to Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games, Alex Hague from CMYK Games, and Jackson Pope from Eurydice Games about how they’ve approached bringing in fan-made ideas for their titles.

Root, Arcs publisher Leder Games scraps impending Take Kickstarter after game’s designer abruptly leaves studio

The surprise cancellation comes four months after the Root and Arcs publisher unveiled the crowdfunding campaign for Take, a risk management and negotiation game which sees players executing a series of heists.

Darkest Dungeon board game maker Mythic Games officially liquidated, fails to deliver on millions of dollars-worth of crowdfunding projects

The dramatic demise of the decade-old publisher comes after it raised more than $19m from board game crowdfunding campaigns in just five years – including in excess of $5.6m from over 28,000 backers for its most successful Kickstarter, Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game, in 2020.

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...