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Africa’s longest-running board game convention eyes grants for local designers as part of 10th anniversary crowdfund

The November 27 and 28 event in Abuja will include prototype playtesting, workshops, industry discussions, networking and a marketplace alongside its consumer-facing game demonstrations and tournaments, according to organiser NIBCARD Games.

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Asmodee UK more than doubles annual operating profit to £34m as TCG boom powers growth

The profit surge for Esdevium Games – which officially re-registered as Asmodee UK Limited last month – came on the back of an almost 60% rise in turnover to £224m according to its latest annual accounts.

Thumbnail for “We’ve been ready for this step!”: Allplay’s Joe Wiggins on its striking push into heavier games, bigger productions and new audiences

“We’ve been ready for this step!”: Allplay’s Joe Wiggins on its striking push into heavier games, bigger productions and new audiences

Allplay is making its biggest strategic shift since its predecessor Boardgametables.com entered publishing in 2018 – launching a trio of new product lines aimed at markets well beyond the accessible, smaller-box strategy games that have defined it to date.

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Gen Con hires The Dice Tower’s Camilla Cleghorn as head of events as show looks to scale beyond record attendance

The hire puts a familiar face from board game media in charge of planning and delivering one of the tabletop industry’s largest event programmes.

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