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Red Castle Games owner Matthew Mičetić told BoardGameWire expanding scope to welcome young people, families and casual gamers was one of the biggest opportunities for game stores today.
Asmodee expects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for social games of between 4% and 8% between 2025 and 2030, compared to about 4% for the wider board games market.
The award aims to celebrates “everything that’s the best about gaming”, with previous winners across the award’s 26-year run having included Blood Rage designer Eric Lang, Nigerian games industry publisher and evangelist NIBCARD, and the entire ‘actual play’ movement of people livestreaming and podcasting roleplaying games.
Hello readers! Mike Didymus-True here, the editor of BoardGameWire. I wanted to post a quick message to apologise for an upcoming week or two-long quiet patch for the site – I’m being unexpectedly admitted for surgery tomorrow, and will likely be out of action for at least 7 to 14 days while I recover.
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