Board Game News

Tabletop industry veteran Ryan Dancey loses Alderac COO job after saying AI can generate game ideas as good as some of his company’s designs

Dancey told BoardGameWire, “This tide is, in my opinion, only running one way, and AEG is going to have to fight hard to hold it’s [sic] position.”

Asmodee unveils Ticket to Ride Netflix deal in ongoing push to get its best-selling games onto the big screen

Asmodee said a feature film based on Ticket to Ride is already in development, written by Ben Mekler and Chris Amick – the Kung Fu Panda animated series writers who previously prepared a movie pitch for Leder Games’ breakout title Root.

Kosmos takes full ownership of distribution arm Thames & Kosmos UK amid retirement of latter’s founding directors

Kosmos managing director Matthias Kienzle said, “With the new ownership structure and the newly formed management team, we aim to further scale and continuously expand our international sales activities.”

CMON valued at more than $7.5m through successful share sale, will put bulk of proceeds towards game development

The much-needed capital raise is the latest move by CMON as it continues its attempt to recover from massive losses racked up over the past two years.