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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 14h
Italian board game creator Paolo Mori has picked up his second designer of the year prize in the space of five months thanks to Lucca Comics & Games – one of Europe’s biggest comics and tabletop gaming festivals: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Huge congrats @mropla.bsky.social !
Headshot photo of a man with short shaved dark hair and a short beard and moustache, smiling at the camera. He wears a green hoodie, and several shelves of board games are visible behind him. Italian board game designer Paolo Mori.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 14h
Italian board game creator Paolo Mori has picked up his second designer of the year prize in the space of five months thanks to Lucca Comics & Games – one of Europe’s biggest comics and tabletop gaming festivals: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Huge congrats @mropla.bsky.social !
Headshot photo of a man with short shaved dark hair and a short beard and moustache, smiling at the camera. He wears a green hoodie, and several shelves of board games are visible behind him. Italian board game designer Paolo Mori.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liz never fails to smash it with these podcasts - always a cracking listen. Congrats on hitting 250!
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bomb Busters designer Hisashi Hayashi has followed up last year’s Spiel des Jahres triumph with another significant award win, after Railway Boom was named the International Gamers Awards’ best multiplayer game for 2026: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A board game box cover, with a beautiful illustration of Mount Fuji in Japan, with fields and a town in the foreground and a steam train running along the bottom. Branches with cherry blossom are visible at the top of the box. Board game Railway Boom from Hisashi Hayashi and Simone Luciani, art by Ian O'Toole. The game won the 2026 International Gamers Award for best multiplayer game.A finger placed on a pink wooden circular board game piece, with other similar pieces next to it on a numbered track in cyan, white and blue. Other elements of the board which are visible include another numbered track resembling railway tracks, and some hexes representing different landscapes such as towns and countryside, with cyan-coloured wooden trains on. Railway Boom board game, designed by Hisashi Hayashi and developed by Simone Luciani. Winner of best multiplayer game at the 2026 International Gamers Awards.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukrainian board game studio Boardova has broken into US hobby distribution, four years after its launch by two volunteers who met while supporting refugees and Ukraine’s army in the wake of Russia’s invasion: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... (Hat tip @wargamer.com for excellent background info)
Three wooden board game meeples in purple, green and red, on a series of nine hexagonal tiles with illustrations of various terrain types, such as mountains and a river. The purple and red meeples resemble humans, while the much larger green meeple is a strange-looking humanoid with horns. Aridnyk board game from Ukrainian publisher Boardova.Two cards, one being showing the word Directive and lots of instructional writing underneath, the other in a deep red/brown with Directive and Ministry of Truth visible in white writing. Cards from the board game 1984: Unperson from Ukrainian publisher Boardova.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bomb Busters designer Hisashi Hayashi has followed up last year’s Spiel des Jahres triumph with another significant award win, after Railway Boom was named the International Gamers Awards’ best multiplayer game for 2026: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A board game box cover, with a beautiful illustration of Mount Fuji in Japan, with fields and a town in the foreground and a steam train running along the bottom. Branches with cherry blossom are visible at the top of the box. Board game Railway Boom from Hisashi Hayashi and Simone Luciani, art by Ian O'Toole. The game won the 2026 International Gamers Award for best multiplayer game.A finger placed on a pink wooden circular board game piece, with other similar pieces next to it on a numbered track in cyan, white and blue. Other elements of the board which are visible include another numbered track resembling railway tracks, and some hexes representing different landscapes such as towns and countryside, with cyan-coloured wooden trains on. Railway Boom board game, designed by Hisashi Hayashi and developed by Simone Luciani. Winner of best multiplayer game at the 2026 International Gamers Awards.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukrainian board game studio Boardova has broken into US hobby distribution, four years after its launch by two volunteers who met while supporting refugees and Ukraine’s army in the wake of Russia’s invasion: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... (Hat tip @wargamer.com for excellent background info)
Three wooden board game meeples in purple, green and red, on a series of nine hexagonal tiles with illustrations of various terrain types, such as mountains and a river. The purple and red meeples resemble humans, while the much larger green meeple is a strange-looking humanoid with horns. Aridnyk board game from Ukrainian publisher Boardova.Two cards, one being showing the word Directive and lots of instructional writing underneath, the other in a deep red/brown with Directive and Ministry of Truth visible in white writing. Cards from the board game 1984: Unperson from Ukrainian publisher Boardova.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“It is clear that Take Time won’t be a one-hit wonder”: Asmodee hit passes 325,000 copies less than a year after release – outstripping even the company’s high expectations which surrounded its record-breaking launch: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Players sit around a circular wooden table with a copy of Asmodee board game Take Time on. The green, blue and gold box is visible, as are several stacked pieces of golden brown cardboard. The players all have hands of cards.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's Friday! Which means it's time for everyone to once again scour the internet for board game news. No STOP I've already done it for you! The latest BoardGameWire newsletter is out now, packed with all the good stuff - and, as always, completely free: buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
Players sit around a circular wooden table with a copy of Asmodee board game Take Time on. The green, blue and gold box is visible, as are several stacked pieces of golden brown cardboard. The players all have hands of cards.The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.A man rest his elbow on a series of white shelves at the Pandasaurus booth at the Spiel Essen board game convention. Adverts for the board game The Wolves are visible in the background.Head and upper body photo of a woman sat at a square black table. She is smiling, and has short light brown hair swept to one side, and wears black-rimmed rounded glasses. She wears a warm-looking cream-coloured cardigan buttoned up, and is holding several playing cards with black and white backs. More cards are on the table in front of her, as is the game box. Jennifer Graham-Macht, the new lead at Chip Theory Games imprint Neon Knight.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“It is clear that Take Time won’t be a one-hit wonder”: Asmodee hit passes 325,000 copies less than a year after release – outstripping even the company’s high expectations which surrounded its record-breaking launch: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Players sit around a circular wooden table with a copy of Asmodee board game Take Time on. The green, blue and gold box is visible, as are several stacked pieces of golden brown cardboard. The players all have hands of cards.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's Friday! Which means it's time for everyone to once again scour the internet for board game news. No STOP I've already done it for you! The latest BoardGameWire newsletter is out now, packed with all the good stuff - and, as always, completely free: buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
Players sit around a circular wooden table with a copy of Asmodee board game Take Time on. The green, blue and gold box is visible, as are several stacked pieces of golden brown cardboard. The players all have hands of cards.The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.A man rest his elbow on a series of white shelves at the Pandasaurus booth at the Spiel Essen board game convention. Adverts for the board game The Wolves are visible in the background.Head and upper body photo of a woman sat at a square black table. She is smiling, and has short light brown hair swept to one side, and wears black-rimmed rounded glasses. She wears a warm-looking cream-coloured cardigan buttoned up, and is holding several playing cards with black and white backs. More cards are on the table in front of her, as is the game box. Jennifer Graham-Macht, the new lead at Chip Theory Games imprint Neon Knight.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has secured a $19m injection of new capital as it battles to turn around years of heavy losses and dwindling cash reserves - which had left it with just $368,000 in bank and cash balances at the start of August: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has secured a $19m injection of new capital as it battles to turn around years of heavy losses and dwindling cash reserves - which had left it with just $368,000 in bank and cash balances at the start of August: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pandasaurus Games has heavily downsized its Spiel Essen booth this year, after finding it can still sell similar numbers of its hit games through Asmodee arm EPN while slashing its overheads and logistical workload: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @pandasaurusgames.com
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pandasaurus Games has heavily downsized its Spiel Essen booth this year, after finding it can still sell similar numbers of its hit games through Asmodee arm EPN while slashing its overheads and logistical workload: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @pandasaurusgames.com
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I see Facebook/Meta is -still- at it, having banned ads for the Votes for Women board game for the same reasons more than two and a half years ago: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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Facebook bans ads for award-winning Votes for Women board game’s new Kickstarter, claims it is a “sensitive social issue” -
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women's suffrage in the US, stands to miss out on up to $60,000 of backing for its second print run after Facebook rep...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chip Theory Games has hired Keymaster Games veteran Jennifer Graham-Macht to lead its lighter-games imprint Neon Knight, after discovering that building the business means developing a new audience and rethinking some approaches behind its prior success: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and upper body photo of a woman sat at a square black table. She is smiling, and has short light brown hair swept to one side, and wears black-rimmed rounded glasses. She wears a warm-looking cream-coloured cardigan buttoned up, and is holding several playing cards with black and white backs. More cards are on the table in front of her, as is the game box. Jennifer Graham-Macht, the new lead at Chip Theory Games imprint Neon Knight.Logo for board game publisher Chip Theory Games. An orange circle, with a cut in it which a curved orange line runs through, leading to a small filled orange circle at one point on the larger circle's circumference. Below are the words Chip Theory Games, Theory in orange and the rest in black.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chip Theory Games has hired Keymaster Games veteran Jennifer Graham-Macht to lead its lighter-games imprint Neon Knight, after discovering that building the business means developing a new audience and rethinking some approaches behind its prior success: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and upper body photo of a woman sat at a square black table. She is smiling, and has short light brown hair swept to one side, and wears black-rimmed rounded glasses. She wears a warm-looking cream-coloured cardigan buttoned up, and is holding several playing cards with black and white backs. More cards are on the table in front of her, as is the game box. Jennifer Graham-Macht, the new lead at Chip Theory Games imprint Neon Knight.Logo for board game publisher Chip Theory Games. An orange circle, with a cut in it which a curved orange line runs through, leading to a small filled orange circle at one point on the larger circle's circumference. Below are the words Chip Theory Games, Theory in orange and the rest in black.
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Scott - Minerva 🦉 @minervatabletop.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Some Kickstarters deserve a dollar just because the name and description are cool as hell 😎 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON'S SPEEDWAY HELL: Dangerous Playtest Edition
It's a tabletop RPG where sinners race through Hell to win brief moments of peace. It's handled with tremendous silliness.
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Scott - Minerva 🦉 @minervatabletop.co.uk · 18/09/2026
This year was our 5th Playfest and if you’ll allow me some self-indulgence, I’d like to reflect. I honestly think that when I look back on my time in the games industry, that my work with Playfest and Playtest UK will be the thing I’m most proud of. 🎲✂️ #BoardGameDesign
A photo of me (Scott) from the back at our first Playfest in 2022.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After 20 years growing the UK Games Expo into one of the largest tabletop gaming conventions in the world, founders Richard Denning and Tony Hyams are preparing for their eventual exit by bringing in AireCon co-founder Mark Cooke as operations director: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and upper body photo of a man with short brown hair and a brown beard, wearing a light grey shirt. He sits in a room with open red brickwork visible and several framed pictures on the wall. Mark Cooke, the new operations director at UK Games Expo, the UK's biggest tabletop gaming convention.
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Orca, the Goblin Queen @orcadice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hot take, but if board game reviews put more effort into reviewing parts of the game related to graphic design and illustration rather than how cool the game designer is and their mechanics, we artists could raise our prices without fear of being told "nah, I'll just find someone else."
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Exploding Kittens studio boss Joeri Hoste sets sights on expanding namesake IP into “long-lasting evergreen brand”: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and shoulders photo of a man with short dark hair and a dark beard and moustache, smiling slightly at the camera. He is wearing tortoiseshell rimmed glasses, a black open-necked shirt and black suit jacket, and green plants and white buildings can be seen behind him. Joeri Hoste, the new head of studio at Asmodee arm Exploding Kittens.A red board game box, red rulebook and stack of red cards. All are branded with Exploding Kittens, with Kittens written in white and Exploding in red and yellow flames. The Exploding Kittens card game from Asmodee studio Exploding Kittens.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WE ARE FULLY FUNDED!!! 💯 This team of true indies are doing crowdfunding the *right* way as fans remember. No fake funding goals, and a game that truly will not exist without hitting our goal. ORGANISM is a labor of love. I couldn’t be more proud of the perseverance of this team!!
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After 20 years growing the UK Games Expo into one of the largest tabletop gaming conventions in the world, founders Richard Denning and Tony Hyams are preparing for their eventual exit by bringing in AireCon co-founder Mark Cooke as operations director: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and upper body photo of a man with short brown hair and a brown beard, wearing a light grey shirt. He sits in a room with open red brickwork visible and several framed pictures on the wall. Mark Cooke, the new operations director at UK Games Expo, the UK's biggest tabletop gaming convention.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Exploding Kittens studio boss Joeri Hoste sets sights on expanding namesake IP into “long-lasting evergreen brand”: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and shoulders photo of a man with short dark hair and a dark beard and moustache, smiling slightly at the camera. He is wearing tortoiseshell rimmed glasses, a black open-necked shirt and black suit jacket, and green plants and white buildings can be seen behind him. Joeri Hoste, the new head of studio at Asmodee arm Exploding Kittens.A red board game box, red rulebook and stack of red cards. All are branded with Exploding Kittens, with Kittens written in white and Exploding in red and yellow flames. The Exploding Kittens card game from Asmodee studio Exploding Kittens.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tabletop game design pioneer Steve Jackson has ended a 17-month return running his namesake games company, with new CEO Sabrina Gonzalez taking charge of a business with years of falling revenue - as well as a run of promising crowdfunding successes: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and shoulders photo of a man with thick dark but greying hair swept to one side, and a short white beard and moustache, wearing black rimmed glasses. He wears a grey polo shirt with a pyramid symbol in white on the left breast. a black outline pyramid with an eye at its centre is visible just off to the right. Tabletop game design pioneer Steve Jackson.Head and shoulders photo of a woman with long curly brown hair, smiling and wearing black framed glasses shaped like hearts. She wears a black t shirt with a queen of hears playing card on it, and a black blazer. Behind her on a beige wall is a black picture which says Munchkin Tavern 2013 on it, and features a cartoon of a red dragon with a foaming flagon of ale. Sabrina Gonzales, the new CEO of Munchkin publisher Steve Jackson Games.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ants beats designs including Galactic Cruise, Speakeasy to win Portugal’s heavyweight-focused Game of the Year award: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Front cover of the box for board game Ants, which shows an ant-eye view garden scene featuring tall grass stems, mushrooms and creatures including a spider. The logo for Portuguese board game prize Jogo do Ano is present to the right, a meeple coloured red on the left and green on the right, with a yellow circle with lines crossing it in the centre. The logo also include a white laurel wreath, and the words '2026 winner' underneath, Behind both is a plush red velvet curtain. Image celebrating Ants as the winner of this year's Jogo do Ano board game award. board game board, showing hexes of brown, light brown, greens and grey. Brightly coloured wooden cubes and discs are present on the board, which also shows illustrations of ants. Close up of the board from board game Ants, designed by Renato Ciervo and Andrea Robbiani and published by Cranio Creations.
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Bitewing Games @bitewinggames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And our second AMA is with @perryjon.bsky.social, mastermind behind Party House, Hot Streak, Air Land & Sea, Spots, and UFO 50! Check it out here: www.reddit.com/r/ufo50/comm...
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Bitewing Games @bitewinggames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today we have two big AMAs happening on Reddit RIGHT NOW. Come ask Peter C. Hayward and @hempuli.bsky.social about their mind-bending creation — Baba Is You: The Board Game here: www.reddit.com/r/BabaIsYou/...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tabletop game design pioneer Steve Jackson has ended a 17-month return running his namesake games company, with new CEO Sabrina Gonzalez taking charge of a business with years of falling revenue - as well as a run of promising crowdfunding successes: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Head and shoulders photo of a man with thick dark but greying hair swept to one side, and a short white beard and moustache, wearing black rimmed glasses. He wears a grey polo shirt with a pyramid symbol in white on the left breast. a black outline pyramid with an eye at its centre is visible just off to the right. Tabletop game design pioneer Steve Jackson.Head and shoulders photo of a woman with long curly brown hair, smiling and wearing black framed glasses shaped like hearts. She wears a black t shirt with a queen of hears playing card on it, and a black blazer. Behind her on a beige wall is a black picture which says Munchkin Tavern 2013 on it, and features a cartoon of a red dragon with a foaming flagon of ale. Sabrina Gonzales, the new CEO of Munchkin publisher Steve Jackson Games.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ants beats designs including Galactic Cruise, Speakeasy to win Portugal’s heavyweight-focused Game of the Year award: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Front cover of the box for board game Ants, which shows an ant-eye view garden scene featuring tall grass stems, mushrooms and creatures including a spider. The logo for Portuguese board game prize Jogo do Ano is present to the right, a meeple coloured red on the left and green on the right, with a yellow circle with lines crossing it in the centre. The logo also include a white laurel wreath, and the words '2026 winner' underneath, Behind both is a plush red velvet curtain. Image celebrating Ants as the winner of this year's Jogo do Ano board game award. board game board, showing hexes of brown, light brown, greens and grey. Brightly coloured wooden cubes and discs are present on the board, which also shows illustrations of ants. Close up of the board from board game Ants, designed by Renato Ciervo and Andrea Robbiani and published by Cranio Creations.
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Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.com · 15/09/2026
Come ask Paul Dennen Designer of Clank! and Dune: Imperium questions now on Reddit! www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...
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From the boardgames community on Reddit: I’m Paul Dennen, creator of Clank! and Dune Imperium AMA! Plus giveaways!
Explore this post and more from the boardgames community
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Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do you like when games look real nice? I’ve got a starter pack for that. go.bsky.app/AcBC6R8
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Scott - Minerva 🦉 @minervatabletop.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Playtesters are the most important part of any playtesting event. I run weekly playtesting sessions which are almost exclusively attended by designers, so Playfest London is a fantastic opportunity for games to be tested by members of the public. But how do we encourage it? We make everything free.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
All right, here's the first call out. Within hours of me publishing an incredibly in-depth piece on CMON's finances, which covers a multitude of stock exchange filings from across several weeks, this article appeared on @tabletopgamingnews.bsky.social: www.tabletopgamingnews.com/cmon-is-suff...
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CMON Faces Make-or-Break Moment as It Warns of "Prolonged Structural Downturn" - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
CMON has issued a stark warning about its future, telling investors its core business is stuck in a "prolonged structural downturn" and still burning through
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
All right, here's the first call out. Within hours of me publishing an incredibly in-depth piece on CMON's finances, which covers a multitude of stock exchange filings from across several weeks, this article appeared on @tabletopgamingnews.bsky.social: www.tabletopgamingnews.com/cmon-is-suff...
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CMON Faces Make-or-Break Moment as It Warns of "Prolonged Structural Downturn" - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
CMON has issued a stark warning about its future, telling investors its core business is stuck in a "prolonged structural downturn" and still burning through
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're keen to get your board game news straight from the horse's mouth, rather than read my work cut and pasted and reproduced without credit elsewhere, the BoardGameWire newsletter is a great place to start. Always free, new edition just sent to subscribers! buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you for all the likes and reposts of this, it’s very heartening ❤️
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're keen to get your board game news straight from the horse's mouth, rather than read my work cut and pasted and reproduced without credit elsewhere, the BoardGameWire newsletter is a great place to start. Always free, new edition just sent to subscribers! buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's become hugely dispiriting how frequently I'm having to contact other tabletop news sites asking that they -please- cite BoardGameWire as the source of the story they've just directly lifted, slightly reworded or run through ChatGPT before slapping it on their site without attribution.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CMON warns of 'prolonged structural downturn' in core business despite drastic restructuring, as it seeks up to $17.5m from investors: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.
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Bitewing Games @bitewinggames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Learn more about Bitewing's strategic plunge into video game inspired board games in this @boardgamewire.bsky.social interview! boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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After making its name with Knizia, Bitewing Games is looking to video games for its next big hits -
After building its reputation through a five-year, 16-game partnership with Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games is looking to videogames for its next big opportunities. Co-founder Nick Murray tells BoardGam...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CMON warns of 'prolonged structural downturn' in core business despite drastic restructuring, as it seeks up to $17.5m from investors: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The letters C, M, O and N in yellow on a purple background. Logo for the board game publisher CMON.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From 1968 Chicago protests to queer life in Georgian London: Summit Award continues to celebrate designs that broaden historical gaming: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @sdhistcon.bsky.social @colewehrle.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social @yoyoni.bsky.social
Logo featuring an illustration of a three-peaked mountain in white, light blue and black, with a large yellow circle representing the sun appearing from behind it. Inside the sun is the logo for SD Hist Con, around the sun is written 'Broadening Historical Gaming', and below is written Summit Award. Logo for the Summit Award for historical board games which have attracted new players or introduced new subjects or perspectives to the hobby.Red and blue cubes on a game board representing the city of Chicago, in green and beige and blue/grey. Board and components from the board game Chicago '68, designed by Yoni Goldstein.Game board, yellow and white components and four cards from the board game Onoda. The game board is a map of a green island with blue water surrounding it. The yello components are triangles with a black exclamation mark, and the white components a Japanese soldier from WW2 and what looks to be a sword in a rock. Components from the Onoda board game, designed by Francisco Gradaille.The words Molly HOuse in elaborate pink script, on a darker pink background which on inspection is a line drawn scene of polite society below, and a masked ball above. Box cover for the board game Molly House, designed by Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
With ORGANISM dropping on KS this coming Tuesday, @prismofeverything.bsky.social wrote a designer diary on the game’s concept and creation! I’m so proud I got to be a developer on this game and work with Ryan for many precious years during covid lockdowns I know it’s going to be so well loved!!✨
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Designer Diary: ORGANISM | Organism
ORGANISM is a game that has been brewing my whole life. Since before I was born really, and in a real way, since the beginning of time (!) Let me tell you a story. It all started with a question: wh...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From 1968 Chicago protests to queer life in Georgian London: Summit Award continues to celebrate designs that broaden historical gaming: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @sdhistcon.bsky.social @colewehrle.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social @yoyoni.bsky.social
Logo featuring an illustration of a three-peaked mountain in white, light blue and black, with a large yellow circle representing the sun appearing from behind it. Inside the sun is the logo for SD Hist Con, around the sun is written 'Broadening Historical Gaming', and below is written Summit Award. Logo for the Summit Award for historical board games which have attracted new players or introduced new subjects or perspectives to the hobby.Red and blue cubes on a game board representing the city of Chicago, in green and beige and blue/grey. Board and components from the board game Chicago '68, designed by Yoni Goldstein.Game board, yellow and white components and four cards from the board game Onoda. The game board is a map of a green island with blue water surrounding it. The yello components are triangles with a black exclamation mark, and the white components a Japanese soldier from WW2 and what looks to be a sword in a rock. Components from the Onoda board game, designed by Francisco Gradaille.The words Molly HOuse in elaborate pink script, on a darker pink background which on inspection is a line drawn scene of polite society below, and a masked ball above. Box cover for the board game Molly House, designed by Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Catan is continuing to push into professional sport in a bid to reach new players, with Catan Studio adding a season-long partnership with NHL team the Ottawa Senators and Kosmos recruiting German handball star Juri Knorr as a brand ambassador: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A red hexagon on a background representing a sunrise, with the word CATAN in yellow inside the hexagon. At the top is the logo of the Ottawa Senators NHL team, a roman soldier with a large red-crested helmet looking to the right. At the base of the hexagon is the logo for board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee - the word asmodee in white with a thick black shadow, in which is written Inspired by Players. Branding for the team up between Catan and the Ottawa Senators NHL team.Head and shoulders image of a man looking at the camera. He has long light brown hair swept back and tied behind his head, and is wearing a white top with thin red vertical lines. A puma logo is present in the middle of the top, and to the right is an illustration of a black heraldic eagle on a yellow shield. Juri Knorr, handball player for the Germany team. Photo credit: Steffen Prößdorf
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three-year-old Dutch board game publisher DSV Games has continued its rapid rise by securing three nominations in the 2026 Dutch game of the year awards, a year after picking up its first win in the contest: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Ten board game boxes - visible titles include River of Gold, Take Time, Castle Combo and Dewan. Nominees for this year's Nederlandse Spellenprijs, the Dutch board game of the year award.
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Catan is continuing to push into professional sport in a bid to reach new players, with Catan Studio adding a season-long partnership with NHL team the Ottawa Senators and Kosmos recruiting German handball star Juri Knorr as a brand ambassador: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A red hexagon on a background representing a sunrise, with the word CATAN in yellow inside the hexagon. At the top is the logo of the Ottawa Senators NHL team, a roman soldier with a large red-crested helmet looking to the right. At the base of the hexagon is the logo for board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee - the word asmodee in white with a thick black shadow, in which is written Inspired by Players. Branding for the team up between Catan and the Ottawa Senators NHL team.Head and shoulders image of a man looking at the camera. He has long light brown hair swept back and tied behind his head, and is wearing a white top with thin red vertical lines. A puma logo is present in the middle of the top, and to the right is an illustration of a black heraldic eagle on a yellow shield. Juri Knorr, handball player for the Germany team. Photo credit: Steffen Prößdorf
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