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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Upper Deck brings new claim against Ravensburger in Disney Lorcana lawsuit after losing all its existing claims against publisher, trial of designer Ryan Miller to start next month

Trading card company Upper Deck has brought a fresh legal claim against Disney Lorcana publisher Ravensburger accusing it of stealing trade secrets, days after a court rejected all its prior claims against the publisher contending the game’s design was stolen from it.

CMON sells global headquarters after suffering $12m H1 revenue slump, charges some pre-order customers extra to cover tariffs

Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has sold its global headquarters as part of a fightback against heavy losses – and is charging some pre-order customers extra to cover tariff costs it says it “cannot absorb given our current financial position”.

“The board game sector is fragile, especially at the moment”: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice publisher Triton Noir closes down after failure of last crowdfunding campaign

Triton Noir, the Canadian board game publisher which found Kickstarter success with its tabletop adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed video game series, has closed down almost a year after scrapping its fifth and final crowdfunding campaign.

GAMA’s executive director is leaving after a ‘transformative’ seven-year tenure – just as the organisation puts its first-ever 10-year plan into operation

Hobby games trade organisation GAMA is losing executive director John Stacy next month after what it described as seven “transformative” years – and just three weeks after it unveiled ambitious plans to become the “epicenter” of the global tabletop gaming industry.

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...