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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High price complaints, sluggish start sees Steamforged slash Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of Gamefound launch

Steamforged CEO Rich Loxam told BoardGameWire the company had been surprised by the weight of feeling from potential backers over the $389 price of the all-in ‘Town Founder’ pledge level, which he acknowledged “placed it out of reach for many”.

Botanicus scores Italian game of the year award win, Castle Combo creator Grégory Grard named 2025 designer of the year

The win for Botanicus – the debut title from designers Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini – comes hot on the heels of the title taking home the Connoisseurs Game award at the Dutch language Nederlandse Spellenprijs.

Record-breaking Altered TCG needs another €2m to save latest expansion – despite having already raised over 10x its crowdfunding goal

The Seeds of Unity campaign has collected more than €535,000 from close to 2,000 backers since launching on Gamefound a week ago – and reached the €50,000 goal amount set by publisher Equinox less than nine minutes after the crowdfund went live.

Catan follows Netflix deal with Minnesota Timberwolves partnership

The partnership comes two weeks after Asmodee revealed Catan would be coming to Netflix in the form of both “scripted and unscripted projects”.

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...