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Hat-wearing animal game Petiquette wins latest Golden Box Awards, voted on by members of Japan’s board game industry

The Oink Games-published design fought off competition from 2025 winner Isao Mukai, who was nominated for Banana Governance – a card-based drafting and bidding game which sees players attempt to satisfy the needs of hungry monkeys better than their opponents.

French publisher Don’t Panic Games to bring more titles to North America, launches US office

Emma Recher, who will head up a three-person team at Don’t Panic’s new US office in California, told BoardGameWire, “Several recent titles have reinforced our confidence in expanding more directly into the US market. “

More than half of board game designers in TTGDA survey have used generative AI in their work

About a quarter of the 171 designers who answered the TTGDA survey said they had used a genAI platform to come up with game ideas or mechanisms – while more than half indicated they were ‘strongly opposed’ to using AI in that way.

GAMA unveils board of directors election winners, current president and secretary re-elected to board

President Nicole Brady, who runs review site SAHM Reviews, was re-elected to the board by GAMA’s media and events member group, while treasurer Tiffany Reid from Southern Hobby Distribution won re-election from the wholesale group.

Tabletop Junkie aims to make it easier to buy, sell, and trade board games

February 8, 2026

Andy Matthews

How can modern web tech smooth out the rough patches in buying and selling used board games? UK based Tabletop Junkie has a plan. Read on for the...

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...