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BoardGameWire @boardgamewire.bsky.social · May 22
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Ravensburger pushes for Upper Deck to pay $3.8m legal fees it racked up defeating ‘groundless but unrelenting’ Disney Lorcana lawsuit:

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Mickey mouse wears a red and brown pointy hat and carries a very large pair of scissors. To his left is Elsa looking at the viewer and conjuring a snowflake, while to the right Maleficent looks at Mickey askance. Below them all are the words Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game, with Ravensburger's logo in the bottom right (the company name in white on a blue background).
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I'm going to be at Pax Unplugged later this month! If you have a project you want to set up an interview for, or a tip you want to share, please reach out so we can get something on my schedule
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Veteran German board game publisher Amigo Spiele has restructured its top leadership for the second time since the start of last year, after long-serving executive Joachim Ulbrich revealed he will retire at the end of 2025:

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Upper body photo of three people smiling at the camera, with trees and grass visible behind them. A woman in a white shirt folds her arms in the centre, flanked by two men wearing light coloured shirts and dark suits. The man on the left has short wave grey hair, a short grey bear and glasses, while the man on the right is taller, has a bald head and longer grey beard. The woman has brown hair which falls down to below her shoulders. Amigo Spiele's new managing director team of Alexander Jost, Alexandra von Reeken and Cristiano Scibetta. An older man with short white hair and a white moustache and soul patch smiles at the camera in this headshot image. He wears a pale blue shirt open at the neck, and there is a brighter light blue background behind. Amigo Spiele managing director Joachim Ulbrich.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Ravensburger pushes for Upper Deck to pay $3.8m legal fees it racked up defeating ‘groundless but unrelenting’ Disney Lorcana lawsuit:

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Mickey mouse wears a red and brown pointy hat and carries a very large pair of scissors. To his left is Elsa looking at the viewer and conjuring a snowflake, while to the right Maleficent looks at Mickey askance. Below them all are the words Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game, with Ravensburger's logo in the bottom right (the company name in white on a blue background).
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
boardgamewire.bsky.social
Veteran German board game publisher Amigo Spiele has restructured its top leadership for the second time since the start of last year, after long-serving executive Joachim Ulbrich revealed he will retire at the end of 2025:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Upper body photo of three people smiling at the camera, with trees and grass visible behind them. A woman in a white shirt folds her arms in the centre, flanked by two men wearing light coloured shirts and dark suits. The man on the left has short wave grey hair, a short grey bear and glasses, while the man on the right is taller, has a bald head and longer grey beard. The woman has brown hair which falls down to below her shoulders. Amigo Spiele's new managing director team of Alexander Jost, Alexandra von Reeken and Cristiano Scibetta. An older man with short white hair and a white moustache and soul patch smiles at the camera in this headshot image. He wears a pale blue shirt open at the neck, and there is a brighter light blue background behind. Amigo Spiele managing director Joachim Ulbrich.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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lunarpunk.games
The Midnight Market is live.

The night is for indie games. 🌖
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November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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PODCAST: Mike Didymus-True from @boardgamewire.bsky.social joined the crew to discuss Spiel Essen, troubled crowdfunding campaigns, and the Timberwolves' licensed partnership with Catan.
Crunch's Catan Activations
A sheep on the board, but a wolf on the court.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I moderated a panel discussion on how to approach board game publishers. Perhaps you want to listen omit afterwards? 🎲✂️

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SAGA Session - Panel: Approaching Publishers
YouTube video by Swedish Annual Game-design Awards
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November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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"Just make it in America!"

Druid City's James Hudson explains why making board games in the U.S. is just not feasible.

www.goinganalogshow.com/article/310/... @druidcitygames.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Nice, this sounds very cool! Always great to see what Matthew and Rory at Postmark come up with:
rorymuldoon.bsky.social Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 4d
Let’s go!

Very excited to share this with folks. If you like the idea of a duelling game like Magic or Flesh and Blood, but played with a standard poker deck, then I implore you to hit that get notified button.
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FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month.

Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Loxam discussed how recent high-profile financial issues at big-names in crowdfunding had affected backer confidence, and that the largest players in the space had "set expectations that can be difficult for mid-sized publishers to meet":
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High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:

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A board game box which says Terra Mystica Special Edition in gold, on top of a scene of mountains, water and greenery. To the right are green and yellow wooden components in the shape of buildings and people. Head and shoulders photo of a man with short brown hair and a beard looks at the camera. He is wearing a black t shirt with an orange lanyard. Rich Loxam, CEO of Steamforged Games.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Loxam discussed how recent high-profile financial issues at big-names in crowdfunding had affected backer confidence, and that the largest players in the space had "set expectations that can be difficult for mid-sized publishers to meet":
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High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:

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A board game box which says Terra Mystica Special Edition in gold, on top of a scene of mountains, water and greenery. To the right are green and yellow wooden components in the shape of buildings and people. Head and shoulders photo of a man with short brown hair and a beard looks at the camera. He is wearing a black t shirt with an orange lanyard. Rich Loxam, CEO of Steamforged Games.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A board game box which says Terra Mystica Special Edition in gold, on top of a scene of mountains, water and greenery. To the right are green and yellow wooden components in the shape of buildings and people. Head and shoulders photo of a man with short brown hair and a beard looks at the camera. He is wearing a black t shirt with an orange lanyard. Rich Loxam, CEO of Steamforged Games.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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High price complaints and a sluggish start have led Steamforged Games to slash the Terra Mystica special edition all-in price by over $100 within hours of its Gamefound launch. BoardGameWire spoke to company CEO Rich Loxam about current challenges in crowdfunding:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A board game box which says Terra Mystica Special Edition in gold, on top of a scene of mountains, water and greenery. To the right are green and yellow wooden components in the shape of buildings and people. Head and shoulders photo of a man with short brown hair and a beard looks at the camera. He is wearing a black t shirt with an orange lanyard. Rich Loxam, CEO of Steamforged Games.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Botanicus scores Italian game of the year award win a month after scooping a Nederlandse Spellenprijs, Castle Combo creator Grégory Grard named 2025 designer of the year:

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Red, yellow, blue and green-coloured wooden components such as people, frogs and squirrels on top of a board representing the site of a botanical garden. Cards and other cardboard chits and components are also visible. The board game Botanicus. A bearded man with short, spiky brown hair looks directly into the camera. He wears a black hoodie with a meeple logo on one breast, and a white t-shirt underneath. Blurred foliage and pink flowers are visible behind. Board game designer Gregory Grard.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Botanicus scores Italian game of the year award win a month after scooping a Nederlandse Spellenprijs, Castle Combo creator Grégory Grard named 2025 designer of the year:

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Red, yellow, blue and green-coloured wooden components such as people, frogs and squirrels on top of a board representing the site of a botanical garden. Cards and other cardboard chits and components are also visible. The board game Botanicus. A bearded man with short, spiky brown hair looks directly into the camera. He wears a black hoodie with a meeple logo on one breast, and a white t-shirt underneath. Blurred foliage and pink flowers are visible behind. Board game designer Gregory Grard.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts.

There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The latest team-up comes two weeks after Asmodee revealed Catan would be coming to Netflix in the form of both “scripted and unscripted projects”:
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Asmodee has unveiled its second surprise partnership for flagship title Catan in as many weeks, this time teaming up with a major professional sports franchise for the first time in the form of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves:

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A white logo of a howling wolf on a blue background, a green letter x and the word CATAN in white. A person wearing a wolf mascot costume sits at a table in the middle of a basketball court. Multiple copies of the board game Catan are stacked on either side of the table, and a copy of the game is set up before the wolf. A toy sheep sits on a chair to the left, and a stack of logs has been placed on a chair to the right. The words 'WOOD FOR SHEEP' have been crossed out at the top of this image, replaced by 'TIMBER FOR WOLVES'. Below is a timber card from the board game Catan, and a card styled on that but instead featuring a howling wolf.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Altered, the trading card game which broke Kickstarter records with its €6.2m debut crowdfund two years ago, is running almost €2m short of the amount needed for its latest expansion - despite having raised more than 10x its crowdfunding goal from backers:

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A robed figure in white and blue faces away from the viewer as they enter a brightly coloured city. A wizard like character to the left and person with two extra mechanical arms to the right welcome them. Visible too are the words Altered in silver at the top, and SEEDS OF UNITY in gold at the bottom.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Asmodee has unveiled its second surprise partnership for flagship title Catan in as many weeks, this time teaming up with a major professional sports franchise for the first time in the form of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves:

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@hovdestad.ca @catan.com
A white logo of a howling wolf on a blue background, a green letter x and the word CATAN in white. A person wearing a wolf mascot costume sits at a table in the middle of a basketball court. Multiple copies of the board game Catan are stacked on either side of the table, and a copy of the game is set up before the wolf. A toy sheep sits on a chair to the left, and a stack of logs has been placed on a chair to the right. The words 'WOOD FOR SHEEP' have been crossed out at the top of this image, replaced by 'TIMBER FOR WOLVES'. Below is a timber card from the board game Catan, and a card styled on that but instead featuring a howling wolf.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Altered, the trading card game which broke Kickstarter records with its €6.2m debut crowdfund two years ago, is running almost €2m short of the amount needed for its latest expansion - despite having raised more than 10x its crowdfunding goal from backers:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A robed figure in white and blue faces away from the viewer as they enter a brightly coloured city. A wizard like character to the left and person with two extra mechanical arms to the right welcome them. Visible too are the words Altered in silver at the top, and SEEDS OF UNITY in gold at the bottom.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
boardgamewire.bsky.social
Asmodee has unveiled its second surprise partnership for flagship title Catan in as many weeks, this time teaming up with a major professional sports franchise for the first time in the form of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

@hovdestad.ca @catan.com
A white logo of a howling wolf on a blue background, a green letter x and the word CATAN in white. A person wearing a wolf mascot costume sits at a table in the middle of a basketball court. Multiple copies of the board game Catan are stacked on either side of the table, and a copy of the game is set up before the wolf. A toy sheep sits on a chair to the left, and a stack of logs has been placed on a chair to the right. The words 'WOOD FOR SHEEP' have been crossed out at the top of this image, replaced by 'TIMBER FOR WOLVES'. Below is a timber card from the board game Catan, and a card styled on that but instead featuring a howling wolf.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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moregamesplease.com
Board games are art. ETERNAL DECKS combines the ancient with the modern through design. It's a stunner; it's also a heck of a game. See for yourself.

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Eternal Decks Board Game Art - Merging Ancient and Modern - Interview with Mujunsha Inc (Issue #78) — More Games Please
See the incredible artwork of the Eternal Decks board game, and discover how Mujunsha Inc crafted the illustrations and graphic design to incorporate ideas both ancient and modern.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Had a delightful chat with @colewehrle.bsky.social recently about the practical and artistic aspects of board game design, and the meaning it creates.

There were so many thoughtful threads of conversation to follow that I had to split the interview into two parts. www.wargamer.com/board-games/...
Modern board game maestro Cole Wehrle on getting mad, metaphor in game design, and future projects that are "Big with a capital B"
For Cole Wehrle, the designer behind Arcs, Root, and John Company, "games are not just their pieces" - they are an ongoing conversation.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The world’s biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, secured a record-breaking 220,000 attendance this year after expanding into a seventh massive hall – while the decision to scrap 4-day passes secured a hefty boost to visitor numbers on its often quieter final day:

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A woman in red clothes with horns on a large yellow poster at the main door of the Spiel Essen 2025 board game fair Crowds of people flock around stalls in this aerial view of Hall 6 of the 2025 Spiel Essen board game fair A person dressed in a yellow, purple and white cat mascot costume with cheering people behind. Meeps, the mascot for the Spiel Essen board game fair. Two adults and two children play a game of the Heat: Pedal to the Metal board game on a specially designed racing car table at the 2025 Spiel Essen board game fair.
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM