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This year’s SPIEL tabletop gaming convention will take place in its customary venue in Essen, Germany, and will not require proof of vaccination against COVID-19. This welcome news was announced via a newsletter, but there is still a small caveat - masks will be required. Medical-grade face masks (which must cover the nose and mouth) will still be mandatory....

German board game designer Christwart Conrad brings us “Pearladöra” – a pearl collection board game. His name should sound familiar, as he is the designer of the popular “Carcassonne” board game and its numerous expansions. “Pearladöra” is actually a new theme and an updated version of one of Christwart’s older games – “Armadöra”. The game will be published by...

Meeple Pug, an indie board game studio, brings us “Age of Inventors” – their debut board game, set the time of innovation – the second half of the 19th century. The game’s designers - Aiollus, Iskios (Vasileios Tsirkinidis) and VantoN – are all from Greece, and have worked together (more specifically VantoN and Aiollus) on “U.S.S. Freedom”.“Age of Inventors”...

“Barbarian Kingdoms” is the debut board game of the indie French studio Jester. The game will be designed by Christophe Lebrun, who is also the head of the studio. The game’s artwork is done by lead artists Aurélie Lebrun du Puytison, Nasos Maloudis, and Sergey Shikin, all of which are relatively new to the hobby by the look of...

Steamforged Games, the company behind “Dark Souls: The Board Game”, has announced that the game will be getting two new standalone expansions starring two of the most popular boss characters. Steamforged has experience when it comes to adapting popular video games into tabletop games. Other than Dark Souls: The Board Game, the company has also developed “Monster Hunter World: The...

“Homeworld”, the classic real-time strategy franchise, will be getting its own tabletop adaptation. Modiphius Entertainment promises a new board game with more than 100 miniatures. The company has worked on major adaptations from PC-to-board game titles, like “Fallout: Wasteland Warfare”, “The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms” among many other beloved and successful titles. Modiphius has also worked for the...

One of the most successful and critically acclaimed board games, “Catan” (also known as “The Settlers of Catan” or simply “Settlers”), is set to become a digital board game in early 2023 under the name “Catan — Tilt Five AR”. The game will come in “holographic 3D”, and will use the AR gaming headset Tilt Five. Tilt Five is the...

Ebay will be acquiring TCGplayer, one of the biggest marketplaces for trading cards. The sum of the deal is listed at $295 million, a substantial price tag. This move marks eBay’s latest push into the trading card game market space. This should come as no surprise, as trading card games experienced a huge upsurge during the height of the pandemic,...

The upcoming board game “Enola Holmes: Finder of Lost Souls” is set for release in November! The game is developed by major board game publisher Gale Force Nine. The studio is behind many board games based on successful movies, TV titles and books - “Dungeons and Dragons”, “Dune”, “Star Trek”, “Doctor Who” and “Aliens” just to name a few....

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a prosperous medieval trade lord? Look no further than River Horse’s newest board game - “Noli”. River Horse is the studio perhaps best known for the “Terminator” board games – “Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance”, “Terminator: Dark Fate – The Card Game”, and “Terminator Genisys: The Miniatures Game...