Funforge, a French game boards studio and publisher, has partnered with Flat River Group for the exclusive distribution of its English-language games in the United States and Canada. This will significantly expand Funforge’s reach in the markets and help cover the studio’s commercial needs from end-to-end, as reported by ICv2. Determined to Strengthen North American Presence Funforge is a publisher with...

Board games enthusiasts have yet another reason to be hyped about - UK Games Expo (UKGE) has announced the Judges Choice Awards for 2023. As our readers may know, there were some amazing titles revealed in this year’s Awards Shortlist, and the winners' names now add up to the hype of the enormous board game event in June. Here...

Wizards of the Coast have had a pretty rough year so far, with fans turning on the company quickly due to the serious Magic: The Gathering-related Pinkertons scandal. Despite the furious backlash, however, the company hasn’t stopped pouring products and content every which way, so much so that fans began targeting parent company Hasbro with their displeasure. Obviously, tensions...

Combat Patrol boxes have been an exciting and fairly accessible way to get into the Warhammer 40,000 miniatures hobby. Designed to provide you with a good number of minis that you can build, paint, and slap on the table, the boxes have been an entry point for many Warhammer fans, including yours truly. One thing that has festered on people’s...

The 17th Annual Golden Geek Awards hosted by BoardGameGeek have finally reached their conclusion, with hundreds of hopefuls and dozens of winners. This year’s edition of the event distinguished a number of brilliant games across 13 game categories, and one category for best podcast and digital implementation of board game design each. The upshot is that Splendor Duel is once...

Star Wars Villainous, the Ravensburger game set in the popular Villainous game system, is getting a new expansion. The announcement celebrated May 4, the international day of Star Wars. The new extension of the base game will now introduce the Scum and Villainy expansion, the first for this particular series, that introduces the character of Boba Fett, the original Mandalorian in the franchise...

One of the best 4X board games of all time, Ascending Empires, is returning with Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition confirmed for release by WizKids in September 2023. The sci-fi-themed empire-building board game is one of the best in its genre and it will be coming with a revamped look and crispy freshness. Ascending Empires Introduces Solo Mode, New Rules, and More In Ascending...

The President of Underdog Games Studio Nick Bentley is out on a mission - to find out why exactly people dislike board games, or the hobby altogether. As a prominent game designer, this topic is of great interest to him and he has done quite a bit of research, gathering some very interesting data over the years. His main...

Hasbro and the Ageless Innovation have teamed up to introduce overhauled versions of popular games such as Trivial Pursuit, The Game of Life, and Scrabble and make them more accessible for the elderly. Although the last several years were difficult for some studios and developers, the pandemic made it abundantly clear that seniors were an underage demographic in the board...

Video games have been adapted into a number of board games recently, from Monster Hunter: Iceborne to Call of Duty, to Apex Legends, to Assassin’s Creed to frankly more games that we have the time to list here. Now, a new medium is crossing the veil with the tabletop hobby with the popular 1978 horror movie, Halloween, and its timeless...