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BoardGameWire @boardgamewire.bsky.social · May 22
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Should have tagged @officialpax.bsky.social in this - hope it’s an excellent con!
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The last big board game con of the year kicks off on Friday as Pax Unplugged returns. BoardGameWire rounds up the most interesting-looking panels for current and hopeful industry pros, from growing your evergreen title to getting your start as a tabletop artist:

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Visitors mill around an aircraft hanger-sized hall full of board game vendors. Pax Unplugged.
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Really wonderful to see such a high-profile and thoughtful reviewer as Dan continue to cover not just big board game hotness, but small indie and even unpublished games too - there’s huge treasure to be found out there, great to see someone in major board game media take the time to check them out
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:

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Head and upper body photo of a woman with long brown hair covering her shoulders. She wears blue-rimmed glasses and a teal-coloured v-necked t-shirt, and sits on concrete steps. Wyrmspan and Apiary board game designer Connie Vogelmann. Boards, cards and wooden components from the board game Wyrmspan on a light brown table. A hand is visible from the left of the image holding a single card, which features a cat-like dragon. Board game Wyrmspan by Connie Vogelmann.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The last big board game con of the year kicks off on Friday as Pax Unplugged returns. BoardGameWire rounds up the most interesting-looking panels for current and hopeful industry pros, from growing your evergreen title to getting your start as a tabletop artist:

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Visitors mill around an aircraft hanger-sized hall full of board game vendors. Pax Unplugged.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:

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Head and upper body photo of a woman with long brown hair covering her shoulders. She wears blue-rimmed glasses and a teal-coloured v-necked t-shirt, and sits on concrete steps. Wyrmspan and Apiary board game designer Connie Vogelmann. Boards, cards and wooden components from the board game Wyrmspan on a light brown table. A hand is visible from the left of the image holding a single card, which features a cat-like dragon. Board game Wyrmspan by Connie Vogelmann.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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lmao nearly every major tabletop platform or website hosts on Cloudflare, which is currently shitting the metaphorical bed.

Kickstarter, Backerkit, and Gamefound. But also itch, Roll20, DTRPG. Effectively the whole online RPG market is offline.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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We’re thrilled to share our Special Presentation; Indie Games Night Market Preview!
It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~

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See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at #PAXunplugged!

#boardgames #ignm
#cardgames #indiegames
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Tonight’s gaming - having a great time playing @plaidhatgames.bsky.social’s Summoner Wars with my 9-year old recently, looking forward to introducing it to @alexspencerdale.bsky.social - keen to get Compile by @justgravyllc.com out of shrink and onto the table too! And @perryjon.bsky.social’s banger
Three board game boxes - summoner wars at the back, Compile to the left and Air, Land & Sea to the right - on a wooden dining table
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I have been in Europe for almost a month and am now at DAU Barcelona for Devir's 25th anniversary. I have had the great good fortune to hang out with many board gamers and designers on this trip.

And I have heard from them over and over that they are scared to visit the US right now.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Kickstarter workers celebrate end to 42-day strike after securing four-day workweek, minimum salary, AI protections:

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36 zoom call windows in a 6x6 grid, with each person holding a fist up in solidarity. Members of the Kickstarter United union celebrate the end to their strike action.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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An attempt by financially-troubled board game publisher CMON to raise money by selling new shares has fallen through for the second time this year:

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The letters C, M, O and N in a yellow square on a purple background. Logo for board game publisher CMON.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Prolific board game designer Amabel Holland has won the second annual Bobby Nunes Memorial Award - recognising exceptional discussion of cultural issues in historical gaming - for her video essay on Kurt Vonnegut's long-lost board game:

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A woman with long brown hair, slightly curled and wavy at the ends, looks up at the viewer. She wears black-rimmed glasses and a blue dress, and is sitting in a red chair. Board game designer and video essay maker Amabel Holland.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Kickstarter workers celebrate end to 42-day strike after securing four-day workweek, minimum salary, AI protections:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
36 zoom call windows in a 6x6 grid, with each person holding a fist up in solidarity. Members of the Kickstarter United union celebrate the end to their strike action.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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An attempt by financially-troubled board game publisher CMON to raise money by selling new shares has fallen through for the second time this year:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The letters C, M, O and N in a yellow square on a purple background. Logo for board game publisher CMON.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Prolific board game designer Amabel Holland has won the second annual Bobby Nunes Memorial Award - recognising exceptional discussion of cultural issues in historical gaming - for her video essay on Kurt Vonnegut's long-lost board game:

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

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A woman with long brown hair, slightly curled and wavy at the ends, looks up at the viewer. She wears black-rimmed glasses and a blue dress, and is sitting in a red chair. Board game designer and video essay maker Amabel Holland.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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BoardGameGeek thread title of the day
Black text on a white background which reads Vampire Lords - Historical inaccuracies
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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BoardGameGeek thread title of the day
Black text on a white background which reads Vampire Lords - Historical inaccuracies
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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“We’re not giving up”: Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games lays off staff, citing rising costs, unstable US tariffs situation.

Read this and all the other latest board game news, including CMON's failed share sale, in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:

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The words Wise Wizard Games in the centre of the image. The GAMES is on a scroll. To the left are three futuristic looking space ships, and to the right are several red dragons. The W of Wise Wizard is very large and has a wizard's hat on top. A blue planet is visible as if from space in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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“We’re not giving up”: Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games lays off staff, citing rising costs, unstable US tariffs situation.

Read this and all the other latest board game news, including CMON's failed share sale, in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:

buttondown.com/boardgamewir...
The words Wise Wizard Games in the centre of the image. The GAMES is on a scroll. To the left are three futuristic looking space ships, and to the right are several red dragons. The W of Wise Wizard is very large and has a wizard's hat on top. A blue planet is visible as if from space in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This is a feed of designers bringing their games to Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged 2025 next week. Right now, it is chock full of folks cutting, printing, boxing, and otherwise willing their games to life.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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amabel.bsky.social
I run into this question a lot (but re: board games) and this advice doesn't work for everybody stuck at this stage, but: start and finish a small thing first, something with essentially no obstacles. One of my earliest board games was like this, which eventually was published as Northern Pacific. 🧵
capydiem.bsky.social Capy "Burnout Addict" Diem🔞 @capydiem.bsky.social · 7d
I'm incapable of comprehending how people make games.

All my Godot projects are just blank canvas I use to throw random shit at a wall and break things.

How do people start, develop, and finish things??
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 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
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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