In den BRETTSPIELBOX News 31/2026 findet ihr die folgenden Nachrichten: Hier sind die Brettspiel News. Guten Start in die Woche. Folgende Neuheiten sind auf dem Weg bzw. angekündigt: Caribe erscheint bei Pythagoras: Auf den Kleinen Antillen leiten wir im 19. Jahrhundert eine wissenschaftliche Expedition. Ziel ist es, die Landschaften, Tiere und geologischen Besonderheiten der karibischen […]
Angekündigt: Neu: Updates: ANGEKÜNDIGT In der kommenden Woche im Crowdfunding: Es sind einige wenige Projekte angekündigt. Hier der Überblick über die kommende Woche und den verschiedenen Plattformen und die „wichtigsten“ Projekte: Girasoles (=Sonnenblumen) Girasoles von Colorido Juegos ist ein Legespiel, in dem wir ein eigenes Sonnenblumenfeld gestalten. Dafür nehmen wir Plättchen aus einer gemeinsamen Auslage […]
Strategische Überlegungen und spannende Entscheidungen kennzeichnen gute Strategiespiele und davon gibt es auch für Familien einige. Im Folgenden liste ich 10 Strategiespiele-Neuheiten 2026 für Familien auf, die eine leichten Einstieg bieten, aber dennoch strategisch interessant sind. 10 Strategiespiele-Neuheiten 2026 für Familien Die folgenden Einsteiger-Strategiespiele für Familien sind vor allem zugänglich und relativ schnell gespielt. Sie […]
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French board game distributor and publisher Atalia has entered compulsory liquidation, saying an increasingly saturated market, the limited capacity of retailers and the loss of distribution rights to bestselling titles left the business unable to remain viable.
A statement posted to Atalia’s Facebook page said the rapid expansion of the tabletop market since the company was founded in 2015 had created a tougher commercial environment for smaller distributors, despite the industry’s continued growth.
Atalia said that despite soaring numbers of players in that time, “so many new games are being released today that the market has become saturated. Shops no longer have the space, the time or the cash flow to stock all the games arriving each week”.
It added, “They therefore naturally turn to distributors with the biggest marketing budgets, some of whom invest sums each year that exceed Atalia’s annual turnover.
“This year, Atalia has lost the distribution rights for its latest bestsellers, as their publisher has chosen to entrust them to a distributor offering greater financial and marketing resources.
“We naturally respect these decisions, but we cannot hide our regret. Without these bestsellers, it has become increasingly difficult to finance new releases and ensure the company’s long-term viability.
French board game distribution is dominated by industry heavyweights Asmodee and Hachette, the latter via its Gigamic and Blackrock subsidiaries.
Atalia was founded in 2015 as a French board game distributor, before expanding into localisation and then publishing in 2021. It distributed games to hundreds of specialist retailers across France and neighbouring francophone territories.
The company says on its website that it deliberately maintained a relatively small catalogue, so individual games entrusted to it would not be “lost amongst an overwhelming number of titles”.
Earlier this year Atalia revealed it was halting its own distribution operations to focus on publishing and localisation, with its distribution being handled by MAD from May.
Atalia’s previously published releases include French localisations of games including Underwater Cities and Lorenzo il Magnifico, while recent titles published by the company include The Royal Society of Archeology and Hands Off!.
The company had also faced financial difficulties in 2019, despite a prior year in which it had generated revenues of more than €1.8m and continued profitability.
Atalia’s decision to double its headcount to six amid that success backfired when the publisher of Limite Limite, a French adaptation of Cards Against Humanity which accounted for about half Atalia’s revenue, switched to a new distributor in 2019 with no prior warning.
The company placed itself into receivership the same year, but emerged intact from that process in early 2020, citing strong sales of its bestsellers including Punto and Dreamscape, and receiving court-ordered compensation from the publisher of Limite Limite for the abrupt termination of its distribution deal.
The company’s liquidation announcement today came a month after Atalia founder and managing director Cesare Mainardi revealed it was “facing an extremely difficult period”, and cancelled its planned attendance at the Paris est Ludique festival, citing financial difficulties and organisational constraints.
Atalia officially entered compulsory liquidation on July 8 via Nanterre Commercial Court.
The company’s assets, including stock, brand and customer database, will now be offered for sale by the liquidator. Mainardi said interested parties should contact him via private message on Facebook.
He said in the Facebook post, “Today, we turn the page with our heads held high, feeling immense pride in everything we have built together.
“The people we’ve met, the games we’ve played and the memories created during this adventure will remain with us forever.”
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So langsam rollen die SPIEL-Neuheiten für den Herbst an und die Verlage verkünden wirklich spannende neue Brettspiele. Heute stelle ich insgesamt 20 interessante Ankündigungen vor, unter anderem The Resort, -60°, Medico, Cubaneo, Wingspan Pocket und viele mehr. Auf welche davon freut ihr euch am meisten? The Resort, -60°, Medico, Cubaneo, Wingspan Pocket … 20 neue […]
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Financially-troubled board game publisher CMON has terminated its planned $2.1m investment in NFT video game maker Blissful Link, three months after pinning its future on a push into digital game development and blockchain-based projects.
CMON’s board had planned to transition the company’s titles such as Massive Darkness and Super Fantasy Brawl Reborn into “high-quality digital assets” through the investment, saying the move was necessary for it to “continue to be relevant in the games industry and to expand the group’s revenue stream”.
But the board game publisher has now terminated the deal according to a new filing it submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange, saying the conditions necessary to complete the investment had not been fulfilled.
CMON did not disclose which conditions had not been satisfied, nor whether it intends to pursue alternative investments as part of the announced digital strategy.
The conditions of the deal included CMON being satisfied with the results of due diligence of Blissful Link’s finances, assets and legal structure – particularly around its Capverse game – approval of both parties, and warranties related to the agreement “remaining true and accurate and not misleading at completion”.
Capverse is a play-to-earn video game built on blockchain technology, in which players buy NFT ‘Sumer’ characters to battle with online.
The proposed investment would have valued Blissful Link at more than $95m. Blissful Link made a loss of about $197,000 in 2024, on revenues of just over $408,000, and had net liabilities of about $889,000, according to unaudited figures provided by CMON in April. It did not include finances for 2025.
CMON was mocked in multiple places online after it announced the NFT deal in April, with commentors largely expressing that they believed the deal was not financially sound, and questioning CMON’s decision to bank on NFT and web3 technology to fix its financial problems.
The veteran crowdfunding giant’s $23m losses across 2024 and 2025 were almost 5.5-times larger than its profits from the preceding nine years combined, and have pressed the company into a string of asset sales as it attempts to fulfill more than $14.3m of as-yet-undelivered crowdfunding campaigns.
Those IP sales included parting with its most famous and profitable title Zombicide – which has raised more than $40m on Kickstarter since its 2012 launch – to Asmodee, as well as Blood Rage, Rising Sun and Ankh to Tycoon Games.
It followed those by selling the IP for former Mythic Games titles Anastyr and Hel: The Last Saga to Don’t Panic Games in September, and parting with the lucrative Cthulhu: Death May Die IP to Asmodee a month later – the latter a series which has raised almost $10m from backers to date.
Earlier this year an independent auditor hired by the company questioned whether it CMON had the resources to stay in business for the foreseeable future, saying the publisher’s $19.9m annual loss, its net liabilities of more than $3.5m and contract liabilities of over $7.5m “indicate a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the group’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
CMON’s directors had a different view, however, saying in the company’s 2025 financial report that it “should be able to continue as a going concern” thanks to a trio of factors.
They include financial support from some of the directors “sufficient to finance CMON’s working capital requirements”, the roughly $2.4m proceeds from selling its Singapore office that it received in January, and about $1.25m of gross proceeds from a successful share sale in February.
CMON’s hefty liabilities are largely due to its eight undelivered crowdfunding campaigns, which are not recognised as revenue on the company’s books until they are fulfilled to backers.
They include DC Super Heroes United, which raised more than $4.4m, and DCeased, which brought in over $2.5m. Both campaigns were initially due to be delivered last year, but are now expected to be delivered in Q4 of 2026, according to CMON’s latest estimates.
CMON also has several undelivered pre-order campaigns on its books, including Super Fantasy Brawl Reborn and the Assassin’s Creed Role Playing Game. The company is currently in the process of fulfilling a trio of other pre-orders including Dune Desert War, Cthulhu: Dark Providence and Marvel United: Witching Hour.
The company pulled the plug on crowdfunding launches and new game development in April 2025, citing the economic uncertainty created by US tariff hikes – which at the time had reached 145% for China, where the vast majority of hobby board games are manufactured.
But CMON announced in March this year that it plans to relaunch its halted crowdfunding operations later in 2026.
NFTs, which emerged out of cryptocurrency technology such as Bitcoin, exploded into the public eye in 2021 thanks to big-money speculative purchases – such as an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet selling for $2.9m.
That speculative bubble had already burst a year later, however with many of the digital assets involved losing more than 90% of their peak value. The Dorsey tweet NFT, for example, received a high bid of $6,800 when it was put back on the market in April 2022.
Other board games that have pushed into NFTs are few and far between, with one of the highest profile examples being SolForge Fusion, which allows players to mint decks as digital assets in addition to playing the game in physical form.
Two years ago CCG project Wonders of the First had to pull a $1.4m campaign from Kickstarter after falling foul of the crowdfunding platform’s ban on NFTs. The game went on to raise about $1.2m after relaunching without NFT content.
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The designer of hit mass-market board game Hues and Cues has launched a new publishing initiative to tackle one of the tabletop industry’s growing challenges: promising games sitting unpublished because publisher release schedules are already full.
Scott Brady believes many outstanding games never reach players not because they lack quality, but because publishers must plan their release schedules years in advance – and with only so many publishing slots available each year, excellent games are often left waiting for an opportunity that may never come.
Brady told BoardGameWire his Proof-of-Play model will make ‘limited edition’ runs of between 1,500 and 3,000 copies for previously unpublished games, in the hope a quick burst of sales will persuade larger publishers to take a chance on them and accelerate a wider retail release.
He said the editions sold through his company A Game Studio would be offered direct to consumers and specialty retailers through channels such as B2B wholesale marketplace Faire, allowing each title to generate real-world sales, player feedback, and retail validation before presentation to larger publishing partners.
Brady added that the full license for the games – which will mostly be mass-market-friendly family titles – would remain with A Game Studio, which will sub-license the titles to other publishers.
He said, “Our goal isn’t to compete with traditional publishers, but to support them. Publishers make difficult decisions years in advance, and that is simply the reality of today’s market.
“Proof-of-Play gives great games the opportunity to prove themselves through actual customer demand, giving publishers more confidence and less risk when considering a wider release.”
The initiative launches with two games from external designers – area control card game Lock & Chain, and number combination card game Perfect 10 – with Brady telling BoardGameWire they helped inspire the concept after struggling to find homes with publishers despite being “amazing products”. “The timing wasn’t right”, he added.
Although Brady said he had not discussed the concept with publishers before launching the initiative, he believes it reflects a process that already happens informally across the tabletop industry, in which publishers hunt for successful games with tiny distribution and then take it larger – citing Qork as one example of that approach.
That game, which was initially self-published by designer Birger Norup as PlayProp back in 2015, was released as a Walmart exclusive by The Op in May this year – and has become something of a viral hit on social media sites such as Instragram and TikTok.
Asked how he plans to help Proof-of-Play titles with the problem faced by publishers across the hobby – how to stand out among a vast number of releases – Brady told BoardGameWire, “I am personally staking my reputation on the games I choose to help.
“I do not need to invest in full marketing etc as the goal is to simply get the games out there and let their quality do the selling.
“By bypassing traditional distribution and relying on organic social media, my personal network and word-of-mouth, I hope this becomes a platform for many budding designers who would like to see their game on retail shelves.”
While some publishers make use of crowdfunding sites to validate demand before going into production, Brady said his model would be a better fit for the style of mass-market games he is targeting.
He said, “Crowdfunding is great for a $50-plus game looking to reach a hobby audience. This is for games with wider appeal. The games I choose will sell on their own merit and not because of crowdfunding hype.”
Brady launched his development studio A Game Studio at the start of 2024, following the 2020 release of the big-selling Hues and Cues and the success of his cat-themed abstract strategy Boop in 2022.
He is also the co-founder of Play to Z, the publishing house led by former Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger launched by a host of board game industry veterans in 2023.
Brady’s own board game releases this year are set to include If Then, Wee Folk – which is co-designed by Stefano Di Maria and Rosa Linda Romano – Size Wise, Boop Shuffle and an expansion for Caution Signs, the fast-paced sketching game he co-designed with Danielle Reynolds.
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» 07|22 2026: Papyria playthrough by “The Brothers Murph“ (Video – EN).
Ende Oktober 2026 findet wieder die Messe SPIEL in Essen statt und auf dieser Seite erfahrt ihr alles Wissenswerte über die SPIEL 2026. Es wird die größte SPIEL aller Zeiten werden und ich stelle euch die Hallen vor, gehe auf die neuen Ticket-Preise ein, ihr erfahrt wie ihr am besten zum Messegelände kommt und vieles […]
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Magic: The Gathering‘s record-breaking growth continues despite a surge of high-profile competitors, with the TCG soaring past $500m in quarterly revenues for the first time in its 33-year history.
The veteran card game has been on a tear over the past four years, evolving from parent company Hasbro‘s first $1bn-brand into the toy and entertainment giant’s primary source of growth.
That powerful rise has been built upon the already hugely popular TCG’s expansion into licensed crossovers through its Universes Beyond line since 2021, which has seen it bring out sets for franchises including The Lord of The Rings, Final Fantasy and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The game’s success now underpins Hasbro’s fortunes, with Magic’s strong performance repeatedly leading the line in the company’s quarterly results – as well as offsetting underperformance in other parts of the business.
Magic’s revenue grew 32% in Q2 of this year compared to the same period in 2025 according to Hasbro’s latest results report, reaching a record $545m on the back of strong sales of Secrets of Strixhaven and Marvel Super Heroes – the latter of which the company described as a “record-breaking debut”.
That result means Magic alone outstripped Hasbro’s entire consumer products segment – which includes Nerf guns, Transformers and Peppa Pig toys – which recorded revenues of $463m in the same period, up 5% year-on-year.
The consumer products segment made an operating loss of about $14.5m in Q2, compared to an operating profit of $270m from Wizards of the Coast, the business arm which includes Magic, Dungeons & Dragons and its digital games such as Monopoly Go!.
Hasbro ascribed the consumer products losses to “incremental tariff expense, entertainment-related mix shifts, and normal seasonality”, as well as the fallout from a cyberattack in March which saw unspecified parties gain unauthorized access to its network.
The company said the cyberattack reduced second-quarter revenue by an estimated $25m while generating $11m in direct costs as order processing, shipping and invoicing were disrupted, particularly on the consumer products side. Hasbro said those operations had now returned to normal, although it expects to incur additional costs related to the incident in future periods.
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks said in the results report, “With strong indications for our remaining releases and line of sight to continued growth in 2027, the Magic flywheel is firing on all cylinders.”
Wizards revenue was also up 27% across the first six months of 2026, with Magic revenue climbing 34% thanks to continued growth across tabletop and digital products, Universes Beyond releases, Secret Lair products and back catalogue sales.
That continued growth comes despite the emergence of several high-profile challengers in the trading card game market over the past few years, including Disney Lorcana, Star Wars: Unlimited, Altered, Flesh and Blood and One Piece Card Game – as well as the ongoing power of fellow TCG veterans Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!.
Magic’s performance was strong enough for Hasbro to increase its full-year guidance, with the company now expecting total revenue growth of between 5% and 7%, up from its previous forecast of 3% to 5%.
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» 07|21 2026: Peloponnes, one match in Basque Country for the ranking.
Vom Viertelfinale bis zum Finale der Brettspiel WM 2026 gab es spannende Duelle und nun steht fest, welche Nation Brettspiel-Weltmeister geworden ist. Wie das Finale lief und wer sich am Ende den Titel geholt hat, erfahrt ihr im Folgenden. Vielen Dank an alle, die mitgemacht haben. Brettspiel WM 2026 – Der Gewinner steht fest! Im […]
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Die Board Game Arena Neuheiten vom 13. bis 19. Juli 2026 setzen vollständig auf Karten. FlipToons baut ein Deck rund um eine Zeichentrickbesetzung auf, YRO verbindet Handmanagement mit einem 3-mal-3-Raster und Jackpot: Set the Reel macht aus einer Kartenhand einen planbaren Spielautomaten. Hier findest du die wichtigsten Unterschiede bei Mechanik, Besetzung und Spieldauer.
FlipToons ist neu auf Board Game Arena. Für diesen Titel wird ein Premium-Abo benötigt. Du stellst ein Deck aus Zeichentrickfiguren zusammen und deckst pro Runde sechs Karten in einem 3-mal-2-Raster auf. Die Effekte der Figuren greifen ineinander und erzeugen Ruhm, den du für neue Karten oder das Entfernen unpassender Karten ausgibst.
Das Rennziel liegt bei mindestens 30 Ruhm in einer Auslage, danach folgt eine letzte Wertung. Der schnelle Ablauf ist damit mehr als bloßes Aufdecken: Marktentscheidungen, Deckausdünnung und die Positionen im Raster bestimmen, wie zuverlässig deine Besetzung punktet.
FlipToons stammt von Jordy Adan und Renato Simões und erschien bei Thunderworks Games. Es ist für 1 bis 4 Personen ab 10 Jahren ausgelegt. BoardGameGeek nennt 15 bis 30 Minuten Spieldauer, während BGA im Durchschnitt rund 11 Minuten misst. Die BGG-Wertung lag beim Abruf am 20. Juli 2026 bei 7,31 aus 3.039 Bewertungen.
YRO ist die zweite Neuerscheinung der Woche. Das Spiel lässt sich ohne Abo spielen. Du rekrutierst Mitglieder für deine Gilde und ordnest sie in einem 3-mal-3-Raster an. Gemeinsamkeiten bei Fraktion oder Beruf lösen Boni aus, während Kampfwerte sowie Magie- und Technologiepunkte weitere Fähigkeiten erschließen.
BGG führt Handmanagement, Set Collection und Push Your Luck als zentrale Mechaniken. Damit verlangt YRO vor allem, Karten nicht nur nach ihrem Einzelwert zu wählen, sondern ihre Position und ihre Verbindung zu bereits ausliegenden Figuren mitzudenken.
Masato Uesugi hat YRO entworfen, als Hauptverlag nennt BGA Studio Supernova. Das Kartenspiel eignet sich für 1 bis 5 Personen ab 10 Jahren und dauert laut BGG 20 bis 30 Minuten. BGA weist für die digitale Umsetzung derzeit eine durchschnittliche Dauer von rund 6 Minuten aus. Die BGG-Wertung lag beim Abruf am 20. Juli 2026 bei 7,36 aus 1.043 Bewertungen.
Jackpot: Set the Reel ergänzt das Trio. Für diesen Titel wird ein Premium-Abo benötigt. Du legst Karten aus deiner Hand zu einem Spielautomatenraster und punktest für passende Symbole. Der entscheidende Kniff: Die Karten werden nicht gemischt, sodass du ihre Reihenfolge durch Tauschen, Aufwerten und Neuordnen gezielt vorbereitest.
Alle spielen gleichzeitig. Nach dem Auslegen gibst du eine Karte weiter, nimmst eine neue an und sammelst Münzen aus einer Spalte. BGG ordnet das Spiel unter anderem Handmanagement, Musterbildung und Deckbau zu. Ein Solomodus ist ebenfalls vorhanden.
Jackpot: Set the Reel wurde von Kristian Karlberg und Kenny Zetterberg für Dranda Games entwickelt. Es ist für 1 bis 4 Personen ab 12 Jahren vorgesehen. BGG nennt 30 bis 60 Minuten, BGA misst bei den bislang gespielten Onlinepartien im Durchschnitt rund 25 Minuten. Die noch junge BGG-Wertung lag beim Abruf am 20. Juli 2026 bei 6,34 aus 112 Bewertungen und ist deshalb nur eine frühe Momentaufnahme.
In den BRETTSPIELBOX News 30/2026 findet ihr die folgenden Nachrichten: Hier sind die Brettspiel News. Guten Start in die Woche. Folgende Neuheiten sind auf dem Weg bzw. angekündigt: Abaku von Albi erinnert ein wenig an Scrabble. Allerdings werden hier Zahlenreihen in das Spiel eingebracht. Emerland aus der Everdell Welt erscheint auch bei Pegasus im Herbst. […]
» 07|20 2026: Papyria – rules, playthrough, review at „Penelope Gaming“ (Video – FR).
Angekündigt: Neu: Updates: ANGEKÜNDIGT In der kommenden Woche im Crowdfunding: Es sind einige Projekte angekündigt. Hier der Überblick über die kommende Woche und den verschiedenen Plattformen und die „wichtigsten“ Projekte: Girasoles (=Sonnenblumen) Girasoles von Colorido Juegos ist ein Legespiel, in dem wir ein eigenes Sonnenblumenfeld gestalten. Dafür nehmen wir Plättchen aus einer gemeinsamen Auslage und […]
Die Messe SPIEL ist Essen ist auch 2026 wieder das Mekka der Brettspiel-Community und die Vorfreude auf die vielen Spiele-Neuheiten ist groß. Auf dieser Seite findet ihr den SPIEL 2026 Neuheiten-Tracker mit den heißesten Neuheiten der Messe. Ich bin sehr auf eure Meinung gespannt und voted für eure Messe-Highlights. SPIEL 2026 Neuheiten-Tracker Die Vorfreunde auf […]
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Hier sind die Brettspiel News. Ich habe ein paar Infos in den verschiedenen Clustern zusammengetragen. Heute wieder einiges dabei für jeden. VIDEO Inhalt ■ in eigener Sache■ News (Spiel des Jahres 2026, Tripple Reiner Knizia, Skellig Games Videokanal, Brett und Buddle Cafe, Digital neu)■ Veranstaltungen (Krönchen Con 2026, Pegasus Sommerfest, Spiel des Jahres Jobs)■ Crowdfunding […]
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