Board Games

Update: Embracer Group acquires Asmodee for $3.01 billion
Additional consideration of almost $400 million to be paid upon conditions being met

CMYK’s Alex Hague on releasing his first mobile app, Wavelength, balancing IAPs, and translating tabletop experiences
Excitement around mobile-first games, low enthusiasm for disruptive in-game ads

Why Temple Gates is digitising board games for a new generation on mobile
"Digital board games were not our first bet but they’re the bet that has paid off so far"

PAI Partners in talks to buy Catan maker Asmodee for $1.4 billion
Company set for international expansion if sale goes through

Beasts of Balance dev Sensible Object raises $3.2 million to back voice-capable board games
Sensible Object’s first game When in Rome will go on sale in July

"Our community of engaged players will count in the dozens of millions": The rise of digital board games
Philippe Dao of Asmodee Digital has a Ticket To Ride (and Catan and Mysterium and more...)

Rewriting the rules of board game manuals with Dized
Playmore's Tomi Vainikka talks crowdfunding and combining digital with physical

Netmarble combines Everyone's Marble with Disney characters, announcing its Disney Magical Dice virtual board game
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