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• Charlie Hall, a journalist and editor covering tabletop games, formerly with Polygon.
• Daybreak, a board game designed by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace, published by CMYK.
• Rascal News, a website dedicated to tabletop games, founded by Lin Codega, Rowan Zeoli, and Chase Carter.
• Rose Estes, a novelist and gamebook designer.
I'd argue that Rascal News covers tabletop role-playing games, not "tabletop games", but that's a small point.
The winner will be revealed on Wednesday, July 30 ahead of the opening of Gen Con 2025.
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• Expert: SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, by Tomáš Holek and Czech Games Edition
• Card: Castle Combo, by Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel, and Catch Up Games
• Family: Ziggurat, by Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock, and MindWare
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This wry game...takes me back to the good old days of nodding sagely at phrases like "polysemic ontologies". It brilliantly crystallizes the cerebral absurdity and petty malice of academia. Imagine your favorite David Lodge novel transformed into Chutes & Ladders.
Elegantly presented in what looks like a bound dissertation, the game includes Action Cards, Trivia Cards and Manuscript Cards with titles like:
• "Vampire Nutrition: A Blood Type-Based Diet for the Modern Undead."
• "The Quantum Uncertainty of Schrödinger's Emails: Are they Sent, Received, or Lost in Spam?"
• "Why Your GPS Sounds Disappointed in You: Unpacking Technology's Passive Aggression.
• "Zombie Ant Fungus and Management Techniques: Lessons on Mind Control."
Elegantly presented in what looks like a bound dissertation, the game includes Action Cards, Trivia Cards and Manuscript Cards with titles like:
• "Vampire Nutrition: A Blood Type-Based Diet for the Modern Undead."
• "The Quantum Uncertainty of Schrödinger's Emails: Are they Sent, Received, or Lost in Spam?"
• "Why Your GPS Sounds Disappointed in You: Unpacking Technology's Passive Aggression.
• "Zombie Ant Fungus and Management Techniques: Lessons on Mind Control."
I imagine Hui Bai is a fan of The Journal of Irreproducible Results as those articles seem like a perfect for that esteemed publication.
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▪️ At BoardGameWire, Mike Didymus-True reports that asmodee has hired former CMON COO David Preti to "head up the tabletop gaming giant's own crowdfunding and miniatures strategy".
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Among the provisions that went into effect on June 1, 2025 is that, aside from trademarks, "Labels on product packaging must already be translated into French". In the linked article by Maura Forrest, Michel Rochette, Québec president of the Retail Council of Canada, says "if global suppliers choose not to modify their labelling to comply with the rule, Quebec businesses won't be able to stock those products and could lose customers to online retailers".
The video below from CTV News highlights the plight game stores in Québec that carry products unavailable in French. To quote from the accompanying article by Kelly Greig from June 10, 2025:
"I realized that about 90 per cent of my shop is illegal," Marc-André Lalande, owner of La Boutique Tabletop game store in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que., told CTV News.
That's because products he sells are made abroad and the packaging is primarily in English...
The retailers are asking for an exemption to the law, saying much like bookstores, it's a cultural industry. Without a reprieve for stores like La Boutique Tabletop, it would be a fatal blow.
That's because products he sells are made abroad and the packaging is primarily in English...
The retailers are asking for an exemption to the law, saying much like bookstores, it's a cultural industry. Without a reprieve for stores like La Boutique Tabletop, it would be a fatal blow.
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