The whole team is back in the studio to bring you the latest news from across the tabletop gaming globe. From acquisitions, financial reports, record breaking conventions, and card game companies taking on Musk. 

Headlines

Spiel Essen 25 Breaks Attendance Record

https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/press?view=article&id=304&catid=12

 

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2025 Winners

https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/program/dsp 

 

Asmodee wants the precious 

https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-becomes-the-exclusive-tabletop-games-category-manager-to-middle-earth-enterprises-home-to-iconic-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-ips

 

Asmodee announces new studio

https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-announces-the-creation-of-moodbox-games-a-new-studio-dedicated-to-developing-party-games-for-the-us-mass-market 

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60787/asmodee-launches-new-party-game-studio

 

Hasbro 3rd Quarter Results

https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-third-quarter-2025-financial-results

 

https://www.rascal.news/sigil-suffered-a-slow-ignoble-death/

 

Updates

 

Upper Deck goes back to the well

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/10/upper-deck-brings-new-claim-against-ravensburger-in-disney-lorcana-lawsuit-after-losing-all-its-existing-claims-against-publisher-trial-of-designer-ryan-miller-to-start-next-month/

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60786/judge-rules-against-upper-deck-ravensburger-suit

 

Asmodee acquires Cthulhu Death May Die from CMON

https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/cthulhu-death-may-die-ip-and-games-now-part-of-asmodee 

 

News

 

Amigo games US shutters

https://bsky.app/profile/amigogames.bsky.social/post/3m3ajgvmohc26

 

Cards Against Humanity and against SpaceX

https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/160848/cards-against-humanity-we-forced-spacex-to-get-off-our-land

 

D&D Club goes to court

https://archive.ph/NvJwh

 

D&D Head brings back key talent

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60896/new-d-d-head-brings-back-key-talent

 

Obituaries

 

Rob Wieland

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60796/r-i-p-robert-wieland

 

https://www.enworld.org/threads/gaming-journalist-rob-wieland-passes-at-age-48.715723/

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-robert-wieland

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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Outro

 

Ca-Ton

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