Board Game Beat
wericmartin.com
Actively hiring
Toys & Games
Follow
Overview
News
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Financials
Overview
Independent tabletop and board game journalism with deep-dive news, reviews, interviews, videos, and essays.
News
Loop 40 Numbers, Play With Eggs, and Help the Insider
Just three weeks out from debuting Compress and The Frozen Passage in the U.S. at Gen Con 2026, Japanese publisher Oink Games has announced new titles for release at Game Market Autumn 2026 on October 17-18, with three of these titles also scheduled to be
Read more
Report
Tour the World, Make Cakes, and Fill Your Secret Museum
I posted a teaser for Matthias Cramer and Werner Schmitt's Secret Museum the other day, and now publisher Schmidt Spiele has revealed the entirety of its late 2026 line-up, so let's dig into it.Secret MuseumSecret Museum is in the vein of Markus Slawitsch
Read more
Report
Co-Designing Lessons for Tabletop Games
By David GordonI'm a big proponent of co-designing and even triple-co-designing. (Co-co-designing?) Having a design partner comes with many benefits, including ideation through conversation and additional playtesting opportunities - especially with two-pl
Read more
Report
Teasers for Heat, Magical Athlete, Dixit, and Secret Museum
Publishers sometimes release a bit of information about upcoming games before they officially announce said games. Here are four such titles:Magical Athlete: Second WindIn mid-August 2026, CMYK creative director Alex Hague uploaded an updated rulebook for
Read more
Report
Games Played: Wingspan Pocket, Don Quixote
I've got one bird in my pocket, and the other one is tilting at windmills.
Read more
Report
Pro access
Upgrade to see all 16 mentions
Upgrade to a paid plan to read every media mention of this company - funding news, awards, product launches and press releases from all the outlets writing about it.
Every media mention and press release
Funding news, awards and product launches
Fresh coverage from every outlet writing about the company
Upgrade now
Cancel anytime. Secure checkout. Instant activation.