Veteran German toy and game maker HABA has signed a deal with Asmodee to distribute its games in France, a year after shutting down its own French arm as part of a plan to save the financially-troubled business.
The variety of France's board game publishing industry has been underscored by the newly-announced nominees of this year's As d’Or, the country's highest-profile board game prize.
French board game publisher Super Meeple plans to step up its own direct sales this year after struggling to get individual retailers to stock more than a handful of copies of each of its heavier games through 2024.
Veteran French board game publisher Matagot is pulling out of publishing heavier games such as Kemet and Inis, instead focusing the company's future on the family, beginner and children's games market.
Financially-troubled French board game publisher FunForge is understood to be within weeks of signing a contract which will give it the funding to get its heavily-delayed Monumental Kickstarter to backers within the next two months.
The CEO of French board game publisher FunForge has said he understands the frustration felt by thousands of Kickstarter backers of the company's Monumental campaign, which is now more than three years beyond its expected delivery date.
Two games based on the life and works of Charles Darwin are in the running for awards in this year's As D'or, a French board gaming prize initially created in 1988.
Funforge, the France-based publisher of games including Tokaido and Monumental, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Flat River Group to cover the US and Canadian markets.
