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Challengers followup opts for beach-themed name for standalone competitive deckbuilder

Sand, surf and sequels

Challengers 2 reveals a sequel to the capture-the-flag deckbuilder hot off its Kennerspiel des Jahres nomination

Standalone game will also work as an expansion for the original, with over 70 new characters.

Ex-Pandemic devs form new studio, announce co-op board game Leviathan Wilds

Former Z-Man Games and Fantasy Flight veterans reveal Moon Crab Games and release playable demo of debut release.

Pandemic's digital board game removed due to old age and declining performance

“The time has come to make way for the digital future of Pandemic.”

Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride maker Asmodee set for $3bn acquisition by video game giant behind Borderlands and Saints Row

Video game adaptations of tabletop IP among benefits listed by Embracer Group.

Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride owner set to be sold for €2 billion

Following previous acquisition by investment company in 2018.

Former Z-Man Games exec Sophie Gravel rejoins Pandemic and Carcassonne publisher as studio head

After founding Azul and Century: Spice Road studio Plan B Games.

Post-apocalyptic grid battler Neuroshima Hex! comes to mobile devices in September

Borgo on the go.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King introduces quests, mounts and miniatures to the Pandemic spin-off

Releasing this autumn.

Tales of the Arabian Nights’ third edition is being reprinted for the very last time this month

Z-Man Games announces last hurrah for its revised version of storytelling classic.

Pandemic: Hot Zone - Europe gets a release date and free print-and-play you can try right now

Can be combined with North America spin-off using new Hemispheres rules.

Z-Man Games sunsets Euro Classic line of board games, including in-progress Princes of Florence

These titles are history.

Pandemic studio announces Cryo, a board game that puts its players on thin ice

A tundra of trouble.

How to play Love Letter: board game's rules, setup and how to win explained

Princess of Hearts.

How to play Pandemic: board game’s rules, setup and how to win explained

Going viral.

Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 release date and price announced, out next month

Third and final instalment in the acclaimed trilogy.

Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 board game review (spoiler-free) - fantastic finale to an outstanding tabletop trilogy

Tinkered, Tailored, Bolder Bye.

Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 was almost a ‘sixties Bond film’ with a working slide projector

“It’s not Twilight Struggle, nor is it space lasers.”

“I feel like we told a good story”: Pandemic Legacy creators Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau on ending the series at its beginning

The designers discuss closure in Season 0, the trilogy’s influence and whether there’s a chance they’ll ever return.

Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 revealed as Cold War spy thriller set in the 1960s - watch the exclusive cinematic trailer

Includes real passports, branching story paths and new gameplay elements.

Pandemic Legacy: Season 3 revealed as prequel Season 0 in announcement trailer - exclusive

“Every end has a beginning.”

Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America officially announced, first in new series of ‘fun-size’ co-op board games

Planned for release this summer, with play-at-home demo on the way.

A Feast for Odin, Terra Mystica and more will be published in English by original studio Feuerland Spiele

Language rights relinquished by Z-Man Games.

Pandemic: Hot Zone is a portable 30-minute version of the hit co-op board game

Leaked ahead of full announcement.

Play Carcassonne by yourself or in co-op thanks to free official solo rules for the board game

German publisher also releases single-player variant for Hadara.

Play party game Love Letter for free with print-and-play edition Sender

April Fool’s Day joke turned real.

Pandemic studio postpones announcement of new games in series due to real-life COVID-19 outbreak

Decision made “out of respect for those affected by the current situation”.