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Trump’s tariffs cost more jobs as CMON stops games development

April 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The news follows the closure of Greater Than Games for the same reason: millions of dollars of games stuck in China, and Stonemaier Games trying to take legal action against the tariffs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, cmon, money

Stonemaier Games is taking legal action against Trump over the American tariffs

April 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stonemaier Games make popular games like Wingspan and Scythe. Today, they’ve announced they are joining a lawsuit to challenge the American President’s ability to impose tariffs in the way he has.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, money

Atlas Games’ Replay Workshop secures $100k grant for plasticising

April 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency awarded the money, and Atlas has already spent some of the grant on an  “Extruder XL” for Replay Workshop.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: money

It’s got nasty: Alliance Entertainment sues Diamond Comic Distributors

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the start of the year Distributors files Chapter 11, which meant legal protections were in place while the company tried to find a buyer. Otherwise? It would go out of business.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, legal, money

America’s Game Manufacturers Association comes out against Trump’s tariffs

April 4, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It is a turbulent time in the USA, and we’re feeling the global ripples. Today might have been the first in a global trade war, but GAMA, the American Game Manufacturers Association, does not like it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gama, money

Diamond Comic Distributors files Chapter 11: It’s the indie publishers who’ll be hit

January 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sadly, Diamond Comic Distributors has filed for Chapter 11, a protective measure in the United States Bankruptcy Court.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, legal, money

Internet outage would cost $43 Billion per day, study finds

November 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What would happen if the internet went down globally for even a single day? I, for one, would be worried! According to a recent study by Atlas VPN, a day without the internet would cost the world economy a staggering $43 billion.  The United States and China would bear the brunt of the cost, losing $21 […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: money, stats

Hasbro Q4 2022 Earnings Call quotes

February 16, 2023 by Egg Embry Leave a Comment

Some of the quotes taken from “Hasbro (HAS) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript” by Motley Fool Transcribing at the Motley Fool.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chris cocks, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, magic: the gathering, money, wizards of the coast

Heroic Story: New tabletop RPG platform raises $6m

November 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The homepage for Heroic Story describes it as a massively multiplayer TTRPG hosted by the world’s greatest game masters.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: luke gygax, money

Biting the kit that feeds it? Backerkit launches Kickstarter rival

June 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve backed a gaming Kickstarter, then you may well know Backerkit. The third-party site helps publishers manage who is getting what in the project’s aftermath.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: backerkit, cephalofair games, crowdfunding, money, Tuesday Knight Games

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