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Hachette Livre entered exclusive negotiations with Black Games ’ shareholders to acquire a majority stake in their company. Blackrock Games , based in Romagnat, near Clermont Ferrand, was founded in 2007 by Alain Ollier and Yoann Laurent, and is the 3rd largest boardgame distributor in France. They have 25 employees, a portfolio of 30 boardgame publishers, and around 90 new releases each year, with a product portfolio of over 400 games. Yoann Laurent, supported by Thibaut Quintens and Wladimir Watine, will remain at the head of Blackrock Games.

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Cosmodrome Games has announced a new family game coming soon, Squire: The Collector of the Glorious Rarities . The game is designed by Pavel Atamanchuk, who also designed 2018's Architectura . The game is for 2-4 players, ages 12 and up, with a 40-60 minute play time.

In Squire: The Collector of the Glorious Rarities , the players take on the roles of anthropomorphized animals in the world of Victorian England who are buying relics, holding exhibitions and participating in auctions all with the goal of achieving more success than the other players.

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Cards Against Humanity announced today that it is opening the first full-service board game cafe in Chicago, called the Chicago Board Game Café at 1965 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Logan Square, better known as the “Margie’s Candies building.”

The cafe will feature a full dinner menu; craft cocktails, beer and wine; hundreds of board games; and two escape rooms created by The House Theatre of Chicago.

We’ve been making games for almost 10 years now, and we’ve seen that games, food, and theater have an incredible capacity to bring people together and create community. It has...

Now on Kickstarter is Spire’s End , a card driven adventure game for 1 or 2 players. The adventure in Spire’s End is the search for your uncle, you last living relative, who has disappeared into a mysterious spire that has erupted from the ground in the middle of town suddenly. The deck is divided into six chapters with cards in numbered order to guide you through the adventure. As each card is turned, more of the story is told, choices are to be made, and challenges to defeat. Helping you along the way are six allies,...