Industry Growth & Market Trends

Market Expansion: The global board games market is projected to soar from $15.83 billion in 2025 to over $32 billion by 2032. This growth is powered by widespread demand for social, offline entertainment and increased engagement from adult players and families.

Critical Role’s new Campaign 4 adopts a “West Marches” format, offering multiple simultaneous story paths, and integrating proprietary game mechanics (including Daggerheart crossover elements)

Diamond Comic Distributors — Following its bankruptcy, Diamond’s gaming and comics assets were divided: Universal Distribution acquired Alliance Game Distributors, and Ad Populum took over Diamond’s remaining assets.

Gen Con 2025 shattered attendance records with nearly 72,000 attendees, generating an estimated $82 million in economic impact.

Gamefound is acquiring Indiegogo. This move merges Indiegogo’s large user base (38 million) with Gamefound’s specialized infrastructure tailored to board games, and signals a stronger, more unified pipeline for creators and retailers to watch.

Notable Product Releases Worth Considering

Fate of the Fellowship

A Lord of the Rings–inspired cooperative strategy game topping GamesRadar+’s list of best adult board games of 2025.

Malediction

A new tabletop wargame merging elements of Magic: The Gathering, D&D, and Warhammer. It features customizable decks, dynamic terrains, a relic system, and optional 3D-printed miniatures.

Attack on Titan RPG

Released at Gen Con 2025, this officially licensed RPG allows players to craft their own endings within the iconic anime universe.

Daggerheart

Developed by Darrington Press (Critical Role). Noteworthy for its narrative-first Duality Dice mechanics and upcoming Character Card Packs and campaign expansions, it sold out initially and enjoys high momentum—ideal for preorder promotions and organized play.

Cosmere Roleplaying Game

Based on Brandon Sanderson’s universe, it became the most-funded tabletop RPG on Kickstarter (raising over $14.7 million). Both its Stormlight Archive and upcoming Mistborn campaign lines offer tremendous retailer potential for specialty preorders and limited-edition retail stocking.

Tekken: The Board Game

The adaptation of the fighting game franchise surpassed its funding goal (around $59,000) in just 35 minutes, eventually raising 7x that target. Includes character-specific decks, themed boards, and expansion promises.

Dragon Academy

The first expansion for Wyrmspan launched recently, adding new dragon cards, cave mechanics, and more depth. Wyrmspan sold extremely well (notably breaking Stonemaier Games’ single-day sales record).

Gloomies

Ravensburger released Gloomies, a lighter, family-accessible game.