Tabletop Pulse

2026-09-18

UK Games Expo's succession, Exploding Kittens' new studio head, and Misfit Heroes in a sleeve

A designer's desk on UK Games Expo bringing in AireCon's co-founder to plan its founders' exit, Exploding Kittens handing its namesake brand to a new studio head, the arithmetic behind choosing a crowdfunding goal, and what a sleeve-built hero deck and a paragraph book's turn order cost their players.

Tabletop Pulse

UK Games Expo's succession, Exploding Kittens' new studio head, and Misfit Heroes in a sleeve

Asmodee hires Wizards' Brian Trunk, D&D calls the OGL a rug pull, and Cascadia builds upward

Steve Jackson steps back, Hacienda strips currency, and the physics in Gulo Gulo

Maestro's Overture pipeline, CMON's cash squeeze, and 1st Band's low-card gamble

Catan's sports push, the Summit shortlist, and Trials of MAYA's delayed energy

PAX Unplugged Houston, Devious's anti-set, and ASHES's three-round squeeze

SPIEL Essen's B2B calendar, Galactic Cruise's DSP final, and the pressure in Loyalty: Rome

Asmodee takes Welcome To…, Calculators embraces zero, and Red Tail Pirates races to the crown

Tumor Tactics cuts the rule load, Opera Magna opens 1 September, and Jusayo turns memory into risk

Snap Ships' power debt, Six-Sided Seas on a mat, and engines that arrive late

Green Lantern's catch-up pile, Bariloche's notebook cuts, and the stack that picks your action

Spirit Train, The Monolith, and the play tests hiding inside the pitch