Based on a game that Leslie Scott devised in the early 1970s with her baby brother’s toy building blocks, Jenga’s journey to becoming the household name it is today actually had a rocky start.

Inside the Box Games had a very good UK Games Expo. As well as demoing their titles to thousands of gamers, the London-based indie games publisher scooped two awards: Best Card Game 2017 for Statecraft and Best European Style Game 2017 for Sub Terra.

At this year’s UK Games Expo, Ominoes, ‘the dice game for everyone’, was named Best Abstract Game 2017. Only 12 months earlier, creator Andrew Harman had been cooped up in his hotel room, plotting out the first iteration of the game having been inspired by a day of chatting to publishers at UK Games Expo 2016.

HABA USA has launched a game design challenge that will give one lucky winner the chance to present a concept to the director of new game development at HABA Germany’s corporate office.

We caught up with Jeremy Holcomb and Jeff Tidball to talk about their own routes into game design, and why the success of The White Box is indicative of a society rediscovering creative pursuits.

“The level of depth, personality, and interactivity is the cornerstone to why Cozmo has stolen the hearts of fans, and we’re excited for Cozmo to show the UK just what he can do.”

We caught up with Edmondson to talk about the development process behind Rainbow Rage, how he stays creative and what to expect from his next game.

Bruno Cathala has been designing games for 15 years, with some of his popular creations including deduction title Mr Jack, Days of Wonder’s Five Tribes and the widely praised 7 Wonders: Duel.

Mojo Nation is delighted to have partnered with the private-members’ club, Century.

Zombicide’s dedicated fanbase have helped the latest title in the series, Zombicide: Green Horde, raise over $1m in just 24 hours on Kickstarter