Days of Wonder

As reported by Steven Buonocore from the Dice Tower.
Selling for 2 BILLION Euro...the company was bought in 2014 for only 145 million, and then sold again in 2018 for 1.2 billion.

I have not been active in the hobby for a terribly long time but long enough to remember that it used to be that the release of information for Days of Wonder’s annual game was a BIG DEAL.

Some games hit the hotness because of the designer or the IP. But it feels like its own unique thing when a game gets love simply because of who is making it and their reputation.

I think it’s clear that Stonemaier took the baton from Days of Wonder and maybe they still have the championship belt… but maybe not.

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I wonder if this is related to Asmodee restructuring distribution. This is what their website now says (same for USA and EU):

We no longer sell physical products (boardgames, expansions, etc.) from our Web site. To buy our games, you can find a local retailer in your area by using our Store Locator or you can order from most major online stores.

They still sell small extras and replacements.

So I've recently got into board games, and I'm loving Ticket to Ride and Smallworld. I like that you can play them with 2 people, but that they also scale up easily, and that they are easy to learn but involve some strategy.

What else would fit this criteria? I like player interaction in games. I also own Pandemic, Dominion, Star Realms and Sheriff of Nottingham. Tried Forbidden Island but I felt that Pandemic covered that style enough for me. Also, the deck building mechanic is not my favourite, like in Dominion.

I like Betrayal too, but I worry that it will be boring with 2.

Bought a copy of Ticket To Ride, but was missing a yellow train card. They sent me a card, but it was the wrong edition (I had the old one). When I mentioned this they sent an ENTIRE DECK, and a nice message. Its people like this that make the board game community great.

Edit: My support was actually processed through Asmodee, my bad. Thanks Asmodee!

From DoW's Facebook:

To help you stay entertained during the lockdown we've decided to offer you a print and play version of Corinth!

You'll need:

🎲 12 dice
🔗 Download the files here:

We hope that will bring you joy!

Thanks to Sebastien Pauchon, the designer of the game.

⚠️ Rules in French, German, Spanish, Dutch are available on our website.

Credit: BoardgameShot

I know that this has been included in the rules of games such as Smallworld but I was so happy to see as the first thing when I opened my box!

I also have to say not only is it an awesome game to play, I am in love with the . No need for foamcore here!

My wife is a huge fan of Smallworld, so when a sale came up for Smallworld: Underground, we grabbed it. We ordered from a local online retailer who had it for 1/2 off the MSRP. The game shipped and when it arrived we were disappointed: we got a french copy. Despite being from Ontario, our french skills aren't the best so we emailed the online store about the issue.

They apologized but said they couldn't take it back, as it was the publishers fault and would refund us the full price of the game, but not the shipping. They then suggested we sell it off on eBay to fund a copy of the english game. Later that day we noticed they refunded the shipping too, so we were essentially left with a completely free game, albeit, in french.

Awesome right? We downloaded the english instructions and proceeded to figure out what our "Feux Follets" could do. About a week later a friend suggested we try Days of Wonder support to see if they would send the english board bits. Keep in mind, we've now paid nothing for this game so I'm not expecting the company to support it.

We got an email almost immediately "My apologies for the mix up, I will send English replacements out today." I was perfectly fine to play in french, but these guys have gone the extra mile and supported a game they ate the cost on, as well as the shipping and extra pieces.

Customer for life. Thanks Days of Wonder!!

tl;dr: Got shipped a game in french, got fully refunded, Days sends english pieces. Days rocks.

I am new to board gaming and I know these are two of the higher profile game developers. I read that they usually release just one new game a year and I’m curious if any info is out there about their 2021 releases?