This doesn’t come as a surprise to me, but I am interested to see if anything comes of it. Not a whole lot of information about the meat of the lawsuit, but presumably it has to do with the...
Like many tabletop publishers (import code 9504.90.6000*), we started print runs of products before the President took office, and now we face an unprecedented $14.50 tariff tax for every $10 we spent on manufacturing with our trusted long-term partner in China. For Stonemaier Games alone (a US based company in which all 8 employees are US citizens), that amounts to upcoming tariff payments of nearly $1.5 million.
This doesn’t come as a surprise to me, but I am interested to see if anything comes of it. Not a whole lot of information about the meat of the lawsuit, but presumably it has to do with the tariffs causing immense financial harm to US companies that contract with foreign companies to make the products, for sale in the US. This has a pretty big impact on the board game industry, and Stonemaier Games is pretty well-known, primarily for Wingspan.
Posted this in ~games since this is primarily about board games, but using the politics.usa tags since it is also heavily tied to politics.
Also mentioned in their post, Stonemaier has a new game due to be released some time mid-2025, one that I was really looking forward to: Vantage. The timing of Trump's tariffs literally couldn't...
Also mentioned in their post, Stonemaier has a new game due to be released some time mid-2025, one that I was really looking forward to: Vantage.
[W]e have 200,000 units of reprints and 50,000 units of Vantage (plus 57,000 other Vantage accessories) ready to ship out of Shenzhen in a few weeks.
The timing of Trump's tariffs literally couldn't have been much worse, except if the units had already been loaded onto the boat and were actively moving.
I was looking to pick up Finspan sometime soon, but seems it’s caught up in this too a bit (though they said they’re likely going to eat the cost and still ship more to the US since they’ve sold...
I was looking to pick up Finspan sometime soon, but seems it’s caught up in this too a bit (though they said they’re likely going to eat the cost and still ship more to the US since they’ve sold out in the US).
Vantage seems interesting from the blurb, might have to check it out (and hope it comes out in the US…)
I've only played it a couple of times, but I quite enjoy Finspan. It's a bit smoother/easier than Wingspan or Wyrmspan. Plus the fish eggs are a little squooshy, which is fun. :D
I've only played it a couple of times, but I quite enjoy Finspan. It's a bit smoother/easier than Wingspan or Wyrmspan. Plus the fish eggs are a little squooshy, which is fun. :D
I've been signed up for their mailing list for Vantage and it seems promising. They seem to be trying to capture the exploration and freedom of Breath of the Wild and and Tears of the Kingdom. I...
I've been signed up for their mailing list for Vantage and it seems promising. They seem to be trying to capture the exploration and freedom of Breath of the Wild and and Tears of the Kingdom.
I also quite like that the setup time for the game is declared as 2 minutes, then a 2-3 hour playtime. Finally something long that doesn't take an hour to set up and tear down (looking at you, Gloom/Frosthaven)!
This doesn’t come as a surprise to me, but I am interested to see if anything comes of it. Not a whole lot of information about the meat of the lawsuit, but presumably it has to do with the tariffs causing immense financial harm to US companies that contract with foreign companies to make the products, for sale in the US. This has a pretty big impact on the board game industry, and Stonemaier Games is pretty well-known, primarily for Wingspan.
Posted this in ~games since this is primarily about board games, but using the
politics.usatags since it is also heavily tied to politics.Also mentioned in their post, Stonemaier has a new game due to be released some time mid-2025, one that I was really looking forward to: Vantage.
The timing of Trump's tariffs literally couldn't have been much worse, except if the units had already been loaded onto the boat and were actively moving.
Ah, dang. I was really intrigued by Vantage when I saw the initial announcement and I didn't realize it was this close to release.
I was looking to pick up Finspan sometime soon, but seems it’s caught up in this too a bit (though they said they’re likely going to eat the cost and still ship more to the US since they’ve sold out in the US).
Vantage seems interesting from the blurb, might have to check it out (and hope it comes out in the US…)
I've only played it a couple of times, but I quite enjoy Finspan. It's a bit smoother/easier than Wingspan or Wyrmspan. Plus the fish eggs are a little squooshy, which is fun. :D
I've been signed up for their mailing list for Vantage and it seems promising. They seem to be trying to capture the exploration and freedom of Breath of the Wild and and Tears of the Kingdom.
I also quite like that the setup time for the game is declared as 2 minutes, then a 2-3 hour playtime. Finally something long that doesn't take an hour to set up and tear down (looking at you, Gloom/Frosthaven)!