Asmodee acquires digital games platform Board Game Arena

Asmodee - Februar 2021

Asmodee announces the acquisition of Board Game Arena (BGA), the online board game platform, where people can play digital adaptations of popular board games together. This will enable BGA to gain widespread visibility in the broader marketplace and it will accelerate the release of the successful Asmodee titles that gamers have been waiting for.

BGA was founded in 2010 by Grégory Isabelli and Emmanuel Colin and has become the global market leader in online board games. for online board games. The platform offers more than 250 official online translations of games, supported in 40 languages. games, supported in 40 languages, and has more than 5 million members worldwide. Its extensive and constantly updated range also includes hits from Asmodee and partners, such as. Carcassonne by Hans im Glück, Jaipur by Space Cowboys or 7 Wonders by Repos. 7 Wonders has been, been played over 4 million times since the digital version was released in 2018.

Since its inception, BGA has grown steadily, thanks to the commitment of the player community, and has seen a growth of 600 per cent in 2020 alone - a clear sign of the enthusiasm for board games, whether in the family circle or at a distance. To support this growth growth and to drive development, BGA's management has decided to join join Asmodee. The two companies have been acquainted with each other for some time and this step enables Asmodee to accelerate the availability of its key titles on the platform.

Grégory Isabelli and Emmanuel Colin, the two founders of BGA, say: "Working with Asmodee, allows us to continue our massive growth, with a partner who shares our love and passion for board games. Asmodee fulfils a "sine qua non" criterion for us: That BGA is always owned by absolute board game fans whose core business is board games."

"Our growth is based on one core idea: to provide the best gaming experiences and to bring our titles to the widest possible audience," says Thomas Koegler, Head of Strategy at Asmodee. at Asmodee. "A platform that allows gamers all over the world to meet and play their favourite games together or discover new titles, is a perfect match for our impressive portfolio of board games. In the coming weeks, Skull and Splendor will be the first titles in a long list of Asmodee games to be released on the platform. released on the platform. We hope players enjoy them."

As with other companies belonging to Asmodee, BGA will continue to be absolutely independent. and the management will also remain at the helm. Pricing and the selection of titles will also be also with BGA, which, as before, will rely solely on the quality and popularity of games and will offer their service to all publishers and companies in the games market.