Richfield, OH/Nottingham, UK. Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce an agreement with Just Funky LLC for a range of fan-focused homewares and accessories based on the hugely successful Arkham Horror tabletop gaming brand.

NOTTINGHAM, UK  •  27 AUGUST 2021 — ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has appointed Joe Riley as its new, full-time North American Sales & Marketing Director.

Paris, France/Nottingham, UK. Asmodee Entertainment announces that it has signed a partnership with Mango Éditions for the creation of gamebooks, such as escape games, based on its flagship properties Professor Noside, known from Space Cowboys popular escape game series Unlock!, and Werewolves of Millers Hollow, Zygomatic’s social game phenomenon. The books will be developed in collaboration with EscapeGame.fr.

Wilmington, DE/Nottingham, UK. Rollacrit and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce they have entered a licensing partnership to further extend CATAN as a lifestyle brand, with a range of artfully designed apparel, accessories, collectibles and homewares aimed at dedicated and casual CATAN fans alike. The partnership is the latest announced by Asmodee Entertainment in a significant increase in CATAN’s prominence in the merchandise landscape.

Source Point Press, a division of Ox Eye Media, and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring three of the most famous tabletop gaming universes of all time to the pages of comics! The best-selling game worlds of Legend of the Five Rings, Mysterium and Pandemic are slated to make their first comic debuts starting in 2022.

Los Angeles, CA/Nottingham, UK. Ata-Boy and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring CATAN to the collectible gift world by developing products such as magnets, pins, and lanyards. This partnership is an example of Asmodee Entertainment’s push to bring lifestyle products to CATAN fans.

London, UK/Nottingham, UK. Event Merchandising Limited (EML) and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring one-stop-shops for all things merchandise for Fantasy Flight Games Studio’s Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, and Twilight Imperium to fans in locations around the world. This partnership is an example of Asmodee Entertainment’s push to expand the merchandise offerings available to fans of some of their biggest hobby game brands.

The board game Terraforming Mars from FryxGames in Sweden has been a massive success since its original 2016 release. 2018 saw the release of a localized and highly successful Nordic version of the game, translated by the Copenhagen-based agency Character Localization and Publishing. Today Character and Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that work is underway on a Danish translation of the first Terraforming Mars novel, In the Shadow of Deimos, with publication set for later this Autumn.

ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, is delighted to announce that it has concluded a range-wide deal with Minotauro, the fantasy publishing imprint of the Planeta Group, to bring its novels to Spanish readers in Europe and Central/South America.

NOTTINGHAM 21 July 2021 – Panini Comics and Asmodee Italia announce the arrival of two new novels that will enrich and expand the already deep universes of Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs: Legion, two of the most popular and recognized video games developed by Ubisoft. Italian fans of the two titles will be able to explore more of their favourite game worlds thanks to the imminent arrival of these novels, previously published in the USA and UK by Aconyte, the novel division of Asmodee Entertainment.

Building on the successes of 2020, Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce that Etienne Bonnin has joined the team in the role of Senior Manager, Media Development and Licensing. Etienne will be based in Paris and reporting into Darren Kyman, SVP, Business Development for Asmodee Entertainment, which is led by Managing Director, Andy Jones.

Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that The Art of Arkham Horror, Asmodee’s second art book in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and Fantasy Flight Games Studio, is planned to release at local comic shops on June 30th, 2021, and in bookstores and digitally on July 6th, 2021.

FanSets LLC and Asmodee Entertainment have entered a licensing partnership to bring enamel pins of fan-favorite characters from the KeyForge universe – the setting for Fantasy Flight Games’ ground-breaking card game of the same name – to collectors throughout the US, Canada and the UK. 

ACONYTE BOOKS, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has announced details of its long-planned range of novels inspired by the global bestselling game Pandemic. And just like that game and its spin-offs, the novels foreground highlights scientific cooperation and human ingenuity, as its heroes try to ensure that humanity is protected from future outbreaks.

ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, have partnered with Atomic Mass Games to publish a new trilogy of Marvel novels inspired by the hit tabletop miniatures game, Crisis Protocol, starting this summer.

ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group, Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Ubisoft® to create brand new novels set in the various eras of their Assassin’s Creed® video games. Already announced as Ubisoft’s go-to fiction partner for novels for adult readers for properties like Watch Dogs® and Tom Clancy’s The Division®, Aconyte’s primary mission is to publish untold stories from new or under-explored corners of the game series’ history-spanning timeline, featuring both characters from the games and totally new creations.

Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce that The Art of KeyForge, Asmodee’s first art book in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and Fantasy Flight Games Studio, is available now.

Aconyte Books, the novels imprint of global games publisher Asmodee, are delighted to announce the latest fruits of their ongoing relationship with noted German publishing house Cross Cult. In spring 2021, a new strand will be launched in Germany to publish translated editions of Aconyte’s range of adventure novels set in the Marvel Universe.

Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with Plainview Shoes to extend the CATAN® brand to a collection of fashionable footwear coming in 2021.

Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that their new fiction imprint, Aconyte Books, has agreed a multi-year arrangement with Asmodee Italia to translate their range of novels for the Italian market.

Following the successful launch of The CATAN Puzzle Book, Welbeck Publishing Group and Asmodee Entertainment are pleased to announce that they are expanding this exciting collaboration with further titles based on two more well-known gaming brands from the Asmodee portfolio. This new collaboration will see both Days of Wonder’s Ticket to Ride and Space Cowboy’s Unlock! titles join CATAN in Welbeck’s range of boardgame-inspired puzzle books.

Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Cephalofair Games to create brand new fantasy novels set in the world of their acclaimed GLOOMHAVEN games.

Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has licensed its game-based novel series for French translation and publication in an exclusive partnership with 404 Publishing, an imprint of major publishing house Editis (part of entertainment and communications group Vivendi). The deal was concluded by Asmodee Entertainment’s licensing manager, Alexander Thieme.

ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Ubisoft^® to create brand new novels set in the worlds of some of their most beloved video games. With this agreement, Aconyte will become Ubisoft’s primary publishing partner of novels for adults. In addition to a wide range of new adventures based on existing video games, Aconyte will also be creating tie-ins for select upcoming game releases.

Asmodee Entertainment is delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with CMON – Cool Mini or Not for long-time fans – to create brand new novels set in the worlds of their acclaimed ZOMBICIDE range of games.