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Robin Valentine

Popular board game publisher CMON—creator of Zombicide and Marvel United—is putting all future projects on hold and laying off creatives as tariffs continue to wreak havoc on the industry

A group of samurai warriors battling undead in the board game Zombicide: White Death. .

Reporting on the impact of the US-China tariffs on the tabletop gaming industry is an increasingly bleak job. Yesterday, I wrote about the creators of Wingspan feeling forced to try to "sue the president" to survive. Today, one of the most well-known companies in the industry is essentially going into standby mode until things improve.

You'll likely recognise CMON from either its hugely successful line of Zombicide games, more recent hit Marvel United, or one of its many lavish Kickstarters, including one where you could pledge for a plastic Galactus the size of a toddler. Older nerds might remember CMON as a website where people could post pictures of their Warhammer minis, but since 2012 it's been a huge presence in the world of board game publishing.

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