Tabletop Games Blog · August 5, 2025 · 8 min
Shelf to Soil - how board games are getting greener (Topic Discussion)
Seeing a paper belly band, instead of plastic shrink wrap, around the decks of cards in Isle of Night from Red Raven Games made me realise that now might be the time to write again about sustainability and eco-friendliness in the board game hobby. Thinking back over the last few months, it feels as if publishers and players alike have started thinking more about making games greener. So in this article, I am looking at where the industry stands today. Read the full topic discussion article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/08/05/shelf-to-soil-how-board-games-are-getting-greener-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Isle of Night review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/07/19/isle-of-night-saturday-review/ Red Raven Games : https://www.redravengames.com/ Stonemaier Games : https://stonemaiergames.com/ Are Our Games Eco-Friendly? Part 1 : https://stonemaiergames.com/are-our-games-eco-friendly-part-1/ Eco-Friendly Components and a Great User Experience Are Both Possible : https://stonemaiergames.com/eco-friendly-components-and-a-great-user-experience-are-both-possible/ Wingspan review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/16/wingspan/ Above and Below: Haunted crowdfunding campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/red-raven-games/above-and-below-haunted Creature Caravan crowdfunding campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/red-raven-games/creature-caravan Lookout Spiele : https://www.lookout-spiele.de/en/news.php Greenline Announcement : https://www.lookout-spiele.de/en/news/greenline_announcement.html El Paso Board Game Road , Lookout Spiele, https://www.lookout-spiele.de/en/news/elpaso_boardgameroad.html Trash Rush crowdfunding campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rosemarymosco/trash-rush/posts/4084292 Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Startup by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US 10 Chill-Hop Tracks (vol. 1) by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash)