GameHead, which rebranded from GamerMats two years ago as part of a push into board game publishing, has expanded its team with a pair of senior hires.

Ryan Schoon, a veteran presenter at the Man vs Meeple YouTube channel, joins Gamehead as marketing manager, while former Ludo Fact USA account executive Mark Burke comes on board as operations manager.

GameHead said Schoon would help expand GameHead’s presence within the tabletop gaming community using his experience in communications, content creation, brand management, and community and sales growth.

Schoon has spent almost a decade producing reviews and previews as part of Man vs Meeple, which has about 77,000 subscribers. He was also formerly a key account manager at tabletop crowdfunding specialist Gamefound from 2020 to 2022, and later spent almost two years as marketing manager with Japanime Games.

Burke joins Gamehead from the US arm of European board game manufacturing major Ludo Fact, where he worked for two years as an account executive.

He previously spent two years as a wholesale account executive at Unstable Games/TeeTurtle, was store manager at Indiana-based retailer Moonshot Games, and also worked for almost a year managing social media for Western Legends publisher Kolossal Games.

GameHead said Burke will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company while directing the sales team.

The company expanded into board game publishing in 2024 after more than a decade specialising in tabletop game mats and accessories, and rebranded from GamerMats to GameHead as part of that process.

GameHead’s publishing arm is led by creative director Paul Salomon, the designer of Elf Creek Games-published Honey Buzz and Stonemaier Games title Stamp Swap.

The publishing arm was launched to focus on party games for six or more people, casual games suitable for players of all ages, and ‘thinky games’ with strategic elements and replayable decision making.

GameHead’s releases to date include Rocco Privetera’s animal-themed set collection title Trinket Trove and Taiki Shinzawa’s bank heist-themed trick taker No Loose Ends.

The company told BoardGameWire it has five new quick-playing titles coming out in June: Pet Quartet, Size Wise, This/That Showdown, Trick to the Future and Friendly Fishing.

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Risa Petrone, Marketing Manager, Alderac Entertainment Group

Former Lucky Duck Games sales and marketing specialist Risa Petrone has been hired by Alderac Entertainment Group as its new marketing manager.

Petrone brings several years of board game industry experience to the business, having previously worked across social media management, marketing and comms across roles at Incredible Dream, Calliope Games and GTS Distribution.

She spent just over a year at Lucky Duck after joining in the summer of 2024, with notable successes listed on her LinkedIn page including contributing to a 65% gross sales increase at Gen Con – where she was responsible for redesigning the company’s booth layout and driving new marketing ideas.

Petrone was also responsible for Lucky Duck’s striking exhibitor booth at GAMA Expo last year, which was fashioned in the style of a kitchen to show off Cardboard Alchemy’s release Critter Kitchen.

Prior to entering the board game industry in 2019, the former teacher also previously worked at the New York Renaissance Faire as a performer, director and choreographer.

AEG’s 2026 activity is set to include the retail edition of Flatout Games’ Kickstarter titles Honeypot and Forage, crowdfunded John D Clair design Mystic Lands and an upcoming Kickstarter for Josh Wood’s Let’s Go to Japan follow-up, Let’s Go to France.

David Bock, Marketing Director, NorthStar Games

Experienced board game industry graphic designer David Bock has left Red Raven Games after almost five years to become marketing director at Nature publisher NorthStar Games.

NorthStar said Bock will lead brand strategy, product launches, convention presence, and community engagement as Northstar looks to expand its hobby gaming catalogue.

Bock joined Sleeping Gods publisher Red Raven as a social media manager and web developer in 2021, before taking on a graphic designer role at the business two years later.

During that time he also took on graphic design contract work at Gloomhaven publisher Cephalofair Games and at PickPocket Games, where he worked on the company’s debut release Thief’s Market, according to his LinkedIn page.

Bock also worked as a marketing manager and consultant for TTRPG-focused Son of Oak Game Studio from June 2025, to guide the retail launch of Legend in the Mist and its marketing and comms rollout.

He began working in the tabletop industry in 2019 as marketing and comms manager at Japanime Games, and also undertook contract social media manager work at Arcane Wonders and graphic designer and art direction at Grandpa Beck’s Games.

Bock also founded his own publishing business Binxadinx Games in 2022, and raised just over $25,000 for its sole Kickstarter campaign for his design, Rocket Ranchers: Herding Cats in Space!, two years ago. He sold the intellectual property of Binxadinx to PickPocket Games earlier this year.

Speaking about his new role at NorthStar, Bock said, “NorthStar already makes games people connect with. I want to make sure future releases line up clearly with players’ expectations.

“My first major initiative is growing the Nature community by launching an annual, community-designed Nature mini-module contest. This will give players a real voice in shaping the future of the Nature game ecosystem.”

NorthStar CEO Dominic Crapuchettes added, “David knows this space because he’s been a part of it for years. He understands both the creative side and the player side, and that perspective helps ensure we’re speaking as members of the community, not just to it.”

Bock joins NorthStar two months after former marketing manager Ross Connell left to become head of crowdfunding at UK fantasy and sci-fi board game and miniatures maker Mantic Games.

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