For once, European board gamers are getting the better deal. Czech Games Edition's chief executive has explained why the publisher's Kingdom Come: Deliverance board game, the tabletop adaptation of the hit medieval RPG video game, costs $199.99 in the United States but just €149.99, around $170, in Europe. The culprit is US tariffs.
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Find events near youCGE boss Petr Murmak laid out the maths on BoardGameGeek after backers asked about the roughly $30 gap. Unlike most publishers, who manufacture in China, CGE prints its games in its own factory in Czechia. That normally gives it tighter control over quality and stock, but it also means US-bound copies now attract a 15% import tariff on European production. "USD to EUR is like 1:1.15 right now and tariff is 15% for production in EU," Murmak wrote, adding that once you stack the exchange rate and the tariff on top of the European price, the American sticker works out to about $198 before shipping. He noted the company actually makes slightly less profit on each US copy than on a European one.
It is a rare, specific look at something the hobby has been fretting about for months. Tariffs and shipping are quietly reshaping what games cost and where, and publishers who make outside China are not automatically insulated. For CGE's sprawling Kingdom Come adaptation, at least, it means UK and European gamers are looking at the friendlier price. A small mercy, but we will take it.
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