Fireside Games will begin dealing directly with hobby distributors on January 1 and has hired Chris Williams as Domestic Hobby Sales Representative, the company announced.  Publishers Services Inc., which had been handling hobby distributors for Fireside since 2009, will continue to handle Specialty Retail, Mass, and international Hobby markets for Fireside. 

Williams, who will be handling domestic hobby distribution, supervised sales at Berkeley Game Distributors, and most recently was Sales & Marketing Manager and Operations Manager for 1A Gmaes. 

Fireside is best known for Castle Panic; it recently announced Here Kitty, Kitty!, which will release next spring (see “Fireside Games’ ‘Here, Kitty, Kitty!’”).