We visited the GameStop at Prairie Towne Center on the edge of Madison, Wisconsin on December 1, 2018, and found some changes since our last visit.

We visited a pop-up Toy City in a former Toys 'R' Us location in a regional mall outlot.

When I saw the initial headlines about a Hasbro chain, I thought, here we go, somebody is going to invest money in a nationwide chain of game stores.

There's strength in multiple categories, with both growing sales on evergreens and a solid array of potent new releases.

Boss Monster was #1 for Summer, behind the release of its new expansion Rise of the Minibosses.

Sales on products for new Dungeons & Dragons players indicates that the number of players continues to grow.

The surge in the unpainted miniatures category continued through the Summer season, with strength beyond the Top Five.

Board game sales kept humming along behind improved availability of titles on which demand has chronically exceeded supply.

Note: This is a special report exclusive to Pro subscribers on the Summer 2018 games season.

The collectible games market was relatively quiet, although one new game did make the chart, and there was movement below the Big Three.

Unit sales of the top 20 kids' graphic novels slowed down a bit in October compared to September.

Unit sales of manga are just about twice those of superhero comics at the top and the bottom of the chart.