PRO: Miniatures March Along
Category Remains Solid in Spring Season
July 22, 2024

Sales of key non-collectible miniature lines remained strong in Spring 2024, after the category finished 2023 as the fastest-growing part of the market.

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PRO: The Era of Peak Board Games Is Ending
With Card Games the Beneficiary
July 18, 2024
The era of peak board game sales is ending, with title counts and price pressures pushing hobbyists into less expensive parts of the hobby.
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PRO: Market Awaits 'D&D' Update
In Healthy RPG Market in Transition
July 12, 2024
Dungeons & Dragons sales, while still robust and easily leading all RPG brands, are in a strange state, with an updated version coming this summer.
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PRO: Top Collectible Games – Spring 2024
January – April 2024
July 11, 2024
These charts of the Top Collectible Games in the hobby channel, mass channel, and combined reflect sales in Spring 2024 (January through April).
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PRO: TCG Market Settling Down
With Constraining Supply the Strategy du Jour
July 2, 2024
The trading card game market became a calmer, more measured place in Spring 2024, with publishers turning to constraining supply as the strategy du jour.
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PRO: In Depth – Hobby Game Sales Flat to Down in Spring 2024
As Market Continues to Adjust to Post-Covid Trends
July 1, 2024
Hobby game sales were flat to down in Spring 2024 (January through April), as the market continued to adjust to post-Covid trends.
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PRO: Channel Check – GameStop (Games and Merch)
May 31, 2024; Greenfield, WI
June 3, 2024
We visited a GameStop store located at 7420 W Holmes Ave., Greenfield, Wisconsin on Friday, May 31.
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PRO: Channel Check - Meijer (YA, GNs, Games, and More)
Thursday May 16, 2024; Homer Glen, IL
May 20, 2024
ICv2 visited the Meijer Supercenter store at 14169 S Bell Road, Homer Glen, Illinois 60491 on Thursday May 16, 2024.
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PRO: Channel Check: Walmart Supercenter (GNs, Manga, and Games)
Orland Hills, IL
May 14, 2024
ICv2 visited the Walmart Supercenter at 9265 159th St. in Orland Hills, Illinois 60487 on the Monday evening of May 13, 2024.
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PRO: Channel Check: Barnes & Noble (Games)
May 12, 2024
May 13, 2024
We found the well-stocked games displays encompassing more fixtures than ever before.
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PRO: 2023 a Tough Year for Board and Card Games
Best Sales on Newer Evergreens
April 22, 2024
It was a tough year for hobby board and card games in 2023, with Covid-era trends continuing to revert and sales concentrating in core hobby evergreens, according to our reporting.
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PRO: 'D&D' Declines; Other Brands Grow
2023 RPG Sales Trends
April 12, 2024
Sales of Dungeons & Dragons declined, but sales of other brands grew in the rapidly changing market for roleplaying games in 2023, according to ICv2 reporting.
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