We visited the Barnes & Nobles store at 160 Orland Park Pl, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 on Wednesday, October 20.

We visited the Games Workshop store located at 15766 South La Grange Road in Orland Park, Illinois on October 14, 2021.

The mix changed substantially since our first visit, with fewer Funko Pop! figures, and far fewer games.

We visited a Go! Calendars, Toys & Games store at the West Towne Mall, a large regional mall in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 28 to check out their games and merch displays.

The biggest change since our visit two years ago was the increased number of open spots on the shelves.

We revisited the FYE store located in Racine, Wisconsin.

Hobby game sales were up strongly overall in the Spring (January through April) season of 2021, although there were substantial variations from region to region and store to store depending on the fury of the global Covid pandemic and the accompanying restrictions on retail.

Despite the many challenges of doing business during a global pandemic, hobby game sales in the U.S. and Canada grew 21% to $2.035 billion in 2020, up from $1.675 billion in 2019.

We visited the GameStop store at 2310 S Green Bay Road D, Racine, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 22.

We visited the Barnes & Nobles store at 160 Orland Park Pl, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 on Tuesday, April 7.

The TCG shelves at the front of the store were not only largely stripped, the store had placed signage to prevent clustering and stalking.

This is the audio and deck for the virtual presentation by ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp at GAMA Expo on March 17, 2021.