Decimated Stock Levels Show Games Are Selling
May 1, 2020
In this store, Walmart showed signs of both very high demand on many kinds of games, and disrupted supply chains that were making restocks on some titles difficult.
April 3, 2020
April 6, 2020
We wanted to see what the games displays looked like in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, when mass merchants like Targets were among the few retail stores open.
2020 GAMA Expo White Paper Presentation - Audio and Deck
March 24, 2020
The deck used for the presentation is embedded below, so you can just follow along as you listen to the audio.
In Fall/Holidays 2019
March 18, 2020
While the hobby games channel had a solid holiday season overall, tough comps in TCGs and fewer hits in board games made it tougher to beat 2018 numbers in 2019.
Up at Least 5% in Tough Year for Publishers
March 9, 2020
The hobby games channel continued its unprecedented growth in 2019, up at least 5% from 2018, behind double digit growth in collectible games and RPGs and solid years in other categories.
February 23, 2020
March 3, 2020
We recently visited a FYE store, the last remaining one in Wisconsin.
Reprints, Expansions, Evergreens Drive Sales
January 16, 2020
The name of the game in the card and dice games category for Summer was evergreens.
Spotty Supply Slows Hottest Board Games
January 13, 2020
Spotty supply on some of the most popular board games slowed sales during the Summer season.
Paizo Launches 'Pathfinder 2E,' but 'D&D' is Still King
January 3, 2020
There were two major launches among the top five RPGs in the hobby channel in the Summer 2019 season, but neither threatened #1.
Games Workshop, 'D&D' Still Tops
January 2, 2020
The Games Workshop lines and unpainted miniatures tied to Dungeons & Dragons continued to dominate the non-collectible portion of the miniatures market in Summer 2019.
In Summer 2019 Season
December 27, 2019
Sales charts and background for collectible games in Summer 2019.
But Tough on New Releases
December 4, 2019
This is a special report exclusive to Pro subscribers on the Summer 2019 games season.
