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.
November 16, 2019
November 20, 2019
Amazon 4-Star stores display top sellers, new and trending items, and as the store's name indicates, products rated 4 Stars and above.
November 4, 2019
November 6, 2019
The company maintained its push into the toy category, and added a second game to its product range.
New Exclusive Line of Family Games
October 22, 2019
The biggest change since our last was a full bay of inexpensive family games and classics being sold under a house brand created for Target by Buffalo Games.
