This year's Trade Day offers 70 events run top tier companies. The panels revolve around education for retailers, educators, librarians, and other games industry professionals. This year's event will also include a Trade Day Marketplace that runs from 9:30 am to 5 pm. The marketplace offers a chance for retailers to ask one-on-one questions with the exhibitors featured. Some of the exhibitors include: Games Workshop, FanRoll by Metallic Dice Games, Lucky Duck Games, and PSi.
A few of the highlight events and their descriptions from the Trade Day event schedule include the following:
Bringing NASA Science and Technology Down to Earth (Game2learn, LLC;10 AM EDT). Throughout the years, NASA has pioneered amazing advancements in science and technology. Join me as I take you through my journey of bringing these advancements down to Earth through games and apps.
Gaming in Libraries: Bridging the Gap (Kent District Library; 10 AM EDT). We will explore the ways in which gaming can act as a bridge to alleviate the educational disparity amongst young adults. Focusing on fostering literacy and encouraging social and emotional growth.
Rowan, Rook & Decard Product Showcase (Rowan, Rook & Decard10 AM EDT). Learn about our cool products and why they’ll be a great thing to have in your store or other location.
To Boldly Go: Star Trek & Child Development (Crowder College; 11 AM EDT). This seminar will examine how Star Trek (and other sci-fi storytelling) helps a child’s psychological development through the human experiences of “story” and “play.”
10 Years of Boss Monster (Brotherwise Games; 1:00 PM EDT). Boss Monster, the hit dungeon-building card game from Brotherwise Games, has been an evergreen seller for the past decade. In this session will discuss what’s next for the Boss Monster universe.
Dire Wolf Digital Trade Day Seminar (Dire Wolf; 1:00 PM EDT). Please join us for a presentation where we will discuss the details and retailer benefits of our FLGS+ program. We will also be discussing our catalog of board games and tabletop RPGs.
Top Games for Total Class & Small Group Instruction (Dr. David Niecikowski; 1:00 PM EDT). Dr. Niecikowski will present his top recommended games for total class and small group instruction based on 27 years of classroom and gifted education teaching.
What's Hot at Funko Games (Funko Games; 3:00 PM). Come chat with Funko Games to discover what is new and hot in 2023 along with what we have cooking for holiday and beyond!
Hachette's Studios, Releases, & Resources (Hachette Boardgames; 4:00 PM EDT). Meet Hachette Boardgames USA's eight different studios, learn about their upcoming releases for Q3 and Q4 (and maybe even early 2024!), and take advantage of all of Hachette's retailer resources.
The ICv2 White Paper Presentation will occur at 4:00 PM EDT on Trade Day. At this event, ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp will present market data on the hobby games business, including market size estimates and top product groupings in CCGs, Minis, Board and Card Games, and RPGs.