Diamond and Alliance have launched "Back the Comeback," a marketing campaign to rally support and consumer business for comic and game stores as they reopen, restart, and rebuild.

This week, Scott Thorne shares a letter on coping with the coronavirus era from Mary Alice Wilson of Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at Konami’s organized play announcement and shares a thoughtful piece by Chad Boudreau of ComicReaders in Regina, Saskatchewan about the future of games and organized play in their store.

We round up here recent events in the hobby games business in the unfolding Coronavirus Crisis of 2020.

Ralph DiBernardo of Jetpack Comics shares how they're taking care of their comic book and gaming customers in wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Wizards of the Coast announced that it has added new options for retailers to enable their customers to participate in a prerelease for Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths without attending an in-store event.

Gamegenic, one of the studios that is a part of Asmodee Group, announced the release of its Essential Line of TCG accessories for March 11 through March 13.

Steamforged Games unveiled Gears of War: The Card Game, a card game based on the popular Gears of War video game line, for release in Autumn or Winter 2020.

At New York Toy Fair, Ultra Pro previewed the new entry-level Ascension: Eternal set.