Board Will Not Take Illegal Actions
November 18, 2002
We recently reported on the GAMA board's decision not to implement a membership resolution to ban discounters from the Origins game show. Now GAMA President Rick Loomis has responded to criticism of the board decision.
From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
Won't 'Just Follow Orders'
November 13, 2002
Mike Webb of Alliance Games, a member of the GAMA Board of Directors, sent us this comment in reaction to the comment of Gabriel Vega of Name of the Game regarding the GAMA board's decision not to enforce a recently enacted ban on Internet discounters at the Origins game convention.
March Manga Launch
November 12, 2002
Tokyopop announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the Digimon manga and plans to begin releasing trade paperbacks in March of 2003...
Do It or Resign
November 12, 2002
Gabriel Vega of the Name of the Game of Camarillo, California had a strong response to the announcement by GAMA president Rick Loomis that the GAMA Board of Directors had decided not to enforce the ban on Internet discounters on the Origins floor that was passed by the membership last year.
To Avoid Litigation
November 10, 2002
In a recent letter from President Rick Loomis to the GAMA membership, GAMA announced that it will not be enforcing its ban on Internet discounters on the exhibit floor of Origins in 2003.
To Serve Western U.S.
November 9, 2002
Game distributor ACD Distribution of Madison, Wisconsin is announcing Monday that it is opening a warehouse in Fresno, California to service the western United States.
Board Game Due Out in April
November 8, 2002
Games Workshop is planning to bring back its Talisman board game, which has been out of print for almost a decade, for release in April of 2003.
Non-licensed Game From Z-Man
November 5, 2002
Z-Man Games has announced that it will publish Cartoon Action Hour , an RPG originally released by Spectrum Game Studios as a PDF download.
Pinnacle To Concentrate on Creative
November 2, 2002
Fast Forward's latest thrust is an alliance with the RPG publisher Pinnacle. Shane Hensley, President of the Pinnacle Entertainment Group, told ICv2 that under the new agreement Fast Forward 'will handle our solicitations, shipping, and mail order fulfillment.'
