This week, Thorne looks at Free Comic Book Day compared to Free RPG Day, and considers the two Yu-Gi-Oh! events scheduled for the same weekend.

Konami has announced a sequel to the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragons of Legend Booster which brought some of the most anticipated, fan-requested cards from the animated TV series to the game.

Konami will host its next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event in Chicago, IL on April 11-12, and will debut a new Pubilc Event.

Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale, Illinois and instructor in marketing at Southeast Missouri State University. This week, Thorne shares his concern over the strain on resources by the rapidly increasing numbers of OP programs.

At GTS, Konami Digital Entertainment announced the Ultimate Duelist Series (UDS), a new tournament series for its Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG , and previewed upcoming releases, including Duelist Pack- Battle City.

These charts of the Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all, Top 5 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games reflect sales in Fall/Holiday 2014.

At Toy Fair, Konami Digital Entertainment was previewing upcoming releases including the unnamed Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Starter Deck and the Crossed Souls Advance Edition .

Yu-Gi-Oh! has joined Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon as the third recent CCG release date broken by Target stores.

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced Crossed Souls Advance Edition for its Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, releasing on July 3.

Konami will host its next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event in Tacoma, WA on February 14 - 15.