In franchise happy Hollywood it was a rare battle "of the stars" at the box office this weekend with new wide releases featuring former Iron Man Robert Downey, Jr. and ex-Man in Black Will Smith going head-to-head.

Fantasy Flight Games announced that Covert Missions will be the final set for Star Wars: Destiny, after which they will be ending the product line.

The 2010s finished on an up note, suggesting that things might not be all bad for the direct market.

Fantasy Flight Games shut down its interactive division and laid off employees in its roleplaying game division, but continues to publish RPGs.

Spotty supply on some of the most popular board games slowed sales during the Summer season.

Sam Mendes’ period war drama 1917 easily took the weekend box office crown with a far-better-than-expected $36.5 million 3-day total as it expanded from 11 theaters to almost 3,500 on the weekend after the film had won two key awards (“Best Motion Picture” & “Best Director”) at the Golden Globes.

Fantasy Flight Games unveiled three expansions for Star Wars: X-Wing 2E, Xi-class Light Shuttle, LAAT/i Gunship, and HMP Droid Gunship, for release in Q2.

The first volume, which will street in the run-up to the movie, will get a 100,000 copy print run.

The 2020 box office started out the way 2019 finished with “geek” titles dominating the domestic market, accounting for 5 out of the top six spots led by Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

There were two major launches among the top five RPGs in the hobby channel in the Summer 2019 season, but neither threatened #1.