This week, Scott Thorne takes a look back at 2020 and the ups and downs it brought to game stores.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

This week, Thorne continues to make games industry predictions for 2021 and beyond.

The newly merged companies plan to launch an online collectibles marketplace in Q2 2021.

Tabletop game sales boomed in accounts tracked by NPD Group in 2020 according to its annual report on the toy category, usually released in advance of New York Toy Fair.

The games category appears to be on the upswing, with more display space and more thoughtful curation.

We caught up with VIZ Media VP Kevin Hamric for Manga Week to talk about what’s happening in the manga market, the manga supply chain, and the hot titles.

This week, Scott Thorne explains how Dungeons & Dragons is being used to help treat adults getting therapy for substance abuse or other mental health issues.

This year's challenges included declines in store traffic during the biggest surge in Covid cases in a bad year, supply chain disruptions, and high unemployment.

This year's challenges included declines in store traffic, supply chain disruptions, and high unemployment.