Gen Con Trade Day has lined up swag bag contributions from major game companies, including Konami, Score, Upper Deck, WizKids, and Wizards of the Coast.

The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will be adding an East Coast show to its schedule in 2010.

Viz Media has designated Konami as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the Blue Dragon TCG in North America .

John Jelley of Pyrimid Comics & Games in Sierra Vista , Arizona attended GAMA Trade Show last week and found that the reduced number of presentations made it hard to figure out what each publisher had to offer.

In Part 5, the panelists continue the discussion of the events in a historical context, and answer a question from the audience.

In Part 4, panelists place the early New York comic conventions in the history of the medium and the business.

In Part 3, panelists share their favorite New York comic convention moments.

In Part 2, Levitz wraps up the “first convention” recollections, and a discussion is held to properly place the dates of the convention.

Rich Waldbiesser of Six Feet Under Games in New Holland, Pennsylvania, saw John Riley's recent column on organized play and says game companies need to improve OP opportunities for retailers.

Upper Deck is continuing to tweak the Loot Card format for its World of Warcraft TCG.