Sales of Magic: The Gathering declined in Q1 but strong growth in other games helped bring Hasbro sales and earnings up.

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 2016.

This chart of the Top 10 Board Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Fall 2016.

Board games were a big success again in the 2016 holiday season, as the hobby games business wrestled with channel conflict, an increasing number of titles, and other changes brought about by the category’s growth over the past decade.

NPD Group, which tracks POS data from major retailers, revealed year-end numbers for U.S. toy sales in 2016, with strong performances for games and collectibles.

As we pass into 2017, we look back on the Top Five major events in the hobby games business.

Sales in Hasbro’s game category were up 13% in its third quarter, with increases in Magic: The Gathering , Duel Masters, Pie Face, Simon , and Bop-It driving the growth.

GameStop Corp., which operates over 7500 stores in 14 countries, wants to be the “global leader” in retailing collectibles merchandise.

We talked to IDW Media Holdings CEO Ted Adams at San Diego Comic-Con recently to get his view of the market and talk about IDW’s latest initiatives and plans. In Part 1 of our two-part interview, we talk about comics, including the Direct Market, variants, the book channel, mass, and digital.

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner touted the growth of players for Magic: The Gathering in the earnings call.