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GAMA Executive Director John Stacy will be joining the Tariffs Hurt The Heartland coalition in Washington DC February 5-7 to lobby against tariffs on toys and games. The group is comprised of more than 200 trade…
Read the reportPolish publisher Portal Games will bring their new Detective Game to Amazon Alexa. Case 6, Suburbia of Detective: A Modern Crime Board will be narrated by Alexa, a virtual assistant created by Amazon to…
Read the reportFlying Buffalo CEO and founding GAMA President Rick Loomis has announced he has cancer. Loomis said, “I’m told it is very treatable. However I expect to be somewhat distracted for the next few months.” Loomis, 71,…
Read the reportEssen Edition 2019 Tabletop Wire successfully launched a Kickstarter to provide coverage from Spiel in Essen, Germany. These are the sponsors and producers that made that coverage happen. The stories will first be published…
Read the reportGames Workshop posted record sales and profit in the six months to December 2018. Sales were up 14% over the previous year at £125.2 million and pre-tax profit grew 7% to £40.8m. The company announced a dividend…
Read the reportDarwin P Bromley, attorney, game designer and co-founder of Mayfair Games, has passed away at 68. He is survived by his wife, Trella and their four children. Bromley was born in West Virginia, but…
Read the reportToronto-based Spin Master Corp have inked a three-year global agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products beginning in 2020 to be the new toy licensee for DC for boy’s action figures, remote control and robotic vehicles, water toys, games…
Read the reportAnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps spoke with Penny Arcade Director of Events Ryan Hartman about the future of Pax Unplugged. Although they don’t report attendance numbers, Hartman said the show doubled in size this year. What is PAX…
Read the reportGreater Than Games have acquired Nevermore Games, the Richmond, Va publishers of Chicken Caesar, Mars Needs Mechanics, Spires and Dark Dealings. The companies have been talking for several months. The details of the deal…
Read the reportPrivate equity firm Mason Wells, have acquired Buffalo Games, a manufacturer and marketer of jigsaw puzzles and board games, in a deal that closed in August. Mason Wells, along with Nagendra Raina, CEO of Buffalo Games,…
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