The nominees for the Spiel des Jahres, the German “Game of the Year,” were unveiled alongside nominations for the Kennerspiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres. winners will be announced July 21. Kinderspiel des Jahres Große kleine Edelsteine by Wolfgang Warsch Magic Keys by Markus Slawitschek & Arno Steinwender Taco Kit
Conan Trading Cards Coming From Cryptozoic
Cryptozoic Entertainment will release Conan the Barbarian Trading Cards, with decades of comic art from Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics, sketch cards, and more, in Q4 2024, the company announced. The set will be produced with a limited production run, sold in five-card booster packs, 24-pack displays, and 12-box cases. The
Avalon Hills Game Nights Coming To Your FLGS
Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast launched Avalon Hill Game Nights, a new pilot program for WPN organized play. Avalon Hill Game Nights program offers up OP events for select Avalon Hill lines to WPN stores. These demo events coincide with evergreen titles that WotC is increasing availability for to WPN stores via distribution. [&h
Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaevel Reenactment Programme RPG Coming This Fall
Exalted Funeral revealed Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaevel Reenactment Programme, a new roleplaying game, which will hit stores in October 2024 after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme consists of a core book featuring an original rules-lite gaming system; guidance
Adults Spending More On Toys Then Children.
Adults bought more toys for themselves than for any other age group last quarter for the first time ever, surpassing toys for even the historically-dominant preschooler market. Consumers 18 years of age and up spent $1.5 billion in toy-related purchases in the period from January through April, overtaking the three-to five-year-old demograph