Board Games Insider - episode 365: The One About An Existential Crisis for the Hobby Game Industry

Published: Wed 23rd Apr

GAMA making statements and making moves on Tariffs

Tariffs: Fewer games, higher prices, smaller print runs

RPGs are not “books”, and therefore will be subject to tariffs:

$1.2 million in Cepholfair Games stranded in China; warnings of price increases - Price Johnson on CNN!

GAMA lists all actions they do in the tariff situation:

HEXplore it puts refunds on hold for their campaign

French government provides a survival brochure, and it includes... board games

David Preti stepping down from post as non-Executive Director at CMON

Final Frontier folds, blames CMON

Steve Jackson Games CEO resigns to focus on work at Turbo Dork

To what extent do traditional business leadership models apply to the board game industry?

Have you ever accidentally eaten a game component at the table? OR at least placed a game component in your mouth THINKING it was a piece of food?

Come watch!