GAMA hunts for tabletop gaming’s best brick-and-mortar stores in latest Power Retail Awards
Board game trade organisation GAMA is looking to celebrate outstanding tabletop gaming retailers again through its fifth annual Power Retail Awards.
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“Despair. Hopelessness. Frustration. Sadness”: board game professionals fear for industry’s future under “reckless” Trump tariffs – but GAMA plans to fight back
Punishing import tariffs threatened by US president-elect Donald Trump could lead to a "great collapse" of the US board game industry, with publishers, distributors and retailers of all sizes facing the threat of going under, professionals within the industry have told BoardGameWire.
Origins seals record post-Covid attendance, hopes to attract back larger publishers for 50th anniversary next year
GAMA’s annual tabletop gaming convention Origins has sealed a record post-Covid attendance, with visitor numbers up 10% compared to last year's event.
GAMA’s annual diversity drive opens offering $1,000 grants, convention support to fledgling board game publishers, retailers
Applications for board games trade organisation GAMA's annual diversity programme are now open for this year, offering $1,000 grants, convention support and mentorship to new board game publishers and retailers from under-represented communities.
Tabletop gaming trade organisation GAMA’s board officers are all women for the first time in history
Hobby games trade organisation The Game Manufacturers Association is celebrating the first all-women lineup for its board officers in its 47-year history.
GAMA shifts 2025 Expo dates after ‘blowing past projections’ for space needed, signs one-year Kentucky extension
The Game Manufacturer's Association has shifted next year's GAMA Expo trade show a week earlier than usual due to a huge growth in attendance this year - and has agreed to keep the event in Kentucky for an extra year despite its own reservations over remaining in the state.
GAMA diversity drive offers $1,000 grants, mentoring to fledgling board game publishers and retailers
Board games trade organisation GAMA is offering $1,000 grants and peer mentoring to new board game publishers and retailers from under-represented communities.
Origins Game Fair attendance jumps 38%, still down on pre-pandemic highs
GAMA's annual tabletop gaming convention Origins Game Fair failed to draw record crowds last week despite a marked jump in attendance compared to last year's event.
GAMA: Cancelling Kentucky expo contract would have ‘lethal’ financial impact
Hobby games trade body GAMA has looked into scrapping the planned move of its annual trade show to Kentucky in the wake of anti-LGBTQ laws passed by the state - but said the $1.8m cancellation cost would have a "lethal impact" on the organisation.
Record crowds attend GAMA Expo, but retailers still below pre-pandemic peak
A record number of people descended on tabletop gaming trade show GAMA Expo last week, although the number of retailers attending the event is still below pre-Covid levels, ICV2 reports.