Hobby games trade organisation GAMA is losing executive director John Stacy next month after what it described as seven "transformative" years - and just three weeks after it unveiled ambitious plans to become the "epicenter” of the global tabletop gaming industry.
US-based GAMA has revealed an array of plans spread across the next decade, including boosting its membership within both hobby games and the mass market, expanding itself into a global organisation, shifting its finances away from the current heavy reliance on the annual GAMA Expo and Origins shows, and leading the conversation on sustainability within the industry.
Hobby games trade organisation GAMA has brought in its first-ever chief operating officer to help manage growing staff numbers, as it prepares to do away with 'whack-a-mole' planning by unveiling its inaugural 10-year plan.
North America’s biggest board games industry trade show, GAMA Expo, is moving to Baltimore after surging attendance numbers left the event straining at the seams again - just two years after the show shifted to Kentucky to handle growing interest.
Board game trade organisation GAMA has been accused of "rampant gatekeeping", "toxic leadership" and disrespecting its members in a resignation announcement from its marketing and communications manager.
The Origins Awards, one of board gaming's longest-running prizes voted on by industry professionals, has picked out a huge slate of 120 nominees for its 2024 competition - which coincides with the 50th anniversary of its namesake gaming convention.
Another record attendance at North America's biggest board games industry trade show, GAMA Expo, has left the event pressed for space once again - just a year after the show was transported to Louisville in an attempt to handle surging interest.
A Pittsburgh tabletop game store which is still pushing new boundaries more than 45 years after being launched has picked up a pair of The Game Manufacturers Association's Power Retail Awards, including retailer of the year.
Board game trade organisation GAMA is looking to celebrate outstanding tabletop gaming retailers again through its fifth annual Power Retail Awards.
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.
