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What Do Board Game Retailers Care About the Most?

Brand Game Development

When you’re making your first board game, retail distribution is probably not top of mind. It just means the question of “what do board game retailers care about the most” goes unanswered for a long time. In my game development experience, I’ve never sought out retail distribution. And that’s fine!

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How Cons Can Help You Get Your Board Game into Retail

Brand Game Development

If you want to get your board game into retail, you’ve probably heard the advice “go to cons.” Why are cons so useful for getting into retail or even launching a Kickstarter? Below, you will find an edited transcript of our video call, transcribed by Scribie. Look around for the retailers. Molly: Yeah.

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How to Get Your Board Game in a Retail Store for the First Time

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If you want to get your board game into retail stores, it helps to set small, achievable goals. Below, you will find an edited transcript of our video call, transcribed by Scribie. What follows has been edited for brevity and clarity. Molly & her first two retail customers. Molly & her first two retail customers.

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EA Sports College Football 25 sold 2.2m $100 copies with early access

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EA Sports College Football 25 sold over 2 million copies of its premium edition, which offered access to the game three days ahead of launch. As noted by IGN , the only way to gain this access was to buy the deluxe edition on console, which retailed at $99.99 standard edition. The publisher announced on Friday that 2.2

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Hogwarts Legacy back at No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

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As reported by GfK, a retailer promotion has seen sales increase across all formats for the Warner Bros. Meanwhile, Starfield's premium edition upgrade — essentially a box with a download code that unlocks early access to the digital edition — debuted at No.7 7 following early access on Friday last week.

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20 years of the BAFTA Games Awards

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Tonight, London’s Southbank Centre will host the 20th edition of the BAFTA Games Awards. The industry is almost unrecognisable compared to when the first games BAFTAs were held. Read more

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PS5 promotions drive retail sales as Lego Star Wars holds No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

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GfK's report showed that four of the Top Ten best-selling boxed games saw sales comfortably led by their PS5 edition, plus PlayStation exclusive Gran Turismo rounded off the charts at No.10. The PS5 edition sold almost double that of the next biggest SKU, which was the Nintendo Switch.

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