Pokemon Destined Rivals

 We should have a restock of Pokemon Destined Rivals ETKs out on the shelf Friday.  Price will be $89.99

Cryer from the Castle 8/25

 Brando with Cryer from the Castle for the week of 8/25/26

https://youtu.be/Xrc9knpvF4w

Discord Server

 We finally have the store Discord server up and running.  Here is the invite link, should you so be inclined.

https://discord.gg/JK5dDdF7SD

Diamond Bankruptcy

 

The announcement of a settlement in the long running Diamond Comics bankruptcy case may bring a less than satisfactory ending to the affair (See “Settlement with Some Diamond Consignment Vendors Proposed”). Companies that consigned product with Diamond now get access to their products, Sparkle Pop has to charge reasonable fees to ship out companies consigned products or allow a third party company to do so but it appears the consigned products sold by Diamond are gone, leaving the owners of the consigned products missing some $800,000 in products.

Star Wars D&D

 

Choosing to publish a Star Wars version of Dungeons and Dragons is an interesting choice to put it mildly. Although WotC had significant success with its d20 Star Wars RPG and later the Saga Edition, both have been out of print for well over a decade, with the gap filled by Edge Studio’s set of Star Wars RPGs. Star Wars in the table top gaming field, with the exception of the Star Wars Unlimited trading card game, has seen a marked decline in interest over the past 5 or so years. Going up against an already existing product line using a brand that has seen a significant drop in engagement in recent years does not make a lot of sense so I hope WotC has done its research on this.  I do have high hopes for the announced Dark Sun and Greyhawk launches in 2027 though.

Conludo

 

Conludo—A strange choice for the name of a new boardgaming streaming series but I am already seeing a lot of interest from tabletop gamers about the announced return of Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton to a table top gaming series. I consider the pair’s TableTop series of a decade ago one of the most important events to happen to the gaming industry in the past fifty years (See “Talking About TableTop”) and while a lot of tabletop web series have launched since then, thousands of people credit TableTop with introducing them to the fun of boardgaming. Currently, it looks as if 10 episodes are planned and Wheaton and Day have the name recognition from Geek & Sundry, the Guild and TableTop to get people to watch.

Cryer from the Castle for 8/19/26

 Brandon with Cryer from the castle for 8/18/26

https://youtu.be/9A2pomaw0Xs