The Castle's Ramparts
The blog for news, events, releases and commentary from Castle Perilous Games & Books. located in downtown Carbondale IL. New posts every Monday and Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Tariffs and dice
Spoke with the owner of a small dice company last night who stopped by the store on his way north. He says that, unless the tariffs are drastically reduced, he will likely have to shut down his company by the end of 2026. There is just no way for him to stay in business in the face of 145% tariffs.
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Interview with the Owners of Runaway Parade Games
Interview with the owners of Runnaway Parade Games on the effect Trump's tariffs are/will have on their boardgame company. It's not positive.
Tariffs Effect on Boardgame Companies
If the tariffs continue, things will get bad for the hobby
game industry. A tariff of 10% could be absorbed, even a 20% one with some
stress. A 35% tariff inflicts serious damage on the industry but a 146% one is
devastating. In this
interview, Price Johnson of Cephalofair Games says his company may have to
quit distributing its games in the US due to the tariffs. One shipment costs
$840,000 to manufacture and Cephalofair has to pay another estimated $873,000
in taxes to bring it into the country, effectively doubling the cost, with no additional
benefit to the company.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Games Workshop New Releases for May 3.
Games Workshop has new figures for Legion Imperialis and Warhammer Old World High Elves listed for May 3 release. Let us know if you want any so we can put an order
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Disney Lorcana Pricing
I am seeing sealed booster boxes of Disney Lorcana’s
Into the Inklands selling for as low as $30 at some bargain outlets. From what
I have heard, Ravensburger heard complaints about the scarcity of First
Chapter and Rise of the Floodborn booster boxes and decided to give
players (and stores) what they had asked for, a print run of Into the
Inklands sufficiently large enough that no orders would need allocations. Stores apparently did not believe this and
played the allocation game, putting in large ordered with the expectation
allocations would occur and the store would receive some number close to the
quantity wanted. Instead, stores got just what they ordered and either had to
pay on receipt or, if they have good credit, on 30 day terms. Given the amount
of Into the Inklands hitting the market, supply and demand says the
industry will see drastic price cuts to move the product, below cost in many
cases, merely to recover some of the money invested in the set.