Well we finally got in a restock today of the Magic Final Fantasy play boosters. Only took about 3 months. Now to see if the demand is still here or if everyone has moved on from the set to anticipating the new Avatar set.
So far, we have received reprints of Takir Dragonstorm and Final Fantasy. Now all we need is for a reprint of Edge of Eternities to show up for the holiday selling season.
Please let us know if you want these by noon on Nov. 4th
Kill Team: Dead Silence is the latest expansion for the Kill Team game. This exciting box continues the recent campaigns into the depths of ancient Tomb Worlds and is the first place to get the eagerly awaited, new XV26 T’au Stealth Battlesuits and Space Wolf Scouts. All collectors will no doubt enjoy adding these to their Warhammer 40,000 collections too.
Stop by the store after 3 today for Trick or treating. We will have candy, Pokemon Packs and comic books for trick or treaters, as well as hot dogs and cider.
Players in the D&D Game get an extra re-roll if in costume and players in Friday Night Magic get an extra promo card if in costume.
One of the most unique RPGs to have come out in the past few years is Alice is Missing. For those not familiar with the game, released by Renegade Press, it is a gamemasterless RPG, played silently by the participants, who only communicate through text messages. The Facilitator sets everything up and plays the role of Charlie Barnes, who returns to the town of Silent Falls inquiring about the whereabouts of their friend Alice Briarwood, from whom they have not heard in three days. Charlie reaches out to the other players, who take the roles of Alice’s other friends, who then work together to figure out what has happened to Alice. As all the communication in the game takes play via group and individual texts, every player must have a phone. The game itself only comes with a copy of the rules and the clue cards, which help determine what happened to Alice. A lot of the material, such as the timer, character sheets, soundtrack and props are provided online, meaning that players must have access to at least one computer during the game session. The game takes about 90 minutes to play, with the counter indicating when clue cards get flipped over to provide more information about what happened to Alice.
Given the topic, a missing teen age girl, Alice Is
Missing spends a lot of time on player safety, telling players to determine
Lines (subjects which should not be discussed in the game) and Veils (subjects
which can be mentioned but not described in detail). There is also an X-card,
which a player can play, or type X into the chat, to remove a topic from the
game. Players are then given their characters and time to look them over and
the timer is then started. Over the
course of the next 90 minutes, every 5 or 10 minutes the timer prompts the
reveal of a clue card. At 30 minutes, the suspect cards are gathered, and one
is revealed as the person responsible for Alice’s disappearance, at 20 minutes,
a location card reveals where she is and at 10 minutes, another card reveals
Alice’s condition. During the game, players are never at the same location at
the same time, giving a game reason for texting. Likewise, players are
encouraged to “Make Stuff Up” if it stays within the narrative of the game and
moves it along consistently with the cards revealed. The game requires players
to adopt the motives and relationships of their characters, meaning the more
role playing each incorporates into the game, the more enjoyable it becomes.
South Illinois from College to Elm will close tomorrow about 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. for Trick or Treating on Main Street from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by the Homecoming Concert starting about 6 p.m.
We are one of the 40 stops for downtown trick or treating and will be giving away both candy and a comic book so stop by
Since pauper locally has grown in popularity, we will add a session of Magic pauper play to Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Cost is $6. We did try running Pauper on Monday nights earlier this year but after the first couple of weeks, players stopped showing. Hoping that those really wanting to play Pauper will cover here at 1 p.m. and then head over to G&G Games for their evening Pauper session for a day's worth of Pauper play
We received a restock of the Mega Evolution Elite Trainer Kits as well as the Halloween promotional packs. Come in and play Pokemon on Saturdays between 1 and three and you will receive 1 Halloween promo pack as well as 1 promotional card for each match you play.
We would like to get the in store Pokemon play back to a level that it is worthwhile for us to get pre-releases sanctioned again and host tournaments. We currently can apply for pre-releases but do not want to until we get more instore play. If you want pre-releases in Carbondale, come play on Saturdays.
Haunted Carbondale walking tours will start up on the 10th , leaving the store at 6 p.m on the evenings of the 10th, 17, 22 and 29th . We decided to move the third and fourth ones from Friday to Wednesday so as not to conflict with the Homecoming music festival and Halloween.
Magic Spider Man released today and, according to one of our suppliers, WotC printed 3 times as much of this set as the company did Tarkir Dragonstorm. While I do not expect to see Final Fantasy numbers, because that was just nuts, we do expect to sell out of Collector Boosters within a couple of weeks and Play Boosters within a month. Gift Bundles are almost pre-sold out, to the point we are not preselling any more as we want to make sure our allocation covers our orders. Surprisingly, at least to us, we did not presell a single regular bundle but expect those to sell out within a week.
Today is
Just a reminder that today is the last day to prepay for the Spider Man pre-release or any of the Spider Man product and save money. Pre-release entry goes to $55 tomorrow.
We are taking pre-orders for the Kill Team Tomb World set as well as the Raverners, BattleClade, Orks Kommandos ADEPTA SORORITAS: SISTERS NOVITIATE , and Battlecards for the Raverners and BattleClade. Let us know by 3 p.m August 26th if you want any.
GenCon 2025 continued the trend of recent GenCons by selling
out attendance (See “GenCon
2025 Sets New Attendance Record”). I can remember the days when 50,000
attendees was considered an amazing number. Now it’s “oh 70,000+ people
attending” even though it is the largest
annual convention in Indianapolis and the second largest regular event in Indy,
only eclipsed by the Indianapolis 500.
I judge how well a game or other product is going to do
based on, not on how much buzz it gets at GenCon or Origins but rather what
items my customers ask for after the event ends. This is what happened with Magic
The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons 2nd, 3rd, 4th
and 5th editions, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Vampire the
Masquerade, Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh.
Using this metric, things I expect to do well are:
Starfinder 2E—as is their wont, Paizo released
the new edition to the channel at the same time the company launched it at
Gencon. We have taken pre-orders on this for months and had customers come pick
up their copies as soon as we notified them they had arrived.
Gundam—Both the Gundam TCG and the Gundam
Assemble miniatures game have had significant interest. The Gundam TCG
has proved hard enough to stock in that I expect it to go the way of the
original Final Fantasy TCG which, available while it was in demand only
through one distributor, saw a drastic drop in interest when supplies became
more widely available. Much as with their One Piece TCG, Bandai seems
unable to print enough product to satisfy the demand, increasing speculation on
the game and making it harder to hold tournament or other sanctioned play,
which has become the lifeblood of most TCGs. Since Gundam Assemble is not a collectible
product, at least I hope not, and I have had a number of customers ask about it,
both before and after GenCon. Unfortunately, I am not seeing an official
release date posted yet and it looks as if initial orders will be
allocated. If they are, I hope Bandai
has more product in the pipeline to arrive soon.
Riftbound—Despite the excitement about the
game at GenCon, we have not had any customers asking about it. The buzz around
it reminds of that around another TCG based on a MOBA, the World of Warcraft
TCG which launched with great fanfare and filled tables at GenCon and
Origins in 2005, released in 2006, slowed down enough to get sold off in 2010
and petered out in 2013 (See”WOW
TCG Calls It Quits”). The store did
make a decent amount of money off WOW but primarily from people wanted
to buy the packs in the hope of getting codes to unlock special in-game
items. Actual card play petered out
within a year or two. From what I can tell, Riftbound packs do not
include Riot Codes, so that will exclude that segment of the market. Will it
sell? Certainly. Will it displace Magic,
Pokemon or Yu Gi Oh? Yes,
temporarily but over the long term I doubt it.
The Diamond Comic Distribution bankruptcy saga just took
another interesting turn, at least based on the daily emails the company is
sending (See “Diamond
Bankruptcy Continues to Rack Up Fees”).
Emails like their “New to Order” come from Diamond Comic Distributors
and have the following address at the bottom:
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. 10150 York Road, Suite 300
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
However, the Diamond Daily email is coming from Diamond
Comic Distributors II, using the same email address but has the following
mailing address:
Diamond Comic Distributors II, LLC.
10150 York Road, Suite 300
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Same mailing address but it appears Diamond has quietly
created a second LLC through which to send some of its correspondence. I figure
some legal reason for it. Just one more small, strange twist in the continuing
story.
Those of you who were in the SIUC SGS during the 1980s and 1990s should remember Mike Herron or "Wheelchair Mike" as he was also known. He played many different war , board and RPGs but I remember him as an avid Car Wars player.
According to his Facebook page, he had suffered from lung disease for several years and recently developed congestive heart failure, to the point that his weary body just gave out. Rest in peace Mike
If you are a Magic Player between the ages of 10 and 16 (younger ones are welcome as long as they understand the rules), come join us for Young Guns magic on Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5. All Participants receive a free Magic booster as well as promo cards for each set of games they play.
Diplomatic Relations has the following errata
We are aware of an issue in which the card Diplomatic Relations from Edge of Eternities was printed with missing rules text that affects its functionality. The printed version reads:
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
The corrected rules text reads:
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
This is an official update to rules text that should be reflected in play. Corrected text will appear on MTG Arena, Gatherer, and Magic Online.
Due to problems with cover warping, the Eberron Artificer book has been delayed until late November.
We want to share an important update about Eberron: Forge of the Artificer.
A few weeks ago, we received the first printed copies of the book. At first, everything looked great and met our production standards. But over time, a serious issue emerged: the covers began to warp. This was a defect that developed after production and wasn’t visible during initial inspection.
After reviewing the full scope of the issue, we made the tough decision to recall and reprint the entire physical run. No copies with this defect will be shipped to customers. This is a complete reprint, not a patch job, and we believe it’s the right call.
We know many players expected digital access earlier, but to preserve the integrity of the experience and ensure a unified release, we’ve aligned both physical and digital editions to a single timeline. Both versions will now officially launch on December 9, 2025.
Key Dates for WPN Release
November 25, 2025 – Early Access Begins [North America Only]
Customers purchasing through participating WPN stores will be eligible to pick up their corrected physical copies starting this date two weeks ahead of global release.
December 9, 2025 – Global Release
All remaining physical copies and digital editions go live.
We expect a small restock of Final Fantasy boosters to arrive later this week, both play and collector as well as 1, that is one, bundle. Based on the amount of interest, we do not expect these to last the weekend.
So far I am hearing very good reviews of the new Superman movie, despite those complaining because Kal-El is shown as an immigrant to the planet, which he is. "Strange visitor from another world" and all that as the original original had it. If you see the movie, bring in your ticket and purchase $10 worth of Superman books, we will give you a reproduction of Adventure Comics #210, featuring the first appearance of Krypto.
If you want any of the new Horus Heresy items, specifically the SATURNINE box set, we need to know by 3 p.m CT tomorrow. Same thing for the new codexes releasing 7/26
Tomorrow we will host our third annual reading of the Declaration of Independence at 11 am central time. You are welcome to join us at the store or watch live as we stream it on our Facebook page.
This looks like a cool series. Remember Archie had some really weird crossovers over the years, including Predator, Punisher, Sharknado and later this summer Jay and Silent Bob. They all worked. We ordered up on this one, as well as the Jay and Silent Bob book because I think they will be fun.
Stop by the store and pick up a free Archie/Minor Threats button, while they last.
The Universes Beyond Final Fantasy has been quite a sugar rush for stores. Even pricing collector boosters at $50 each did not slow down the interest and the Gift Bundles moved steadily at $149.99 as we sold through 80% of our order in one day.
We would love to get more of the shiny collectors cards for the set but, since there are serialized cards in the Collector packs, Wotc will not reprint them. We do expect more Play boosters and regular commander decks in July but no more Collector.
Will Spider Man and Avatar be as big? I am not sure. I doubt it but I and the rest of the staff, to be honest, did not expect Final Fantasy to sell as well as it did.
We are currently out of Final Fantasy sealed product. We expect our Gift Bundles to arrive this week and hopefully some Play boosters as well. We do not expect any more collector boosters or commander decks though.
We will host Final Fantasy Chobobo Racing every Saturday at 1 p.m. That means a booster draft. You get 3 points for playing in the draft and 1 point for each round you win. Get 10 points and get a chobobo print. Reach 20 points and you earn a Chobobo VR pin.
Bring your dad in on Father's Day, or any Fathers coming in by themselves, and we will treat them to a free bottle of soda or tea. How better to cool off on a hot, almost summer, day?
We have a large selection of Excel sodas, as well as Muddy Monster root Beer and the line of Excel small batch iced teas so come in, get Dad one and buy one or more for yourself.
I am really liking the new Supergirl series from DC. I started reading comics back in the 1960s and I am amused/happy to see Sophie Campbell bringing back a lot of concepts from the Silver Age version of her , like Streaky the Supercat, Titano the Super Ape, Dick Malverne and Lesla-Lar, one of Supergirl's earliest foes, though not as conflicted as Campbell makes her in this version. But then it was the 1960s and we were not expecting complicated personalities in our comic books.
Of course, if they bring back Comet the Super Horse and Jerro the Merboy, that might stretch things too far.
The email below discusses some of the actions Portal Games plans to take in response to American tariffs and notably, advises
American customers who want to back their upcoming release Race for Berlin
to put in a $1 placeholder pledge until the company determines if the
administration will change its mind about how much tariffs should be:
Bohemians was sent to print this week. I lowered the
print run to 60% of planned print run so we don’t risk bankruptcy with tariffs
when games reach US customs,
Age of Galaxy is ready in China. I asked the manufacturer
to not ship it to the US yet. We are risking missing Gen con release, but this
additional 145% cost added to the whole sprint run is devastating. I have two,
maybe three weeks window and then I miss Gen con with the game,
Race to Berlin on GameFound started this week. We have
200 backers as for now. For the US players we decided to not collect regular
pledge due to uncertainty with final tariffs and asked them to put $1 Pledge in
and see how the things develop later. We don’t want to leave them behind, but
at the same time I am responsible and respectful - I am not going to charge you
$40 for a game that may cost you $200 later with crazy tariffs added.
We had 19 people in for our first Final Fantasy pre-release, the largest number we have had in quite some time. We still have space in tonight's and tomorrow's events but will not be selling any pre-release kits until after 1 p.m on Sunday, in order to make sure we have space in both of our remaining events. After 1 p.m. tomorrow, we will put out any remaining kits on sale.
WOTC has said that the Universes Beyond Final Fantasy set is the biggest selling Magic set ever. It should be, given that the going rate for a booster box of Collector boosters for the set is selling for about $600, some of the Collector Commander Decks are selling for over $300 each and at least one foil version of a card is currently selling for $175
If yo want any of these, please let us know by Tuesday June 3 at 3 p.m.
CHAOS KNIGHTS: HOUNDPACK LANCE
CODEX: CHAOS KNIGHTS (ENG)
DATASHEET CARDS: CHAOS KNIGHTS (ENG)
WARHAMMER 40000: CHAOS KNIGHTS DICE
CHAOS KNIGHTS: CHAOS KNIGHT RUINATOR
Sirius Dice has acquired a license for the 1980s D&D
cartoon and is producing a line of pins featuring the characters from the show.
The one we received featured Hank the Ranger but I assume they will make pins
featuring the entire cast.
For June 14th
AGE OF SIGMAR: GENERAL'S HANDBOOK (ENG)
AOS: SAND AND BONE GAMING PACK (ENG)
SPEARHEAD: CITIES OF SIGMAR FUSIL-PLATOON
SPEARHEAD: OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS MORTISAN ELITE
SPEARHEAD: OGOR MAWTRIBES SCRAPGLUTT
SPEARHEAD: SERAPHON SUNBLOODED PROWLERS
Free Comic Book Day took place May 3rd. Though
traffic was steady here all day, we had no lines waiting to get into the store
as we have see in past years, with only two people waiting at the door when we
opened. The drizzle and threatened thunderstorms may have accounted for that as
well as the drastic drop in costumed customers.
Though the Marvel and DC books were popular as always, I was rather
surprised to see the popularity of the Black Mirror book from Twisted
Comics as it was the first book of which we ran out. Our figures showed sales
up about 20% from 2024 but down the same amount from 2023, with about half the
people coming into the store just scooping up the freebies.
Available June 18th
Two lucky comic book fans will win the opportunity to attend the World Premiere of director James Gunn's Superman, taking place in Los Angeles, by discovering "Krypto’s Golden Biscuit" hidden inside the front cover of DC’s facsimile edition reprint of the 1955 comic book Adventure Comics #210 , which will land in local comic book shops starting on June 18!
Written by Otto Binder and drawn by Curt Swan (including art by Ramona Fradon and George Papp), this iconic comic book features Krypto’s first appearance in comics in the story "The Superdog from Krypton," where a young Clark Kent rediscovers Superboy’s best friend in this heartwarming reunion spanning years of time and light-years of space.
For June 7th
SPACE WOLVES ARMY SET
CHAPTER APPROVED MISSION PACK (ENG)
WARHAMMER 40000: CRUSADE: ARMAGEDDON ENG
CHAPTER APPROVED: OBJECTIVES SET 2025-26
Since the “de minimus” exemption expired on May 2, a look
at their websites show online fast fashion retailers Temu and Shein are
approaching the addition duties different. Temu has apparently moved a lot of
product to stateside warehouses and shows these “local” items, that avoid the
tariff, first when a customer searches on the side. Shein, meanwhile,
apparently has little to no US presence and has chosen to include the tariffs
in its displayed costs, not breaking them out for consumers as Amazon
had considered doing.
Starting to see some effects from tariffs, especially in supplies. Arriving restocks of Ultra Pro Standard 2.5” x3.5” Soft Sleeves, commonly referred to as “penny sleeves”, will now cost $1.22 per pack, quite a jump from the previous price of 54 to 57 cents a pack, a price increase of about 125%, certainly rendering the penny sleeve designation as moot. Now the question is: raise the price on supplies to a figure whereby the store makes its standard margin, or add the tariff amount to the current retail price and treat it as a tax?
Here are the GW releases for May 31. Let us know by 3 p.m. on the 13 if you want any:
BATTALION: WOOD ELF REALMS
ARCANE JOURNAL: WOOD ELF REALMS
WOOD ELF REALMS: GLADE GUARD
WOOD ELF REALMS: GLADE RIDERS
WOOD ELF REALMS: ETERNAL GUARD
WOOD ELF REALMS ARALOTH LORD OF TALSYN
HIGH ELF REALMS: SILVER HELMS
HIGH ELF REALMS: HIGH ELF LOREMASTER
THOUSAND SONS: WARPFLAME THRALLBAND
CODEX: THOUSAND SONS (HB) (ENGLISH)
DATASHEET CARDS: THOUSAND SONS (ENGLISH)
COMBAT PATROL: THOUSAND SONS
Although claims have been made that container ships have
stopped unloading at ports on the West Coast, including one widely shared photo
stating ships have stopped unloading at the Port of Seattle, such claims are,
shall we say, overblown to say the least. For the first quarter, the number of
ships unloading at the Port are actually
slightly up in numbers from 2024 for the first quarter, although in some
cases, the amount of freight unloaded can run up to 30% less than expected. Of
course, given the two to four weeks it takes for a freighter to cross the
Pacific from China, those ships arriving now may have left pre-tariff and we
may see a significant drop in shipments arriving if more companies take their
cue from The Op and Cephalofair Games and send shipments back to their point of
origin (See “The
OP May Send Fifteen Containers of Games Back to China”). If tariffs do not
get reverted soon, the holiday season, which accounts for some 40% of retail
sales and accounts for the majority of profits for the toy and game industry
will see
a significant drop in sales and lots of empty spaces on the shelf.
Age of Sigmar Soulblight Gravelords Blades of the Hollow King
Age of Sigmar Soulblight Gravelords Cursed Speulchre
Deathrattle Skeletons
Vampire Lord on Nightmare Steed
etc. by 3 p.m. this Tuesday May 6th
I never thought I would see the day when people started looking to Ferris Bueller for lessons on economics but these are the times that we are in. People are using this as a quick explanation of what tariffs are and how the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act helped deepen the Great Depression. We have historical record of what overtly high tariffs did last time and yet the administration has decided, as of this writing, to keep going ahead with them. I want to emphasize “as of this writing” because no-one is quite sure where the administration plans to go with tariffs in the immediate future. Case in point, Portal Games. This email discusses some of the actions the company plans to take in response to American tariffs and notably, advises American customers who want to back their upcoming release Race for Berlin to put in a $1 placeholder pledge until the company determines if the administration will change its mind about how much tariffs should be:
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Given the recent announcement of two 10% tariffs on imports to the US from China,
the game industry is looking at 20% minimum price increases on the items we
import from China, which is a whole lot of products. The idea, as the
administration has said multiple times, is that foreign governments pay the
tariff, billions of dollars flow into the US treasury and, to avoid tariffs,
companies flock to move their operations to the United States. None of which is
going to happen. Remember the tariffs put into place during the first Trump
administration? They resulted in fewer jobs
in the US, reduced
GDP by a full 1%, cost taxpayers about $900,000
per job saved, cost the average household just over $1200 per year, cost the American workforce about 245,000
jobs, and did nothing to reduce the national debt.
Tariff Impact: It isn’t Pretty
Given the recent announcement of two 10% tariffs on imports to the US from China, the game industry is looking at 20% minimum price increases on the items we import from China, which is a whole lot of products. The idea, as the administration has said multiple times, is that foreign governments pay the tariff, billions of dollars flow into the US treasury and, to avoid tariffs, companies flock to move their operations to the United States. None of which is going to happen. Remember the tariffs put into place during the first Trump administration? They resulted in fewer jobs in the US, reduced GDP by a full 1%, cost taxpayers about $900,000 per job saved, cost the average household just over $1200 per year, cost the American workforce about 245,000 jobs, and did nothing to reduce the national debt.
Here is what the game industry can expect to see in terms of price changes this year as a result of the tariffs. Publisher manufactures a game in China. Why? Because it takes 2-4 years to create a new supply chain. Companies cannot shift their channels of distribution within a month or so. Ergo, publisher bringing the product into the US has to pay a tax of 20% on the imported product. A game that cost $10 to manufacture and ship will now cost $12, with $2 of that going to the US government. Distributor margins are about 10-15%, at least they were when I worked in distribution decades ago. If anyone in distribution wants to share more recent margins my email is at the end. Distributors will have to sell the game to retailers for about $18. If retailers want to keystone the game’s price to make a 50% margin, the price goes to about $36 when sold to the consumer, about $6 more than the game would sell for without any tariffs.
Another problem is the general uncertainty regarding the imposition of the tariffs. The Trump administration has said it will impose tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico than changed its mind almost the next day, pushing back the start day. Although we probably won’t see any roll back, absent negotiations, of tariffs on Chinese imports, it could happen What do manufacturers do, absorb the cost of the tariff in the hope/expectation that the Trump administration will roll them back or figuring them into the cost of good sold as a fact of doing business, keeping higher prices which could reduce the number of price sensitive customers buying? If the tariffs get negotiated away and manufacturers increased prices, do they roll back the price and leave other members of the channel holding products with tariff inflated prices?
From what I have read, expecting increased tariffs after Trump won the presidency, a significant number of manufacturers chose to ramp up production runs during the last quarter, opting to warehouse product brought into the US under the previous tariff structure and have enough inventory on hand to avoid tariff fueled price increases through the end of Q2 or beginning of Q3, with the hope that the Chinese tariffs get negotiated away and the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports never get imposed but it does not look promising.
March 15 is the Aetherdrift Store Championship which Starts at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $10 and we will play 3 rounds with booster packs and promo cards to all players.
Since it is March 14 or 3/14 etc. we are celebrating with free pie. Come on in and enjoy a slice of pie on us. Also take 10% off any Disney Lorcana items or Looney Labs Math Fluxx. It's Mathmatical.
all of this week's comics hit the shelves in time for New Comic Book Day. Hopefully this is a trend that will continue. Not sure what will happen with Diamond's bankruptcy filing though and we will not know what is happening with it until later in the month.
Here are the GW releases for March 22. We need to know if you want any of these by 4 p.m. On March 4
GLOOMSPITE GITZ: DOOM DIVER CATAPULT
GLOOMSPITE GITZ: SNARLBOSS ON WAR-WHEELA
SNARLBOSS & WOLFGIT RETINUE
BATTLETOME: GLOOMSPITE GITZ (FRE)
BATTLETOME: GLOOMSPITE GITZ (ENG)
AGE OF SIGMAR: GLOOMSPITE GITZ DICE
GLOOSMPITE GITZ: SNARLPACK CAVALRY
GLOOMSPITE GITZ: SUNSTEALA WHEELAS
CALLIS AND TOLL (PB)
Gary Smith, who has been with the store since 1990, has decided to retire. his last day will be March 6 for Gaming with Gary from 6 p.m .to 9 p.m. so stop by and say good bye.
Scheduled for release March 15. If you want one, need your order by 4 p.m on 2/25
COMBAT PATROL: AELDARI $170.00
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN ARMY SET (ENGLISH) $230.00
EMPEROR'S CHILDREN ARMY SET (FRENCH) $230.00
Here are the GW releases for March 8. We need your wants by 4 p.m. on Feb 18th
ASTRA MILITARUM: MINKA LESK: HELL'S LAST
DAUGHTERS OF KHAINE: MALENETH WITCHBLADE
HH: MECHANICUM HEAVY SUPPORT FORCE
MALENETH WITCHBLADE:SHADE OF KHAINE (HB)
GOTREK & MALENETH: THE OMNIBUS (PB)
MINKA LAST: HELL'S LAST (HB)
BLACK LIBRARY:THE ART OF WARHAMMER 40000
FIFTEEN HOURS (ANNIVERSARY EDITION)
BLOOD OF THE IMPERIUM (PB)
GREY SEER (PB)
TITANICUS (PB)
to celebrate out 35th year in business, we are taking 35% off all toys today. This includes Palm Pals, action figures and Squishables, as well as Gundam and Godzilla figures.
To celebrate out 35th anniversary, buy $35 or more of any RPG items (books, miniatures, dice) on Feb 13 and get a free dice set. We have only limited quantities of the free dice sets so stop by early
As part of our 35th Anniversary Celebration, we will hold a free Disney Lorcana Pack Rush on Feb 12 starting at 5 p.m. the first 16 players will receive 6 packs of Lorcana. Round one they will open two packs and play their opponent with the contents, then repeat the process with the other 4 packs. Players will receive 1 prize pack for each round they win. Thanks for helping us celebrate 35 years in business
Since we only got in two Blooming Waters sets, we decided to open them for packs instead so now we have about 2 dozen Pokemon 151 packs available at $14.99 each.
Here are the new Releases from Games Workshop for Feb 22, If you want any of these, we need to know by 4 p.m. on Feb 4.
ASTRA MILITARUM: KRIEG COMMAND SQUAD
A/MILITARUM: KRIEG HEAVY WEAPONS SQUAD
ASTRA MILITARUM: DEATH RIDERS
A/MILITARUM: KRIEG LORD-MARSHAL DREIR
ASTRA MILITARUM: KRIEG ARTILLERY TEAM
A/MILITARUM: DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG
COMBAT PATROL: ASTRA MILITARUM
ASTRA MILITARUM: KRIEG COMBAT ENGINEERS
NACHMUND GAUNTLET CRUSADE CAMPAIGN BK FR
NACHMUND GAUNTLET CRUSADE CAMPAIGN BK EN
CODEX: ASTRA MILITARUM (FRE)
CODEX: ASTRA MILITARUM (ENG)
DATASHEET CARDS: ASTRA MILITARUM (FRE)
DATASHEET CARDS: ASTRA MILITARUM (ENG)
WARHAMMER 40000: ASTRA MILITARUM DICE
SIEGE OF VRAKS (PB)
INTERCEPTOR CITY (HB)
DOUBLE EAGLE (HB)
We have gotten in a limited quantity of older sealed Magic booster packs: Modern Horizons 2 Set boosters, Oath of the Gatewatch , Return to Ravnica and Khans of Tarkir
Here is the slate of scheduled Dungeons and Dragons releases for 2025. Let us know if you want to pre-order any or all of them.
Monster Manual: February 18, 2025
Dragon Delves: July 8, 2025
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer: August 19, 2025
Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set: September 16, 2025
Untitled D&D Book: October 2025
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide: November 11, 2025
Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide: November 11, 2025.
Local Artist Isaac Hicks will join us on the 16th of February for our 35th anniversary party. He will be doing sketches and selling his art and independent comic book
These are the GW Releases for 2/8. If you want to pre-order any, we need your numbers by 5 p.m on Jan 21. Thanks
AELDARI: WARP SPIDERS
AELDARI: FIRE DRAGONS
AELDARI: SWOOPING HAWKS
AELDARI: PHOENIX LORD LHYKHIS
AELDARI: ASURMEN
AELDARI: PHOENIX LORD BAHARROTH
AELDARI: PHOENIX LORD FUEGAN
AELDARI: WAR WALKERS
AELDARI: WAVE SERPENT
CODEX: AELDARI (FRENCH)
CODEX: AELDARI (ENGLISH)
DATASHEET CARDS: AELDARI (FRENCH)
DATASHEET CARDS: AELDARI (ENGLISH)
WARHAMMER 40000: AELDARI DICE
Since Quaker never registered the deeds, the recipients never took legal ownership of the inch of land and, when Quaker failed to keep up with property taxes on the land in the 1960s, the Canadian government repossessed the property in 1965 and the Big Inch Land Company dissolved in 1966. The land is now part of a Dawson City golf course. If you want to buy one of the ones we have in stock, here is the listing on eBay
Diamond Comics, our supplier for our comics except for Image and DC, filed for bankruptcy today. The company's FAQ list should answer most of the questions you might have:
1. Why did Diamond Comic Distributors decide to file for Chapter 11?
The unexpected loss of certain exclusive publisher relationships, compounded by an overall contraction in consumer spending, increased inflation, and a loss of margin on key print product lines contributed to this decision. After exploring all available options, Diamond determined that filing for Chapter 11 is the best course of action to restructure its operations and secure the most favorable outcome for all stakeholders.
2. What were the contributing factors in the industry that led to this decision?
Post-pandemic, the comic book industry at large has seen a decrease in consumer activity paired with rising operating costs, and Diamond is no exception. Shrinking margins, growing expenses, and a decline in sales, as well as the desire to achieve the best possible outcome for the majority of our vendors, customers, and employees all contributed to this decision.
3. What is Chapter 11? Does this mean the company is closing?
A Chapter 11 filing is generally an action a company takes to protect its ongoing business from financial claims while it continues operations. During Chapter 11 proceedings, the company typically reorganizes financially and manages its operations to best meet the claims of those to whom it owes money. Diamond has received funding from its lender to enable it to meet post-filing obligations and continue to operate while it goes through this process.
4. Is there another company taking over?
As part of the restructuring process, the Company has received a stalking horse bid from Universal Distribution for Alliance Game Distributors and signed a letter of intent with the same company to buy Diamond UK. We are also actively pursuing offers for additional Diamond Comic Distributors assets and lines of business, including our comic, toy and collectible distribution, Diamond Book Distributors, Collectible Grading Authority, and Diamond Select Toys.
5. How will I be impacted as a customer?
Diamond Comic Distributors will continue to fill orders and operating business as usual during this process. We are currently in discussions with companies inside and outside of our industries to acquire parts of Diamond. Our goal is to minimize any potential impact on retailers and ensure the continued, uninterrupted flow of products.
According to our customary practice, we will continue to invoice once a product ships.
Product cannot be returned once it has been shipped except in the case of publisher return programs and our standard defective product replacement policy.
6. What happens to my pending orders? How can I confirm their status?
Pending orders will be processed as usual unless otherwise communicated. You can confirm the status of your pending orders by visiting the Reports section of the Retailer Services Website. This section will continue to provide up-to-date information on Orders, Shipments, and Invoices.
7. Will there be any changes to how credits or refunds will be handled?
Credits for returns will continue to be processed on the usual schedule. If you have prepay credit terms, orders for products that are canceled will be credited to your account. No cash refunds will be issued and all credits must be used toward future purchases.
8. Should I continue paying my outstanding invoices to Diamond?
Yes, all outstanding invoices, back debt payments, and payment plans remain due and payable under the usual terms and schedule and should be paid. For specific questions regarding your account, please open a support ticket on the Retailer Services Website.
9. Will my retailer discount tiers or terms (e.g., payment terms, credit limits) remain unchanged during this process?
At this time, all credit terms and retailer discount tiers remain unchanged.
10. Will Diamond still facilitate Free Comic Book Day this year? If not, are there contingency plans?
At this time, Diamond remains committed to supporting Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) as planned. We understand the importance of this event for retailers and fans alike and will be working closely with participating publishers to ensure the event proceeds as smoothly as possible.
However, as we navigate the restructuring process, there may be changes or adjustments. In the event Diamond is unable to fully facilitate FCBD, we will be actively exploring contingency plans to ensure that stores can still receive materials and participate in this critical event.
Updates will be provided as more details become available.
11. Are my Alliance Game Distributors orders impacted?
Alliance Game Distributors will continue operating as usual throughout this process. Your current and future orders with Alliance will not be impacted.
13. What will happen with ComicSuite and Pullbox?
Retailers using ComicSuite and / or Pullbox will receive further communication about these tools as more information becomes available.
14. What will happen with the PREVIEWS catalog?
As this process moves forward, we will announce any changes to PREVIEWS as more information is available.
