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Tariffs We are so happy that the crazy 145% tariffs announced in the USA not long ago have been removed and that all the products we make in China will be coming in at just a 30% tariff now.  We have been in discussions with our suppliers ever since the 145% tariff was put in place and we had been working on getting some discounting from the factories to try to at least partially offset the tariffs.  Happily those concessions from our suppliers means that they are eating some of the 30% through a reduction in prices and we are...

Dark Days It has been a very dark few days for the Board Game Industry.  This is a highly competitive market with notoriously slim margins and many of the companies in the industry are not necessarily run by businesspeople but rather by gifted designers or passionate gaming people.  Since the advent of crowdfunding the flood gates have opened and literally hundreds of companies have sprung up through direct-to-customer campaigns that provide quick, up-front and seemingly free cash in the hands of designers or often just enthusiasts with perhaps very little experience in international manufacturing and trade.  The crowdfunding successes are...

The US Tariffs As all of you who aren't living in a cave somewhere know, the US government has been steadily increasing tariffs on all products coming in from China to the USA.  About 70% of our business is in the USA and roughly 100% of our production is done in China.  Since the beginning of the year the tariffs on our board games, card sleeves and other accessories has gone from 0% in December 2024 to 10% in January 2025 to 20% in February 2025 to 54% just a couple of weeks ago to 104% earlier this week to...

We often bring these catalogs with us to conventions and show them at meetings with other publishers, designers or other business partners but we wanted to ensure all of you could review our 2024-25 catalog online too.  You can check the hi-res PDF version HERE (100+ MB) or a lower res version here (17 mb).    

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