Links: Game Donations from The Spiel Foundation, and Advice for Aspiring Publishers

The tabletop games market has never been as large and diversified as today, yet there are few books that focus on the business aspects of publishing tabletop games. In this book Eric Hanuise, founder of boardgames publisher Flatlined Games, shares his experience learned from years of publishing:

—The whole publication process, from the author's prototype to the finished game on the retailer's shelves
—The different jobs available in the industry
—Setting up your publishing company
—Contracts with authors and artists
—Manufacturing board games
—Safety and legal obligations
—Distribution and logistics
—Retail, direct sales and crowdfunding
—Fairs, conventions and events

Every bundle contains five quality board and card games and is provided to each organization for free. The bundles are sent to a wide range of organizations that serve the community: Boys & Girls Clubs, hospitals, libraries, shelters, senior centers, and schools. Each game in a bundle is prepped for play; its components are assembled and bagged, so pieces are less likely to be lost.

Game bundles were delivered to five different countries and two U.S. territories: Nigeria, The Philippines, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico.

Twenty-eight different game titles were donated or purchased from ten different publishers: Ravensburger, Bézier Games, HABA, Tabletop Tycoon, IBM Research, Mind the Gap, Fort Circle Games, Laboratory H, Treecer, and 25th Century Games.

The Toy Association's Board of Directors, comprised of executives from companies of all sizes, made the decision to shift the tradeshow's timing to fall from February based on a number of factors, many of which were accelerated by the pandemic. These factors include, but are not limited to, extended lead-times in production supply chain and sourcing and evolved retailer purchasing cycles. The findings were gleaned from multiple member surveys and research work done by consulting firm mdg as part of a multi-year long process to "reimagine" the future of Toy Fair.