ICv2's analysis of 2023 TCG sale trends, along with Fall-Holidays top brands charts.

Based on growth rate, non-collectible miniatures and miniatures games were the strongest hobby games category in 2023.

Hobby game sales eked out a nominal 1% increase in 2023, against the tough comparison to a third great year of Covid-fueled sales in 2022.

Here's the audio and deck from ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp's presentation at GAMA Expo 2024.

It had a wider range of TCGs, and some shifts in board and card game product mix since our last visit.

ICv2 recently visited the Warhammer store located at 15766 South La Grange Road in Orland Park, Illinois on January 6, 2024.

Including charts of the best-selling games in those categories for the Summer season, May through August.

We report on sales in the Summer and early Fall period, with our sales chart for the top Summer RPGs.

The gaming miniatures hobby was back in full swing through the Summer and early Fall seasons, with in-store play and better fill rates providing a strong base for sales.

TCG sales were a mixed bag in the Summer season (May through August), driven by a handful of hit products, with underlying weakness in others.

It was a choppy summer and fall leading into the holiday season in hobby game stores, with modest expectations for sales in the season, we found in our interviews.

ICv2 visited a Target store at 13460 Archer Ave. at Lemont, IL on November 16, 2023.