Alchemy for Game Stores

Joe Wiggins, head of Allplay Games, joins Candra and Kylie to ask them the burning questions that board game publishers have for board game retailers.

Kylie & Candra break down where every dollar you spend on a game at Games Unlimited goes.

Kylie and Candra talk about what makes a game hit and what makes it miss at a brick & mortar game store, which examples of three games that have been featured on the Demo Bar.They also discuss attributing designers when talking about their games, and what they've been playing lately.

Candra is back and we talk about some operational changes at Games Unlimited and how the German Game of the Year award impacts game sales.

Kylie welcomes a special guest - Games Unlimited Game Guru Mike - and presents his talk at GAMA Expo 2026 on using Alchemy to transform your game store.

Kylie & Candra recap the recent tabletop games industry trade show - GAMA Expo 2026. Learn a bit about what the expo is, what retailers can learn there, and some hot now games and insider tips for attending!

The big talk of 2025 was tariffs. How did Games Unlimited handle them? What were our biggest surprises, biggest disappointments, and lessons learned?

Candra and Kylie talk about how 2025 ended up for Games Unlimited. What categories saw growth and which shrunk? Were there surprises and what do gross sales actually have to do with anything?

In this freeform episode Kylie and Candra discuss what causes anxieties around the holidays in retail. Also catch up on Game Store Day and what worked - or didn't!

Kylie and Candra discuss what it means to be the most visible part of the tabletop games industry, how selling in a game store differs from other modalities, and what it means to cast your net in the "Blue Ocean".