Major points:
- Price increases are coming.
- They will pause producing most games except for cheap to manufacture, card-only games.
- For games with app adaptations, upcoming expansions will get a digital release before physical.
- They will design, develop, and prepare future games to hit the ground running when tariffs come down.
Tariffs raise prices? But that’s unpossible!
Wise Wizard? The Star Realms folks? I wouldn’t be too concerned, it takes them years to get around to finally printing anything.
Yes, they have a tendency to get (very) delayed on their big name projects, but they are more than making up for it in volume. They have ramped up to putting out like 6 new games per year. So far this year, they have announced Push Push Penguin (a children’s game) and Seeker Chronicles.
Hopefully by pausing printing, they can take the time to develop their games more before talking about manufacturing. And by doing more digital-first releases, they can get mass play testing of in-development expansions so they are less tempted to hold projects back for balance changes.
