PHD LAST VERIFIED: August 6, 2026

PHD, short for Peachstate Hobby Distribution, is a US tabletop and hobby games distributor claiming six distribution locations across the country; the record does not state a specific headquarters city or founding year. It distributes board games, trading card games, role-playing games, miniatures, dice, and gaming supplies and accessories, carrying major publishers including Wizards of the Coast, Ravensburger’s Lorcana line, Bushiroad, and Bandai. The company brands itself ‘The Pulse of the Gaming Industry’ and runs an active release news feed for retailers. Trust signals include named retailer testimonials and publisher MAPP resources — pricing policy documentation that credible distributors in this channel typically maintain. It sells to game and hobby retailers only.

PHD is trade-only: it wholesales to game and hobby retailers, and an account application with approval is required before buying. Once approved, retailers order through a dedicated portal at portal.phdgames.com. No minimum order quantity or minimum order value is stated in the record. On delivery, the company claims two-day shipping to most US locations and publishes shipping maps so retailers can check their zone. The record does not state accepted payment methods, and no dropshipping position is stated — consistent with a channel where distributors protect brick-and-mortar retailers. Prospective stockists should prepare retail credentials for the application and confirm payment terms, freight thresholds, and allocation practices for hot TCG releases during onboarding.

For game stores, PHD presents a credible, channel-appropriate profile: authorized lines from top publishers like Wizards of the Coast and Bandai, a claimed six-location network with published two-day shipping maps, named retailer testimonials, and MAPP resources that signal orderly publisher relationships. The record lists no red flags. Caveats are the usual gated-distribution gaps: no published founding year, headquarters, minimums, or payment terms, so real economics emerge only after account approval, and the six-location and two-day shipping figures are company claims. Allocation on high-demand trading card releases is a perennial channel issue worth probing before relying on PHD for hits. Established hobby retailers should shortlist it; non-retail buyers are outside its model entirely.