The best selling board game during a pandemic is…
Yes, it’s Pandemic! Irony aside, Pandemic is a good choice of board game for those either stuck inside or simply choosing to spend more time at home. It’s a cooperative game where everyone either wins or loses together, and involves relying on one another’s skills to succeed.
ICv2 has published their latest sales charts. Board games looks like this:
The other remarkable game here is Quacks of Quedlinburg coming in at number 3. I played this game once in July, and promptly went out an bought a copy for myself. It has since become a household staple. If you like the idea of a push-your-luck game involving competitive potion mixing, this game is for you. It’s a lot of fun, easy to learn, and plays in less than an hour.
Elsewhere in the industry, Magic continues to be the top selling CCG – but only in the hobby channel (games stores). Once you add in general retailers, Magic slips down.
In the world of miniatures, Games Workshop continues to dominate:
This once drifting company has gone from strength to strength in recent years. In my opinion this has been achieved by remembering they are a gaming company, and focusing more on their games. Bringing back old favourites such as Blood Bowl and Necromunda has been a hit, but their mainstay games are also going great, as seen in the charts above. 40k used to be second to FFG’s Star Wars game, but that company has lost ground. I don’t see Games Workshop losing its hold on those top 2 positions for years to come.
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“Elsewhere in the industry, Magic continues to be the top selling CCG – but only in the hobby channel (games stores). Once you add in general retailers, Magic slips down.” found that interesting, as I asked myself how close the sales of Pokémon and Magic are, as their both huge, though Pkm seems to have less bad press
wonder how much impact Frostgrave 2 will have on the Wargaming/Skirmish market
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It seems that Magic is still behind Yugioh and Pokemon in general retail.
On Frostgrave, I would love it if they expanded their miniatures chart to 10, but they haven’t done so even as the number of games going at once has grown.
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For general retail its not so much of a surprise as MtG was until recently more or a less of a LGS game, though Wizards trying their best to cut them out.
That Yugioh is so successful surprises me though.
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