Top Summer Games

Here are the top Summer games, by sales:

1. Magic: The Gathering
   
2. Dungeons & Dragons
   
3. Warhammer 40K
   
4. Warmachine/Hordes
5. Flames of War
   
6. Fantasy Flight Games
   
7. Warhammer Fantasy
   
8. Rio Grande
   
9. Mayfair Games
   
10. Melissa & Doug
    
11. World of Warcraft CCG
    
12. Days of Wonder
    
13. Bleach
    
14. Yu-Gi-Oh
    
15. Steve Jackson Games
    

Big surprises? The strength of Magic: The Gathering and organized play. Magic saw a weak release over the Summer, but it's our strongest OP group, by far. Dungeons & Dragons should have taken the Magic spot with the big 4E release and Forgotten Realms (they were almost even). A new edition of 40K couldn't touch either, although it's still our top game for the year.

Weaker games moved up the chart. We saw a resurgence of Flames of War, albeit without any in-store play. I'm declaring this game in play again for our store, aka not dying. The in-store play issue is still perplexing. Warmachine and Hordes revived themselves, with many new players; which I credit to our steadiest organized play group in the store. AT-43 is not on the chart and has succumbed to monkey fatigue and no-play-itis.