- MTG - Alara Reborn Booster Display
- D&D - Arcane Power
- MTG - Duel Decks: Divine vs Demonic
- MTG - Alara Reborn Intro Pack
- War of the Ring Rulebook
- Settlers of Catan Rev.
- D&D - Player's Handbook 2
- PKM: Platinum Booster
- 40k: Assault On Black Reach
- Descent: Journeys In the Dark
- MTG: Conflux Booster Display
- MTG - Alara Reborn - Fat Pack
- MTG - Shards of Alara - Intro Pack
- MTG - Conflux - Booster Box
- MTG - Conflux - Fat Pack
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Crimson Crisis
- MTG - Shards of Alara Booster
- 40K: IG Shadowsword / Stormlord
- 40K: Tyranid Battleforce
- WFB: Bretonnian Battalion
- Yu Gi Oh Spellcaster's Command SD
- White Dwarf # 352
- SWM Imperial Entanglements BP
- Fields of Fire 9th US Infantry
- DDM: Against the Giants
Notice anything? About half the list is Wizards of the Coast. A quarter is Games Workshop. What new games are in that other quarter? One GMT game. It's actually normal for the season, although there are usually a few more "indie" hits.
These top 25 items comprise 25% of our sales. The other 75% consists of over 1,200 items. Anyone can stock the top 25%, the best sellers. That's where you'll see the big box stores picking the low hanging fruit. The real work, the business of a game store, is managing the bottom 75% of sales, the stuff that comprises 98% of your sales by item. The energy, innovation and excitement is usually in that bottom 75%.
Here are the top 25 games, which I think shows a bit more excitement. A few of the up and comers are highlighted:
- Magic
- Warhammer 40K
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Warhammer Fantasy
- Warmachine
- War of the Rings
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Hordes
- Flames of War
- Mayfair Games
- Rio Grande
- Yu-Gi-Oh
- Steve Jackson Games
- Infinity
- Pokemon
- Star Wars Miniatures
- Uncharted Seas
- Days of Wonder
- Z-Man Games
- Playroom Entertainment
- Dark Heresy
- Naruto
- Asmodee
- World of Warcraft CCG
- GMT