A few things. First, the top selling game is on the top left. Game 51 is on the top right, so it goes down and to the left. Second, this is ranked by profit, as opposed to quantity sold. Third, all expansions are stripped from the list, although a stand-alone expansion that can be played by itself is exempt. And fourth, this is just our list and has little relation to other stores lists . It doesn't mean anything..
A lot of these games have stories around them about how they were reviewed in the newspaper for a while, how an employee was all excited about a game and sold the heck out of it, or even how we ordered too many and had a giant sale (which actually tends to push down a game, *cough* Lemming Mafia *cough*).
So why post it at all? It's kind of interesting to see. From a blog perspective, they're the most popular posts. Perhaps it's a heads up that you missed a game or a kind of wake up call to learn your cherished favorite is panned by our board game community. Feel free to chime in and discuss. That's what blogs are for, right?
Finally, I should mention that we're in a board game reboot phase at the moment, having dropped our selection from a high of about 1500 board and card games to roughly half that number. It's not that our sales are down, they're actually up in double digits. It's that sales have consolidated sharply into top sellers, with less risks taken with those one-off games, usually Euros. So we sell a ton more Settlers of Catan, but quite a bit fewer Z-man pretty good "seen at Essen" imports, for example. It's a little dangerous to cut your inventory so harshly when sales are up, but there was a lot of brush that needed to be cleared. That should also free us to ramp up heavily during the Fall, which is prime season for new releases. Why we held on to them for so long is a complex story involving competitors, local tastes, expectations of what we think we should carry, and the fact that I hate letting go of any game I know how to play.
| Settlers of Catan | Munchkin Quest |
| Betrayal at House on the Hill | Saboteur |
| Forbidden Island | Talisman |
| Dominion: Intrigue | Bang |
| Dominion | Small World Underground |
| Mansions of Madness | Last Night on Earth |
| 7 Wonders | Star Munchkin |
| Castle Ravenloft | Lords of Vegas |
| Arkham Horror | Earth Reborn |
| Settlers of Catan: 15th Anniv | Nightfall |
| Ticket to Ride | Wits & Wagers |
| Agricola | Killer Bunnies |
| Pandemic | Twilight Imperium |
| Munchkin | Conquest Of Nerath |
| Wrath of Ashardalon | Ascension: Chronicle |
| Atlantis | Quiddler |
| Resident Evil | Descent |
| Puerto Rico | Gears of War |
| Dixit | 10 Days in the Americas |
| Carcassonne | Magic Labyrinth |
| Munchkin Zombies | Sounds Like A Plan |
| Small World | Race for the Galaxy |
| Settlers Of America | Battle Cry |
| Civilization | Bananagrams |
| Bang! The Bullet | Cosmic Encounter |
| Macao | L-C-R |
| Space Hulk: Death Angel | Guillotine |
| Merchants and Marauders | Finca |
| Resident Evil: Alliance | Ticket To Ride: Nordic |
| Power Grid | Steam |
| Survive: Escape From Atlantis | Yggdrasil |
| Gloom Card Game | Munchkin Fu |
| Dust Tactics | Dice Town |
| Pirate Fluxx Deck | World Of Warcraft |
| Ticket to Ride Europe | Dreadfleet |
| Axis & Allies Europe 1940+ | Lemming Mafia |
| The Lord Of The Rings Lcg | Blokus Classic |
| Tanto Cuore | Gosu |
| Thunderstone | Fluxx |
| Poo | Once Upon a Time |
| Battlestar Galactica | Munchkin Cthulhu |
| Letters From Whitechapel | Dominant Species |
| Apples to Apples | Kids of Carcassonne |
| Mystery Express | Puzzle Strike |
| Cadwallon: City Of Thieves | Formula D |
| Star Trek Expeditions | Fresko |
| Zombies!!! | Carcassonne: 10 Year SE |
| Dungeonquest | Five Crowns |
| Memoir 44 | Tikal |
| Carcassonne: Big Box 3 | Lost Cities |
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