Board game sales during this period were flat compared to the year before, up about half a percent. Card games, however, were up 9%, with the continued interest in deck building games. This is while sales in the store, overall for that period, were up 20%. That's mostly about collectible card games.
The story last year was about consolidation, which was related to poor economic conditions and a "flight to quality." The story this year is about expansion, the effect of programs like Kickstarter to bring new products to market, and the mixed success of Tabletop to supercharge sales of particular games, usually ones not available at Target. The recent agreement between Tabletop and Target is likely to put a stop to our success with that program.
Mostly an issue on the back end for us, are exclusivity agreements on the distribution side. One of the countries largest distributors, Alliance, now has exclusives on a good number of the top sellers. Settlers of Catan, Risk Legacy, Ticket to Ride, Small World and Bang, five of the top six games, are only available through Alliance now. Others on the list, including everything Z-man is also an Alliance exclusive, including Carcassonne when it transitions over from Rio Grande.
| Settlers of Catan | TI: Rex |
| Risk Legacy | Tsuro: The Game Of The Path |
| Ticket to Ride | Miskatonic School For Girls |
| Small World | Forbidden Island |
| 7 Wonders | Carcassonne: 10 Year SE |
| Bang! The Bullet | The Lord Of The Rings Lcg Core |
| Dominion | Hey! That's My Fish! |
| The Resistance | Flip Out |
| Munchkin | Talisman |
| Arkham Horror | Sentinels Of The Multiverse |
| Ticket to Ride Europe | Munchkin Booty |
| Descent Journeys in the Dark 2 | Pirate Fluxx |
| COC Elder Sign | We Didn’t Playtest This +Chaos |
| Munchkin Deluxe | Race for the Galaxy |
| Game Of Thrones: Board Game | Star Fluxx |
| Game of Thrones: Card Game | Battlestar Galactica |
| Super Dungeon Explore | Munchkin: Axe Cop |
| Eclipse: New Dawn | Betrayal at House on the Hill |
| Pandemic | Castle Ravenloft |
| The Walking Dead (CTZ) | Chaos Space Marines |
| Quarriors! | Cthulhu Gloom |
| A Few Acres Of Snow | Automobile |
| Dominion: Intrigue | Ascension |
| Gloom | Axis & Allies Pacific |
| Carcassonne | Tanto Cuore: Expanding |
| Discworld: Ankh Morpork | Resident Evil |
| Munchkin Zombies | Star Munchkin |
| Power Grid | Gears of War |
| Merchants and Marauders | Harry Potter Hogwarts House |
| Settlers of Catan: 15th Anniv | Zombie Dice |
| LotR: War of the Ring 2E | Puerto Rico |
| Legend of Drizzt | Bananagrams |
| Haggis | Flash Point: Fire Rescue |
| Zombies!!! 2nd Ed | Munchkin Cthulhu |
| Last Night on Earth | Bang |
| Wiz-War | Panic Station |
| Agricola | Carcassonne: Big Box 3 |
| Tanto Cuore | Formula D |
| D&D - Lords of Waterdeep | Blokus Classic |
| Battleship Galaxies | Summoner Wars |
| Castle Panic | Fortress America |
| Dixit | Star Trek Expeditions |
| Dungeon Petz | Dungeon Command: Cormyr |
| Mage Knight | Dungeon Command: Sting |
| Wits & Wagers | Guards! Guards! Discworld |
| Puerto Rico Anniversary Ed | Pantheon |
| Kingdom Builder | Five Crowns |
| Memoir 44 | Cargo Noir |
| Small World Underground | Angry Birds Knock on Wood |
| Mansions of Madness | Star Trek Deck Building Game |
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