Top Games (Year to Date)

I did something similar about a year ago. Here are our top 20 games for 2009. The number next to it is the change in position from 2008. One very important fact not reflected in this data is that there is no new game in the top 20. That's the first time I've seen this lack of new blood since being in business.

Each one of the big jumps and drops have a story behind them. A game might have received better in store play support (Pokemon), the company may have had some big hits (Z-Man), or in the case of Wood Expressions, they changed their packaging to be more retail friendly and we jumped on board.

Edit: What I see from this is the top games hold steady, moving around a bit, while a bunch of newcomers have entered the second tier, pushing weaker established games downward. One caveat: Since this is only three months of data, it's more susceptible to small shifts, such as new releases for each game.

Magic: The Gathering		+1
Warhammer 40K		-1
Warhammer Fantasy		+2
Dungeons & Dragons		-1
Fantasy Flight Games		+2
Rio Grande		0
Flames of War		+4
Mayfair Board Games		0
Pokemon		+55
Hordes		+19
Yu-Gi-Oh		+5
Wood Expressions (classic games)		+41
Z-Man Games		+18
Warmachine		-7
Days of Wonder		0
Dark Heresy		-7
Star Wars CMG		-5
Naruto		-4
World of Warcraft CCG		-6