This post and thread will just be ME  putting up the ranking charts from past issues of Comics & Games Retailer magazine.  These are just from the ones I found around my house, NOT all the issue for the past year or two ...but my current manager is a much better and nicer guy than the previous ones were. He lets me take home issues and we even got double copies for awhile.

From the May 2006 issue, #170:
FEBRUARY 2006
...according to the magazine's editor.....We have averaged their reported figures across all stores in the sample for each individual product area to show the raw average number of copies sold of each product reported by each store. Major changes are marked by arrows. To arrive at our final weighted unit salesfigures for role-playing and trading-card games, sales on products that did not make individual retailers' top-seller lists but did make enough other retailers' lists are extrapolated and are integrated into the non-sellers' charts at sales levels below their last-place titles. The turnout figure for each product tells what percentage of retailers who sell products in a specific category said that a specific product was a "top seller" for them.


Product Line:   Manufacturer:   raw#:    wtd.   turnout:
1: Dungeons & DragonsWizards of the Coast   20.0   20.0   100%
2: World of Darkness   White Wolf   3.3   3.3   86%
3: GURPS   Steve Jackson   0.9   0.9   38%
4:Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   0.8   0.8   38%
5:Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   0.8   0.8   22%

6:Serenity   MWP   0.6 (UP)  0.7   39%
7:Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.5   (down)   0.5   26%
8:Big Eyes, Small Mouth   Guardians of Order   0.5   0.5   10%
9:Babylon 5   Mongoose   0.4   0.4   27%
10:d20 Misc.   Green Ronin   0.4   0.4   25%

11: Legend of the Five Rings   Alderac   0.4   0.4   15%
12: Buffy the Vampire Slayer   Eden Studios   0.3 (down)   0.3   15%
13: d20 Misc   Mongoose   0.3   (UP)   0.3   13%
14: d20 Misc   Paizo   0.3   (down)   0.3   11%
15: Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   0.3   0.3   10%

16: Ars Magica   Atlas   0.1   0.1   15%
17: Call of Cthulhu   Chaosium   0.1   0.1   15%
18: d20 Misc   Goodman Games   0.1 (down)   0.1   14%
19: d20 Misc   Kenzer   0.1   0.1   13%
20: d20 Misc   Troll Lord   0.1   0.1   12%

Where are the sales figures? You're just teasing us!

From the AUGUST 2006 issue, #173 :
MAY 2006 :

Product line:   Manufacturer:   raw#: up/dwn   wtd:   turnout:
1:Dungeons & Dragons    Wizards of the Coast   29.1   (UP)   29.1   100%
2: Rifts   Palladium   2.4   2.7   23%
3:World of Darkness   White Wolf   2.0 (UP)   2.2   55%
4:Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   2.0   2.2  24%
5:Exalted   White Wolf   0.9   (DWn)   1.0   47%

6: Palladium Fantasy   Palladium   0.9   1.0   23%
7: Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.9   (UP)   1.0   20%
8: d20 Misc   Paizo   0.6   0.6   25%
9: Deadlands   Pinnacle   0.6   (UP)   0.6   25%
10: Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.6   0.6   23%

11:Serenity   MWP   0.6   0.6   22%
12: Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   0.6   0.6   13%
13: Conan   Mongoose   0.4   0.5   23%
14: d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   0.4   (dwn)   0.5   22%
15: Star Wars d20   Wizards of the Coast   0.4   0.5   21%

16: Iron Heroes   White Wolf   0.4   (UP)   0.4   10%
17: Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   0.4   (dwn)   0.4   13%
18: Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   0.3 (dwn)   0.4   20%
19: d20 Misc   Green Ronin   0.3   (dwn)   0.3   10%
20: d20 Misc   Alderac   0.2   0.2   25%

The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 46 copies (47, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,150. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 40 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1 Wizards of the Coast...63.95%
2 White Wolf .....8.91%
3 Palladium......8.39%
4 Goodman Games.....5.22%
5 Green Ronin.....2.81%
6 Paizo...1.40%
7 MWP......1.35%
8 Pinnacle.....1.28%
9 Troll Lord......1.25%
  Other.......5.44%

CHART Chat = * The Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook II gave Wizards of the Coast, D&D, and retailers an amazing shot in the arm, bumping up D&D sales by almost 33% - and is responsible for all gains in the RPG market in May.
* Pinnacle Entertainment's Deadlands made its first appearance in ages, with the release of Deadlands Reloaded.

From the March 2007 issue, #180:
DECEMBER 2006      DECEMBER 2006

Product line:   Manufacturer:   raw#   up/dwn?   wtd.:   turnout:
1:Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   33.0   33.0   100%  
2: World of Darkness   White Wolf   7.7   7.7   67%
3: Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   2.2   (UP)   2.3   35%
4:  GURPS   Steve Jackson   2.2   (UP)   2.3   20%
5: Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   1.9   (UP)   2.0   35%

6: Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.8   (UP)   1.9   24%
7: Rifts   Palladium   1.8   (UP)   1.8   20%
8: Babylon 5   Mongoose   1.6   (UP)   1.6   31%
9:d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   1.3   1.4   37%
10: Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   1.3   (dwn)   1.4   24%

11: Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.3   1.3   12%
12: Star Wars d20   Wizards of the coast   1.2   1.2   9%
13: Serenity   MWP   1.0   (UP!)   1.0   24%
14: Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.7   0.7   34%
15: Exalted   White Wolf   0.7   0.7   32%

16: Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.7   0.7   21%
17: Conan   Mongoose   0.4   (UP!)   0.5   19%
18: Deadlands   Pinnacle   0.4   0.4   11%
19: Savage Worlds   Great White   0.4   0.4   10%
20: A Game of Thrones   Guardians of Order   0.3   0.3   14%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
   The average store reporting unit sales to us sold at least 63 copies (64 weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,575. (Last month the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 50 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1 Wizards of the coast...55.39%
2 White Wolf .....13.30%
3 Mongoose......3.62%
4 Black Industries.....3.58%
5 Goodman Games .....3.09%
6 Hero .....2.91%
7 Palladium .....2.87%
8 Steve Jackson ......2.81%
9 FanPro .....2.15%
   Other......10.28%

Chart Chat > * Sales were up pretty much across the board in December, with role-playing games having their strongest show since March 2005. Part of this was the general recovery role-playing games are experiencing, but unfortunately the bulk of it seems to be due to the holidays. Dungeons & Dragons got a nice bump from the very-well received Fiendish Codex II.

From the May 2007 issue, #182....


Product Line:   Manufacturer:   raw#:   UP!/dwn   wtd.:   turnout:
1:Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   27.4   27.4   100%
2:World of Darkness   White Wolf   6.8   7.8   56%
3: d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   2.4   (UP!)   2.8   44%
4: Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   2.2   (UP!)   2.2   11%
5: BESM 3rd Ed   White Wolf   2.0   (UP!)   2.0   11%

6 Serenity   MWP   1.3   1.6   22%
7 GURPS   Steve Jackson   1.3   1.5   23%
8 Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.2   (UP!)   1.4   20%
9 Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   1.1   1.3   35%
10 Rifts   Palladium   1.1   1.3   23%

11: Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.1   1.1   10%
12: Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.9   (UP!)   1.0   44%
13 Deadlands   Pinnacle   0.7   (UP!)   0.7   8%
14 Spycraft   Alderac   0.6   0.6   12%
15 Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.3   (dwn)   0.4   25%

16 Dragonlance   Sovereign Press   0.3   0.4   24%
17 Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   0.3   (dwn)   0.4   22%
18 A Game of Thrones   Guardians of Order   0.3   0.3   12%
19 Bleeding Edge   Green Ronin   0.2   0.3   21%
20 Exalted   White Wolf   0.2   (dwn)   0.3   20%


  The average reporting unit shares to us sold at least 53 copies (56, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,250. (Last month, the TOP 12 role-playing games accounted for 57 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1 Wizards of the Coast...54.7%
2 White Wolf......18.24%
3 FanPro......4.00%
4  MWP......2.81%
5Steve Jackson.....2.79%
6 Hero......2.59%
7 Black Industries.....2.59%
8 Palladium......2.32%
9 Privateer Press......2.00%
   Other.....8.45%

Chart Chat> * Role-playing game sales dropped for the second month in a row, but are still comfortably high as compared to prior years. The main reason for the drop was the lack of strong releases in a short month characterized by terrible snowstorms that kept a lot of buyers frozen out in the Midwest, where game sales are historically strongest.

Great! Thank you very much Koltar! I really appreciate this.

Quote from: AlnagGreat! Thank you very much Koltar! I really appreciate this.

 Still got THREE more to go : March, April and May of 2007.

 I couldn't figure out a way to portray the red  and green arrows that indicate up and down movement - so I just abbreviated those as (up!) and (dwn) . They use red for downward movement and green for upward movement on these charts.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarStill got THREE more to go : March, April and May of 2007.

 I couldn't figure out a way to portray the red  and green arrows that indicate up and down movement - so I just abbreviated those as (up!) and (dwn) . They use red for downward movement and green for upward movement on these charts.


- Ed C.

That's OK, at least you got the numbers in there.

And Much Thanks! This is very useful information! I'm getting a kick out of seeing that GURPS, Privateer Press, and Goodman Games have been making a strong sales standing.

From the June 2007 issue; # 183....


Product Line:   Manufacturer:   raw#:  up/dwn?   wtd.:   turnout:
1Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   29.4   29.4   100%
2 World of Darkness   White Wolf   5.9   6.2   53%
3 d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   2.8   2.9   42%
4 Rifts   Palladium   2.3   (UP!)   2.5   33%
5 Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   2.1   2.3   23%

6 GURPS   Steve Jackson   1.9   (UP!)   2.0   19%
7 Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   1.6   (UP!)   1.7   21%
8 Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.4   (UP!)   1.5   21%
9 Star Wars d20   Wizards of the Coast   1.3   1.4   24%
10 Serenity   MWP   1.1   1.2   24%

11 Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.1   1.1   13%
12 Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   1.0   1.1   34%
13 Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   1.0   (UP!)   1.1   32%
14 BESM 3rd Ed   White Wolf   0.7   (dwn)   0.7   10%
15 True20   Green Ronin   0.4   0.4   13%

16 A Game of Thrones   Guardians of Order   0.3   0.3   13%
17 Savage Worlds   Pinnacle   0.3   0.3   12%
18 Call of Cthulhu   Chaosium   0.3   0.3   9%
19 Exalted   White Wolf   0.2   0.2   22%
20 Conan   Mongoose   0.2   0.2   14%

  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 56 copies (57, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,325. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 53 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1 Wizards of the Coast...58.93%
2 White Wolf......12.43%
3 Palladium......4.33%
4 FanPro ......3.93%
5 Steve Jackson......3.52%
6 Black Industries......2.90%
7 Privateer Press......2.69%
8 MWP ......2.07%
9 Hero......1.94%
   Others........7.26%

Chart Chat>* The forthcoming Saga Editionof Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game has spurred sales, though it is unknown whether this is a pull from the fans or a push from the retailers to get old product off the shelves.
* Serenity is still going strong, which bodes well for MWP's Battlestar Galactica RPG, due out in June.

From the July 2007 issue of COMICS & GAMES RETAILER; #184...


Product Line:   Manufacturer:   raw#:   UP!/dwn   wtd.   turnout:
1 Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   28.9   28.9   100%
2 World of Darkness   White Wolf   6.4   7.5   45%
3 d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   2.0   2.4   45%
4 GURPS   Steve Jackson   1.9   2.2   21%
5 Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   2.1   (UP!)   2.1   12%

6 Rifts   Palladium   1.7   2.0   24%
7 Star Wars d20   Wizards of the Coast   1.8   (UP!)   1.8   11%
8 Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   1.6   1.6   11%
9 Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   1.0   (dwn)   1.2   22%
10Serenity   MWP   1.0   1.2   20%

11 Legend of the Five Rings   Alderac   1.0   1.0   10%
12 BESM 3rd Ed   White Wolf   0.9   (UP!)   0.9   12%
13Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   0.9   0.9   10%
14 Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.7   0.7   12%
15 Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.4   (dwn)   0.5   23%

16 Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   0.4   (dwn)   0.5   19%
17 Scion   White Wolf   0.4   (NEW)   0.4   9%
18 A Game of Thrones   Guardians of Order   0.3   0.3   11%
19 Deadlands   Pinnacle   0.3   0.3   10%
20 Exalted   White Wolf   0.2   0.3   22%

  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 55 copies (57, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,300. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 56 copies.)  For just those top games (not the whole market). these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast... 57.69%
2White Wolf ......15.96%
3Steve Jackson......3.90%
4Privateer Press......3.69%
5Palladium......3.44%
6 FanPro............2.72%
7 Black Industries.....2.08%
8 MWP...........2.08%
9Alderac......1.75%
   Other............6.69%

Chart Chat > * April was a seemingly unremarkable month, with role-playing games neither gaining nor losing ground; with the tumultous drops of the last several years, though, just holding ground would be enough for most retailers!
* The new Scion RPG from White Wolf makes its premiere on our charts at #17.

Great! Thanks a bunch, Koltar, I'll get on incorporating this data into the charts and I'll put up the first chart in the stickied thread.

Thanks for posting Koltar, I find this info very interesting.

OK, I've put the charts from the spreadsheet up in the stickied thread.

While cleaning up and tidying up at work - I found 6 or 7 more back issues of C&GR.
Should I start a new thread or add those charts to this one ?

 I am fairly sure the new info would alter those charts a bit.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarWhile cleaning up and tidying up at work - I found 6 or 7 more back issues of C&GR.
Should I start a new thread or add those charts to this one ?

 I am fairly sure the new info would alter those charts a bit.


- Ed C.

Just add those numbers on to this one. That way they are all in the same thread and easily seen.

...From the November 2006 issue, #176 :


Product Line:   Manufacturer:   raw#:   up/dwn?   wtd.:   turnout:
1 Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   22.8   22.8   100%
2 World of Darkness   White Wolf   5.3   (UP!)   5.3   85%
3 Rifts   Palladium   1.5   1.5   52%
4 Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   1.5   (UP!)   1.5   49%
5 Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   1.1   (dwn)   1.2   22%

6Serenity   MWP   1.0   1.0   39%
7 Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   0.8   0.8   40%
8Ptolus   White Wolf   0.8   0.8   37%
9d20 Misc   Green Ronin   0.8   (UP!)   0.8   24%
10Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   0.5   0.5   26%

11Conan   Mongoose   0.5   0.5   17%
12Warlordso/t Accordlands   Alderac   0.5   (UP!)   0.5   13%
13Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.4   0.4   13%
14Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   0.4   0.4   10%
15Exalted   White Wolf   0.3   0.3   28%

16Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   0.3   (dwn)   0.3   25%
17Palladium Fantasy   Palladium   0.3   (dwn)   0.3   22%
18Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   0.3   0.3   12%
19True20   Green Ronin   0.3   0.3   10%
20Etherscope   Goodman Games   0.1   0.1   15%

   The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 40 copies (40, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,000. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 41 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast...57.06%
2White Wolf......17.17%
3Palladium......4.83%
4Troll Lord......3.87%
5Green Ronin.....3.53%
6Goodman Games.....3.26%
7MWP.....2.60%
8Black Library......1.95%
9Alderac......1.57%
   Other.....4.16%

Chart Chat> * Many products released at Gen Con still have not made their way through to retailers. * White Wolf's latest offering, Promethean:The Created, more than doubled WoD numbers from last month. * Monte Cook's Ptolus sold well, for those who took advantage of the special pre-order deal, but few ordered for the shelf.