TheRPGSite

Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central => Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion => Topic started by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 12:25:52 AM

Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 12:25:52 AM
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.

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: jeff37923 on August 09, 2007, 12:28:40 AM
Where are the sales figures? You're just teasing us! :D
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 01:36:06 AM
From the AUGUST 2006 issue, #173 :
MAY 2006 :
All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%

MANUFACTUERS' PIECE SHARE
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
All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one

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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 02:53:42 AM
From the May 2007 issue, #182....

FEBRUARY 2007

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%


MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Alnag on August 09, 2007, 03:11:51 AM
Great! Thank you very much Koltar! I really appreciate this.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 03:17:23 AM
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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: jeff37923 on August 09, 2007, 03:25:28 AM
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. :D

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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 04:10:43 AM
From the June 2007 issue; # 183....

MARCH 2007

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 09, 2007, 05:23:52 AM
From the July 2007 issue of COMICS & GAMES RETAILER; #184...

APRIL 2007

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Warthur on August 09, 2007, 07:20:33 AM
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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Hackmaster on August 09, 2007, 08:31:40 AM
Thanks for posting Koltar, I find this info very interesting.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Warthur on August 09, 2007, 10:25:24 AM
OK, I've put the charts from the spreadsheet up in the stickied thread.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 11, 2007, 10:34:08 PM
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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: jeff37923 on August 11, 2007, 11:45:16 PM
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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 02:43:57 AM
...From the November 2006 issue, #176 :

AUGUST 2006

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

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%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
   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.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 03:34:29 AM
...From the December 2006 issue; #177:

SEPTEMBER 2006

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

Product line   Manufacturer   raw#   up/dwn?   wtd.   turnout
1Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   31.4   (UP!)   31.4   100%
2World of Darkness   White Wolf   6.3   6.3   88%
3Rifts   Palladium   1.6   1.7   38%
4Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   1.6   (UP!)   1.7   26%
5Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.5 (UP!)   1.6   37%

6Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   1.5   1.6   31%
7Serenity   MWP   1.1   1.2   35%
8Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   1.0   (UP!)   1.0   29%
9GURPS   Steve Jackson   1.0   1.0   23%
10Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   0.9   0.9   26%

11Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   0.9   0.9   24%
12Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   0.9   (UP!)   0.9   15%
13d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   0.6   0.7   24%
14All Flesh Must Be Eaten   Eden Studios   0.6   0.6   13%
15Star Wars d20   Wizards of the Coast   0.6   0.6   10%

16Exalted   White Wolf   0.5   (UP!)   0.5   22%
17Conan   Mongoose   0.5   0.5   15%
18Ptolus   White Wolf   0.4   (dwn)   0.4   35%
19Dragonlance   Sovereign Press   0.3   0.3   13%
20Runequest   Mongoose   0.3   0.3   10%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 54 copies (55 weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,350. (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:

1Wizards of the Coast....59.79%
2White Wolf......14.77%
3Palladium......3.33%
4Fantasy Productions......3.12%
5Hero......2.81%
6Troll Lord......2.82%
7MWP......2.16%
8Goodman Games......1.96%
9Green Ronin......1.88%
   Other......7.29%

CHART CHAT> * Dungeons & Dragons sales were up significantly, buyoed by strong releases such as the Tome of Battle-The Book of Nine Swords in August and Dragon Magic and a new Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set in September. * Sales are up in general - September 2006 was the best month for role-playing games since March 2005.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 04:50:15 AM
...From January 2007; #178:

October 2006

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

Product line   Manufacturer   raw#   up/dwn   wtd.   turnout
1Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the coast   24.8   24.8   100%
2World of Darkness   White Wolf   6.4   7.0   64%
3Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   2.0   2.2   58%
4Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   2.0   2.2  35%
5Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   1.7   (UP!)   1.9   44%

6Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   1.3   (UP!)   1.5   34%
7Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.1   1.2   26%
8Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.1   1.2   23%
9Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   1.0   1.1   34%
10Rifts   Palladium   1.0   (dwn)   1.1   24%

11Conan   Mongoose   0.9   (UP!)   1.0   33%
12All Flesh Must Be Eaten   Eden Studios   0.9   (UP!)   0.9   10%
13Serenity   MWP   0.8   0.9   46%
14d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   0.8   0.9   25%
15Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   0.7   0.8   24%

16d20 Miscellaneous   Kenzer   0.7   0.8   20%
17Exalted   White Wolf   0.4   0.5   35%
18d20 Miscellaneous   Mongoose   0.4   0.5   22%
19Palladium Fantasy   Palladium   0.4   (UP!)   0.5   20%
20 GURPS   Steve Jackson   0.3   (dwn)   0.4   22%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 50 copies (53, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue around $1,250. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 54 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), thse manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast...49.24%
2White Wolf......17.18%
3Troll Lord......4.21%
4Fantasy Productions...4.20%
5Goodman Games......3.53%
6Mongoose......3.27%
7Palladium......3.08%
8Hero.......2.36%
9Privateer Press......2.36%
   Other........10.57%

Chart Chat>* Dungeons & Dragonssales dropped; though the leading D&D products were of high quality, perhaps the fact that one was yet another splat book (Complete Mage) and the other another re-re-re-re-working of Ravenloft pushed consumers to look for alternatives with Dungeon Crawl Classics, Castles & Crusades, Sword & Sorcery, and Conan.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Warthur on August 12, 2007, 07:56:44 AM
Koltar, the Market Share data from October 2006 seems to be missing from your last post - is this a mistake?
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 09:51:02 AM
Quote from: WarthurKoltar, the Market Share data from October 2006 seems to be missing from your last post - is this a mistake?

 Yes and no - Exhaustion from the week caught up with me and I literally fell asleep in my chair while at my computer.
So yeah - its a mistake ..but my body said: "Sleep now!"

I'll add that to that post within the next hour or two .

Still have info from 2 more issues to add. Wish I could have done this in perefect chronological for you guys.


- Ed C.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Warthur on August 12, 2007, 10:17:20 AM
Thanks. It's really no problem what order they come in from my end, I can insert months pretty much anywhere into the spreadsheet.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 12:05:57 PM
.....From the February 2007 issue,#179:

NOVEMBER 2006

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, and sourcebook counts as one.

Product line   Manufacturer   raw#   Up!/Dwn   wtd.   turnout
1Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   27.8   27.8   100%
2World of Darkness   White Wolf   7.6   8.1   73%
3Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   2.2   2.4   40%
4d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   1.9   (UP!)   2.1   47%
5Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   1.4   (UP!)   1.5   29%

6Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   1.2   1.3   31%
7Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.3   1.3   8%
8Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   1.0   1.1   21%
9Rifts      Palladium   0.9   1.0   33%
10Babylon 5   Mongoose   0.7   0.8   28%

11All Flesh Must Be Eaten   Eden Studios   0.7   0.7   10%
12Exalted   White Wolf   0.6   (UP!)   0.7   39%
13Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.6   (dwn)   0.7   31%
14Legend of the Five Rings   Alderac   0.6   0.6   12%
15Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.6   (dwn)   0.6   9%

16Serenity   MWP   0.4   (dwn)   0.4  28%
17GURPS   Steve Jackson   0.4   0.4   20%
18Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   0.4   (dwn)   0.4   19%
19Savage Worlds   Great White   0.4   0.4   10%
20Conan   Mongoose   0.3   (dwn)   0.3   16%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 52 copies (54, 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 50 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast...55.73%
2White Wolf......18.38%
3Fantasy Productions......4.43%
4Black Industries......2.87%
5Hero......2.47%
6Privateer Press......2.43%
7Mongoose......2.38%
8Palladium......1.83%
9Alderac......1.49%
   Other......7.99%

Chart Chat>* Dungeons & Dragons sales recovered about half of their drop from October, possibly due to the release of Scourge of the Howling Horde, the first in a new line of introductory 32-page adventures using a new format.
* November was a light release month, with only half the number of role-playing game releases as in October.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 01:15:08 PM
DECEMBER 2006 was covered in an earlier post within the thread.

......From the April 2007 issue, # 181:

JANUARY 2007

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

Product line   Manufacturer   raw#   up!/dwn   wtd.   turnout
1Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the Coast   31.7   31.7   100%
2World of Darkness   White Wolf   7.4   8.4   75%
3GURPS   Steve Jackson   1.8   2.0   24%
4d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   1.3   1.5   31%
5Rifts   Palladium   1.3   1.5   22%

6Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   1.3   1.3   10%
7Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   1.1   (UP!)   1.3   22%
8Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   1.1   (dwn)   1.3   21%
9Star Wars d20   Wizards of the Coast   1.2   1.2   8%
10Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   1.0   (dwn)   1.2   34%

11Serenity   MWP   1.0   1.2   21%
12Shadowrun   Fantasy Productions   1.1   1.1   12%
13Hero System 5th Edition   Hero   0.7   (dwn)   0.7   10%
14Babylon 5   Mongoose   0.6   (dwn)   0.6   21%
15Exalted   White Wolf   0.4   0.5   34%

16Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.4   0.5   24%
17Call of Cthulhu   Chaosium   0.4   (UP!)   0.5   22%
18Deadlands   Pinnacle   0.4   0.4   14%
19Legend of the Five Rings   Alderac   0.4   0.4   13%
20Savage Worlds   Pinnacle   0.4   0.4   11%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
    The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 57 copies (60, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross revenue of around $1,425. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 63 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast...57.78%
2White Wolf......15.32%
3Steve Jackson......3.42%
4Green Ronin......2.73%
5Palladium......2.57%
6Privateer Press......2.24%
7Black Industries......2.15%
8Mongoose......2.02%
9Goodman Games......1.95%
   Other........9.82%

Chart Chat> * While January sales were definitely a drop from the nice numbers from December, role-playing games still held fairly strong, considering where they stood before the holidays. The bulk of the drop was in non-D&D products, with D&D sales buoyed by the Complete Scoundrel and the late December release of the Shattered Gates of Slaughtergard module.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 12, 2007, 01:24:35 PM
..Okay that last post of mine accounted for the last of the newly found issues of the magazine.

 If people are wondering - I tried my best to puncuate and highlight things exactly as the magazine did. If they used boldface - then I used boldface, if they italicized, then I italicized.  In other words I tried to transcribe all of that as honestly and fairly as I could.

 The other thing is - I usually see these rankings once a month , not all at once like this . Its a strange and interesting experience seeing the trends. If I knew more about databases and computers I'd be interested in tracking things like : Does any particular have noticeble trends or cycles and I could suggest to my management to order more copies of those games? Why do some games drop off the chart comnpletely ? - and then re-emerge in the top ten? Is there a way to predict that ?

 Hope you guys find this all interesting and useful . When the new issue of COMICS & GAMES RETAILER comes out - I'll post the new chart rankings  to the stickied thread.  Right now my hunt & peck typing finger is tired....

- Ed C.
Title: PAST /older MARKET BEAT RPG ranking charts from COMICS & GAMES RETAILER
Post by: Koltar on August 15, 2007, 07:08:51 AM
...found another one.....

......From the July 2006 issue of COMICS & GAMES RETAILER , #172 :

APRIL  2006

All units are measured in PIECES sold; each boxed set, adventure, and sourcebook counts as one.

Product line   Manufacturer   raw#   up!/dwn   wtd.   turnout
1 Dungeons & Dragons   Wizards of the coast   22.0   22.0   100%
2 Rifts   Palladium   2.8   (UP!)   2.9   26%
3 Dungeon Crawl Classics   Goodman Games   2.1   (UP!)   2.2   26%
4 World of Darkness   White Wolf   1.5   1.6   49%
5 Exalted   White Wolf   1.3   (UP!)   1.3   35%

6 Iron Kingdoms   Privateer Press   0.9   (UP!)   0.9  36%
7 d20 Modern   Wizards of the Coast   0.8   (UP!)   0.8  38%
8d20 Misc   Paizo   0.8   (UP!)   0.8   37%
9Castles & Crusades   Troll Lord   0.8   (UP!)   0.8   33%
10d20 Misc   Green Ronin   0.6   (UP!)   0.7   38%

11Serenity   MWP   0.6   0.7   35%
12Star Wars d20   Wizards of the coast   0.6   0.7   26%
13Sword & Sorcery   White Wolf   0.6   0.6   12%
14Warhammer FRP   Black Industries   0.5   (UP!)   0.5   37%
15 Legend of the Five Rings   Alderac   0.5   0.5  28%

16 Mutants & Masterminds   Green Ronin   0.5   0.5   11%
17 GURPS   Steve Jackson   0.4   (dwn)   0.4   26%
18 Conan   Mongoose   0.4   0.4 10%
19 d20 Misc   Alderac   0.3   0.3   32%
20 d20 Misc   Bastion   0.3   (UP!)   0.3   26%

MANUFACTURERS' PIECE SHARE
  The average store reporting unit shares to us sold at least 40 copies (41, weighted) of its Top 12 role-playing games, for a gross of around $1,000. (Last month, the Top 12 role-playing games accounted for 37 copies.) For just those top games (not the whole market), these manufacturers accounted for the most weighted unit sales:

1Wizards of the Coast...57.14%
2White Wolf......8.51%
3Palladium......7.12%
4Goodman Games......6.08%
5Green Ronin......2.83%
6Mongoose......2.44%
7Privateer Press......2.24%
8Troll Lord......2.23%
9Alderac......1.93%
   Others......9.48%

Chart Chat> * Palladium's appeal to its fans on April 19 reverberated throughout the market, with sales of Rifts surging to more than triple the sales from March, which were already good. Rifts jumps from #5 to #2 on the charts.
* April was another strong month in the anemic RPG field, with D&D holding and other games gaining across the board.