Tabletop Gaming Q1 Best Sellers

Thanks to some market research by ICv2 (original article) that was released at the end of May, we get a good look into the successes of the analog gaming industry for the early part of 2011. Some general statements from the research points to a nice upswing in sales for a majority of publishers. ICv2 has broken up the lists into multiple categories including separating card games into multiple collectible and a non-collectible to help differentiate the growing deck-building genre. Continue reading for the all of the lists compiled in the research.

Top Ten Board Games - Q1 2011

1. Settlers of Catan
2. Ticket to Ride
3. Carcassonne
4. Cargo Noir
5. Mansions of Madness
6. Small World
7. Survive: Escape from Atlantis
8. Forbidden Island
9. Wrath of Ashardalon
10. Arkham Horror

Top Ten Non-Collectible Card Games - Q1 2011

1. Dominion
2. Munchkin
3. Thunderstone
4. Ascension
5. Killer Bunnies
6. Bang!
7. Dixit
8. Resident Evil
9. Seven Wonders
10. Guillotine

Top Ten Hobby Channel Collectible Games - Q1 2011

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
3. HeroClix
4. World of Warcraft
5. Pokemon TCG
6. Legend of the Five Rings CCG
7. D&D; Miniatures
8. Naruto CCG
9. Axis & Allies
10. Monsterpocalypse

Top Five Collectible Games Overall - Q1 2011

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
3. Pokemon TCG
4. HeroClix
5. World of Warcraft

Top Five Mass Channel Collectible Games - Q1 2011

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Pokemon TCG (tie)
3. Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG (tie)
4. World of Warcraft
5. Club Penguin

Top Five RPGs - Q1 2011

1. Dungeons & Dragons
2. Pathfinder
3. Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch
4. Dragon Age
5. Mutants and Masterminds, inc. DC

Top Five Non-Collectible Miniature Lines - Q1 2011

1. Warhammer 40k
2. Warmachine
3. Warhammer Fantasy
4. Hordes
5. Malifaux

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