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Best selling RPGs in Spring 2021: Cyberpunk RED RPG climbs the charts

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Working with CD Projekt to compliment Cyberpunk 2077 and to fit into the timeline just before it, team Pondsmith released Cyberpunk RED. It's a tabletop prequel to the computer game.

The Game Manufacturers Association to vote on a dramatic restructuring

June 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GAMA also makes 70% of its revenues from events. That's hardly healthy in a world of lockdowns and the group needs to diversify.

ICv2’s retail chart puts Pathfinder behind D&D as best selling RPG of the winter

March 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D, as you would expect, tops the ICv2 bestseller RPG chart autumn 2020 composed of data taken from retailers, distributors and manufacturers in North America.

ICv2’s latest best-selling RPG chart is full of mysteries

August 12, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

ICv2 is a site about the tabletop hobby industry (board games, card games, wargames, etc) which is primarily intended for shops and press.

Thousands of American game stores affected by Asmodee USA distribution changes

March 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Thousands of games stores in America can now order games directly from Asmodee, even if they're not an Asmodee game.

Sci-fi RPGs outnumber fantasy 3:2 in the latest RPG sales chart

March 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the sci-fi triumvirate is the Star Wars RPG, which has been in the top five for the previous 9 years.

License dispute stops The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast orders

September 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The US giant Diamond Comic Distributors no longer makes mention of Ablaze's uncensored Coman series The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast.

Two of the three best-selling RPGs in the last quarter were sci-fi games

July 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Other issues in the RPG landscape discussed by retailers included the dangerous cost of Kickstarters, Amazon's ability to discount Wizards of the Coast products and the leadership of GAMA.

Comic book and graphic novels sales rebound in North America

May 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A historic shift is playing out as the market grew, primarily in the book channel, in 2018.

The bestselling RPGs of Autumn 2015

March 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

ICv2 study of what associated retailers and manufacturers are selling in the US between September through to December is out. Dungeons and Dragons – Wizards of the Coast Pathfinder – Paizo Inc Star Wars – Fantasy Flight Games Dragon Age – Green Ronin Fantasy Age – Green Ronin Dungeons & Dragons 5 is still going strong, keeping D&D above Pathfinder in the charts and it comes as little surprise to see the Star Wars title booming while the world was getting ready for The Force Awakens.…

Best selling RPGs in Spring 2021: Cyberpunk RED RPG climbs the charts

The Game Manufacturers Association to vote on a dramatic restructuring

ICv2’s retail chart puts Pathfinder behind D&D as best selling RPG of the winter

ICv2’s latest best-selling RPG chart is full of mysteries

Thousands of American game stores affected by Asmodee USA distribution changes

Sci-fi RPGs outnumber fantasy 3:2 in the latest RPG sales chart

License dispute stops The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast orders

Two of the three best-selling RPGs in the last quarter were sci-fi games

Comic book and graphic novels sales rebound in North America

The bestselling RPGs of Autumn 2015

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