Recent content by Scarecrown

Anecdotal data is so powerful upon the memory. I really can’t be sure when I noticed news shows reports on a board game renaissance, because it meant a lot to me at the time, and maintains a potent emotional impact upon me to this day. Memory is heady stuff.

I agree, in the end all I can really say is, that I noticed the old school media started reporting a newfound interest in board games and table games about 5-8 years ago. But what that says about M’s data spread is not really clear; it may be that sales crept up in a steady type fashion that...

Thanks for your explanation, I guess I was looking at pyrite all along. Still, the data probably does help one understand the general popularity of various game systems, as long as it’s seasoned with a grain of salt. Thanks for engaging in this topic. Maybe one day we’ll get some hard data on...

But nevertheless the info indicates a sales spike at 2015, do you think the survey became more wide ranging, or that it shows an actual change in the market?

Curiously specific on the GDW details, but thank you for your thoughts. I take it that you are indicating a period in which information from certain organisations became publicly accessible. Would you correlate this public access with the 2015 spike in sales numbers?

So it could simply be improved reporting, or it could be some TTG renaissance, or even lizardman chemtrails taking our wimmin & stealing our jaaabs?

Why was 2015 such a huge growth point for retail sales? Across the industry gaming had a huge gain in 2015, is there any analysis as to why this happened?