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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4911813" data-attributes="member: 2525"><a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15707.html" target="_blank">ICv2 - Hobby Game Market Strengthens</a>In Q2 2009Published: 08/27/2009 12:00amThe hobby game market improved in Q2 2009, according to a report in the recently released ICv2 Insider’s Guide #68.  Conservative ordering has kept inventories low at retail, but as a result, sell-throughs are good and restocks frequent, according to distributors and retailers interviewed for the report, leading to relatively healthy hobby game stores despite the ferociously bad economy. Board games continues to be the category with the most heat, with retailers and distributors across the board still reporting increased sales. Collectible Card Games as a category are bouncing off the bottom, with the top brands getting most of the benefit: Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! in the hobby, and Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! at mass. The Collectible Miniature Games category is still churning, with no replacement for HeroClix, the anchor brand, and Monsterpocalypse dropping off after its launch due to product configuration changes. Both of Games Workshop’s miniature lines are doing well in North America, with more friendly packaging and assortments making the line easier to handle at all levels. The roleplaying game category remains deeply troubled, with most brands down, and the gap between Dungeons and Dragons and the rest growing.This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Q2 2009.  The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.<img src="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9546/rpgq2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />These charts of the Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all, Top 5 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games reflect sales in Q2 2009.The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.<img src="http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4777/ccgsq2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This chart of the Top 10 Board, Card and Family Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Q2 2009.  The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.<img src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6347/bgq2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Q2 2009.  The charts are based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.<img src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8739/minq2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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