ICv2 has released its latest survey of Top 5 hobby channel tabletop roleplaying games for the Spring 2017 period. The results are largely similar to previous periods, with D&D, Pathfinder, and Star Wars taking the top three spots as they have since 2014. Shadowrun has dropped from #4 to #5 due to the newly ranking Adventures in Middle Earth from Cubicle 7 (itself, of course, actually a setting book for D&D 5th Edition rather than a full game).
Also interesting is that the hobby game market has grown from 1.2B to 1.4B over the last period, growing by over 20%. Click here for my compiled chart tracking this over the years. Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner indicated that D&D is up 50% on last year, and says that millions of viewers follow D&D on Twitch (I suspect he may be citing total views, not unique viewers there).
As always, these rankings are determined from interviews with hobby games retailers, manufacturers, and distributors.
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Rank | Title |
1 | Dungeons & Dragons (WotC) |
2 | Pathfinder (Paizo) |
3 | Star Wars (FFG) |
4 | Adventures in Middle Earth (Cubicle 7) |
5 | Shadowrun (Catalyst Game Labs) |
Also interesting is that the hobby game market has grown from 1.2B to 1.4B over the last period, growing by over 20%. Click here for my compiled chart tracking this over the years. Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner indicated that D&D is up 50% on last year, and says that millions of viewers follow D&D on Twitch (I suspect he may be citing total views, not unique viewers there).
As always, these rankings are determined from interviews with hobby games retailers, manufacturers, and distributors.
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