Top Ten Lists for 2007

It's a longstanding annual tradition for me to look back at each year and report which titles sold best for us, in two lists. The first list is ranked by units of sales; the second by gross receipts (in other words, a more expensive game or book may rank higher than a less expensive one that sold more copies).

Top Ten Atlas Games Titles of 2007, by Unit Sales
1. Gloom
2. Once Upon A Time
3. 40 Years of Gen Con*
4. Gloom: Unwelcome Guests*
5. Lunch Money
6. Gloom: Unhappy Homes
7. Once Upon A Time: Dark Tales
8. Let's Kill
9. Lunch Money: Sticks & Stones
10. Beer Money

Top Ten Atlas Games Titles of 2007, by Dollar Sales
1. Gloom
2. 40 Years of Gen Con*
3. Once Upon A Time
4. Lunch Money
5. Gloom: Unwelcome Guests*
6. Gloom: Unhappy Homes
7. Houses of Hermes: Societates*
8. Let's Kill
9. Beer Money
10. Legendary Dungeoneer: Wrath of the Serpent Goddess*

An asterisk indicates a title that was newly released in 2007. It used to be that these lists were always dominated by the new releases, but as our product mix and the marketplace have changed in recent years (with the expanding of our card/board game portfolio, the fading of the d20 phenomenon, the closing of numerous wholesalers, and so forth), a bigger chunk of our revenues have come from continuing sales of "evergreen" titles, rather than the sales bursts of brand new products. In several cases, we saw significant increases in the sales of these evergreen titles, compared to 2006.

Overall, 2007 was a very good year for Atlas Games, with total sales up about 17% over 2006.

Posted by John Nephew
1/22/2008 11:59:00 AM
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Japanese Translations

The Mad Scientist University rules are now available in Japanese, thanks to Atsushi Moriike. Also, check out the card list for Dragons of the Forsaken Desert and Den of the Wererats, now in Japanese thanks to Atsushi Moriike.

Posted by Webmaster
1/09/2008 12:38:00 PM
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Ars Magica Updates

Ars Magica 5th Edition has newly updated Shape and Material Bonuses organized either by Bonus or by Shape/Material and Spell Index by Form or by Technique, courtesy of Erik Tyrell. They cover all Ars Magica 5th Edition products through The Lion and The Lilly. Additionally, the Ars Magica 5th Edition Errata has been updated to include some new maps, with cities added, for The Lion and The Lilly.

Posted by Webmaster
1/08/2008 01:08:00 PM
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Now Available for Download

Three older Atlas Games titles are now available for purchase in PDF format from e23: Lawyers, Guns & Money (for Unknown Armies) and the twin books of d20 fantasy colonial America, Northern Crown: New World Adventures and Northern Crown: Gazetteer. The Northern Crown books are still available in print if you prefer that format, but LG&M went out of print last year.

Posted by John Nephew
1/03/2008 05:16:00 PM
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