Reply To: ICv2 Top 5 Miniatures Games

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As you noted Nolzurs’s has been on the list before, and I was really surprised when I first saw it, but its success speaks to fulfilling an underserved niche for the role-playing game crowd. D&D and other fantasy games are still running strong, and I myself bought some Nolzur’s minis for SAGA and also as scatter terrain.

I think X-Wing was bound to fall as doing a 2nd edition means people could either just buy a conversion kit, or take the whole affair as an opportunity to stop buying X-Wing stuff entirely and keep playing 1st edition. The conversion kits seem kinda pricey too, I’m not sure if gaming groups were all enthusiastic about making the switch.

Lastly, Legion doesn’t seem to be doing quite as well as Armada did, but it wouldn’t surprise if it was at least close. FFG and Star Wars seem to sell. Also we’re talking about the lead up to Christmas here, so I wouldn’t be surprised if people who had been interested when the game first released now took the opportunity to grab it or ask for it. The game had way more releases and looked a lot more interesting too.