The products listed were rated as "bestsellers" in the month of February in our telephone survey of game stores around the country The number to the left is the total number of times that game was mentioned in the top two of each sales category. War Games 9 Ambush! (Victory Games Inc.) 7 Sixth Fleet (Victory Games Inc.) 4 Purple Heart (Victory Games Inc.) 3 Vietnam (Victory Games Inc.) 3 Third World War (Game Designers' Workshop) 3 Squad Leader (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) 3 Pax Britannica (Victory Games Inc.) 2 Third Reich (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) 2 Hitler's War (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) 2 Cold War (Victory Games Inc.) 2 Assault (Game Designers' Workshop) War Game Miniatures 7 Napoleonics, 15mm (Minifigs) 3 Colonials, 25mm (Ral Partha) Role-Games 14 Txilight: 2000 (Game Designers' Workshop) 14 Dungeons & Dragons (TSR Inc.) 7 Marvel Superheroes (TSR Inc.) 7 Champions (Hero Games) 3 Middle Earth Role-Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises) 3 Deluxe RuneQuest (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) 2 Traveller (Game Designers' Workshop) 2 Palladium Role-Playing Game (Palladium) 2 Indiana Jones (TSR Inc.) Role-Game Miniatures 15 Dragon of the Month (Grenadier Models) 14 Ral Partha~ entire line 3 Dragon Lords (Grenadier Models) 3 Citadel (Games Workshop) 2 Ninjas and Samurai box set (Grenadier Models) 2 Fantasy Lords (Grenadier Models) 2 Celestial Dragon (Ral Partha) "There are no real comers in the war game market. A lot of companies have pulled back and some firms are consolidating. I think many companies are waiting to see what happens with the computer angle in gaming. The most popular war games right now are those that are post World War II." --Steve LaPrade, Game Shop, Norman, OK "Trivial Pursuit has cooled down considerably Role-playing is steady. And war games are down a bit since Christmas." --Bob Hamm, Owens Games-N-Things Villa Park, IL "Looks like people are buying superhero games. The simpler the system, the easier they sell." --Gayle Couch, Game Shop, Tulsa, OK Adult Games 12 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (Sleuth Publications) 8 Trivial Pursuit (Selchow & Righter) 4 Pente (Parker Brothers) 4 221 B Baker Street (John N. Hanson Co. Inc.) 3 Trivial Pursuit Genus II (Selchow & Righter) 2 Watersdown Affair (How to Host A Murder) 2 Superstar Wrestling (Super Star Game Co.) 2 Grapes of Frath (How to Host a Murder) 2 Enchanted Evening (Games Partnership Ltd.) 2 Diplomacy (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) 2 Civilization (The Avalon Hill Game Co.) Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #3 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Dana Lombardy. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com