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Over 37 Million Board Games to be Bought This Holiday Season

11 Nov

Posted by shadejon as Electronic Games, Modern Board Games, Other

board_game_shelf A recent Harris poll [PDF] indicates that 54% of Americans aged 18 or older will purchase one or more toys as a gift this holiday season. Of those, 30% plan to purchase one or more board games. By my calculation, that means that over 37 million board games will be purchased in the next month and a half.

Only slightly more (36% of toy buyers) indicate that they will buy video games or consoles.

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Ben Clark

November 11th, 2009 at 10:01 am
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Of those 37 million board games, 33 million will be variants of Monopoly.
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