Five & Dime 2009: Joining the "In" Crowd

These are games that have appeared on the Five & Dime lists before... and have risen in overall playing percentages.

Game	percentage gain from 2008
Roll Through the Ages	+23.34%
Battlestar Galactica	+11.80%
Dominion	+10.20%
Le Havre	+8.73%
Finito!	+8.23%
Space Alert	+8.05%
Coloretto	+6.89%
Cosmic Encounter	+6.21%
Arkham Horror	+4.94%
Bananagrams	+4.94%
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization	+6.28%
Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball	+4.86%
Memoir '44	+4.59%
Cities	+4.02%
Ghost Stories	+3.85%
Space Hulk	+3.85%
RattleSnake	+3.85%

Just off the edge of the list at 3.70% - Snow Tails.

There are two main reasons that games appear on this list:

1. They were reprinted and/or had another game/expansion added to their franchise this year (Dominion, Cosmic Encounter, Arkham Horror, Chicago Express, Memoir '44 & Space Hulk).
2. They were "Essen"/end of the year games... they were released late in 2007 and were only played 5+ times by a couple of folks in 2007 (Roll Through the Ages, Battlestar Galactica & Le Havre). This particular list is surprisingly short this year.

As always, the interesting games here are the ones that can not be explained by these reasons:

• While Le Havre was an "Essen" game, it did garner impressive numbers (nearly 10%) in 2008, which makes appearing on this list all that more astounding. Cities & Ghost Stories have similar tales of their popularity.
• Finito! finally became recognized here in the U.S.
• Bananagrams has benefited from becoming widely known outside our little gamer world - and thus making it easier to find opponents.
• I guess Rattlesnake became easier to find? I dunno.
• As usual, there's one game I just don't understand why it's here - and that would be Coloretto.