Bucephalus’ Bestsellers Emerging

In Preorder Trends

There are some titles that are trending stronger among Bucephalus Games’ launches, which kick off in August (see “Bucephalus Launches with 37 Games”), according to Bucephalus president Dan Tibbles.  Rorschach is probably our bestseller, with Toboggans of Doom, Dogfight, and Living Labyrinth also selling well,” he said.    The trends are emerging in interest from distributors, and preorders from Origins and the company’s Website. 

Bucephalus’ releases are beginning about one month later than originally planned, with the first titles now slated to ship in August.  The release schedule for the next few months now looks like this.  

August

Playbook Football

Living Labyrinth

Rorschach

Suicide Bomber

Toboggans of Doom

Demo Kit 1

September

Roman Taxi

Michelangelo

Dogfight

Top Ten:  The Bill of Rights

Top Ten:  The Ten Commandments

The Duke

Deluxe Bridge

October

Mad Scientist:  Final Exam

Mad Scientist:  Lab Rats

Mad Scientist: Frankenbuilder

Timestreams:  Deck 1

Duelists:  d’Artagnan

The company is planning to release a total of 32 new games this year.  We asked Tibbles how well the company would be able to keep its games in stock, given the relatively large number of titles at launch.  Initial print runs are being set at 5,000 copies or more, Tibbles told us, which he expects to provide enough inventory to give the company time to reorder and get items that sell out back into stock.  Once a reorder is placed, it will take only about two months to get to Bucephalus’ warehouse, Tibbles said.  

A group of about six hobby distributors is being recruited, and the company is selling its lower price point products into the book and gift channels as well.  

Demo kits will be provided to hobby retailers through distributors each month.  The kit for the first month will include demos for Living Labyrinth, Rorschach, Suicide Bomber, and Toboggans of Doom.