05:32 PM: Mike Sugarbaker says... Decipher Rides Frodo To Tenuous Lead
According to the April 2002 issue of the trade magazine Comics & Games Retailer, Decipher's Lord of the Rings CCG was the top-selling CCG in the month of January, displacing Magic: The Gathering for only the second time in history. Decipher also reportedly beat WotC's overall share of the CCG market for that month, taking all of Decipher's CCGs into account against the combined forces of Magic, Pokemon and Harry Potter. Interesting; we'll see if it lasts...