LYG Download Chart

Last updated 1 November 2008

Here you'll find a list of the Top 10 downloads from this site. When reviewing the charts please remember that they are site specific and a number of factors will contribute to the download popularity including:



October 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 A Gleam of Bayonets Greg Laubach 49
2 Operation Edelweiss Peter Dietrich 32
3 Cedar Mountain Greg Laubach 29
4 Fredrick the Great Klemme/Rubin 28
5 Fortress Europa Paul Kantro 24
5 Ignorant Armies Noel Wright 24
7 Sniper!/Patrol Limey Yank Games 20
8 Pea Ridge Greg Laubach 19
9 B-29 Bob Lecuyer 18
9 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 18

September 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 23
2 Stalingrad Pocket II Michael Mandelberg 19
2 1918 Noel Wright 19
4 Sealords Noel Wright 18
4 Twilight of the Ottomans Daryl Anderson 18
6 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 15
6 Royalists & Roundheads 3 Howard Divins 15
8 Afrika II Michael Mandelberg 14
8 Bloodtree Rebellion Paul Myers 14
8 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 14
8 First Blood, Second Marne Daryl Andersones 14

 

August 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Stalingrad Pocket II Michael Mandelberg 42
2 B-29 Bob Lecuyer 37
3 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 31
4 First Arab Israeli War Noel Wright 30
5 First Afghan War Daryl Anderson 27
6 Twilight Struggle David Kurtz 24
7 Close Action Andre van Gils 18
7 Fire Next Time Daryl Anderson 18
9 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 16
10 Panzergruppe Guderian PPSh 15

 

July 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 B-29 Bob Lecuyer 69
2 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 54
3 Battles for North Africa Mal Atherton 26
3 Belisarius Noel Wright 26
4 Abensburg Eckmuhl Mal Atherton 25
4 Charlemagne Noel Wright 25
4 South Mountain David Rubin 25
8 Eylau Mal Atherton 23
9 Borodino:Clash of Eagles Mal Aterton 22
10 Aspern Essling Mal Atherton 20

Well, Mal dominated the table in one sense, but with 69 downloads of B-29 - the highest number of downloads since January 2007 and the 4th highest number ever - Bob dominates it in the manner that ultimately counts!

June 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 1914:Twilight in the East Peter Bennett 20
2 Afrika II Michael Mandelberg 16
3 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 15
4 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 13
5 1776 Doug Pratto 12
5 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 12
7 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 11
7 Fire in the East/Scorched Earth Don Lazov 11
9 Third Reich David Dabs 10
9 Red Star Rising Michael Mandelberg 10
9 Squad Leader Scn. 1-6 J.O. 10

Low number of downloads in June as there was no update this month.

May 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Afrika II Michael Mandelberg 46
2 1914:Twilight in the East Peter Bennett 38
3 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 36
4 Price of Freedom Barry Setser 29
5 North Africa Quad Howard Divins 27
6 Napoleon's Last Battles Karoly Szigetvari 19
6 Russo-Turkish War Noel Wright 19
8 Autro-Prussian War Noel Wright 18
8 Red Star Rising Michael Mandelberg 18
10 Stalingrad Terry Maciw 17
10 Successors Mal Atherton 17

Michael's 'Afrika II' gamebox is this month's comfortable winner but, considering it's huge size, Peter's '1914' gamebox proved popular too - hope the download didn't take too long folks. Barry's 'Triumph of Chaos' did very well for an update; coming in at number three. Not entirely surprising considering the huge popularity of the original version. The biggest surprises for me are Howard's 'North Africa Quad' and Karoly's 'Napoleon's LastBattles'. I wonder why these gameboxes, uploaded in December 07 and January 08, repectively, are suddenly so popular?

April 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 I am Spartacus Daryl Anderson 30
2 Kampfpanzer Paul Kantro 28
3 Kesselschlacht Daryl Anderson 26
3 Nine Navies War Barry Setser 26
3 Tobruk Paul Kantro 26
6 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 25
7 Thirty Years War Mal Atherton 23
8 Port Arthur Daryl Anderson 22
9 Dark Ages Paul Kantro 21
9 Red Star Rising Michael Mandelberg 21
9 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 21

A quiet month. And all gameboxes from our regulat contributors.



March 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Byzantium Mal Atherton 40
1 Holy Roman Empire Daryl Anderson 40
3 Red Star Rising Michael Mandelberg 38
4 Fortress Berlin Daryl Anderson 37
5 Gaines Mill Andre van Gils 33
5 Zeppelin Daryl Anderson 33
7 1776 Doug Prato 32
7 War in the Aegean Daryl Anderson 32
9 Aspern-Essling Ande van Gils 30
9 World in Flames et al Manuel P.Ron 30

A quite incredible Top 10 this month. For the first time no entry received less than 30 downloads. There are only 10 downloads between 1st and 10th position. It features 4 ties. Daryl and Andre have multiple enries. Congratulations to everyone that made it in to possible the hardest fought Top 10 ever - and especially to Mal and Daryl for securing top slot.



February 2008


Unfortunately the access log was a casualty of February's server move and as a result there is no Top 10 this month - sorry.



January 2008

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 45
2 Hannibal - Rome v Carthage Roberto Ullfig 25
3 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 24
4 North Africa Quad Howard Divins 23
5 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 22
6 Freidland Howard Divins 21
7 Cactus Throne Craig Thompson 19
7 Nordlingen Noel Wright 19
9 Breitenfeld Noel Wright 18
9 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 18
9 Highway to the Reich Howard Divins 18
9 La Vallee del la Mort Greg Hunter 18
9 Pacific Fleet Karoly Szigetvari 18

Manuel leads by a country mile - just has he did in last year's overall chart - but look how close the rest of the chart is! If one of the 7th place entries had had one additional download, the table from 2nd place down would have ben sequential.

Howard is our top performer based on the number of entries.

Dreadnought, HTTR and Pacific Fleet are the only entries that didn't feature in the January uploads. Pacific Fleet was actually uploaded in Feb 2007 and I'd be interested in any theories as to why there was a sudden resurgence of interest in this gamebox.



2007 CHART

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 333
2 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 232
3 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 198
4 Fire in the East/Scorched Earth Don Lazov 131
5 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 97
6 Freedom in the Galaxy Limey Yank Games 88
7 Twilight Struggle Kurtz/Kilfara 86
8 1066 Limey Yank Games 84
9 Wacht Am Rhein Hay Quarles 47
10 Descent on Crete Lam Leong Yew 46

2006's Top Ten of Top Tens. Some interesting points:

Congratulations to everyone who got a gamebox into the top ten in 2007 and especially to those who made it into the annual top ten!



December 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 60 5
2 Fire in the East/Scorched Earth Don Lazov 49 Re-Entry
3 Air Assault on Crete Howard Divins 43 New Entry
4 Austro-Prussian War Noel Wright 33 New Entry
5 Hundred Years War Mal Atherton 31 New Entry
6 Cassino, Battle For Martin Beaudry 30 New Entry
7 Bittereinder Daryl Anderson 25 New Entry
8 Breslau 1945 Paul Kantro 24 New Entry
8 Kulikovo Daryl Anderson 24 New Entry
10 Tonkin Martin Beaudry 23 New Entry

An interesting Top 10. Whilst Manuel romps home, most people in the top of the chart retain their slots (with similar numbers) but with different gameboxes!



November 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Austerlitz Martin Beaudry 47 New Entry
2 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 40 5
3 Highway to the Reich Howard Divins 39 New Entry
4 Sealords Noel Wright 34 New Entry
5 Great War Daryl Anderson 26 New Entry
5 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 29 1
7 A Fatal Attraction Daryl Anderson 25 New Entry
8 Go Tell The Spartans Daryl Anderson 22 New Entry
9 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 21 Re-Entry
9 Alexius Daryl Anderson 19 New Entry

Great to see our new sponsors, ATO, with 2 gameboxes in the Top 10 before the sponsorship had commenced!



October 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 42 8
2 1936 Guerra Civil Manuel Perez Ron 32 New Entry
2 Phalanx Limey Yank Games 32 New Entry
4 2nd Boer War Howard Divins 31 New Entry
5 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 29 9
5 Blitzkrieg 1940 Howard Divins 29 New Entry
5 SS Panzer Howard Divins 29 New Entry
8 7 Years World War Noel Wright 28 New Entry
9 Desert Storm Howard Divins 26 New Entry
9 Drive on Stalingrad Ian Coyle 26 New Entry

The downloads have picked up again with this month's number 9 matching last month's number 1! This month's chart is dominated by Manuel and Howard; for different reasons.



September 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 The Longest Day Deny & Rose 26 Re-Entry
2 Here I Stand Barry Setser 25 Re-Entry
2 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 25 Re-Entry
4 Narvik Edwerd/Obara 24 New Entry
5 Congo War Howard Divins 21 New Entry
6 No Better Place To Die (Auth'd) Andre van Gils 20 New Entry
6 Savannah Jim Anderson 20 New Entry
8 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 20 Re-Entry
9 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 16 Re-Entry
10 Fire in the East/Scorched Earth Don Lazov 15 Re-Entry
10 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 15 Re-Entry

Low download rates see a number of old friends reappearing in the Top Ten.



August 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 1776 Fawcett & Prato 41 Re-Entry
1 Landships! Daryl Anderson 41 New Entry
3 TAC Air Green & Fawcett 39 New Entry
4 Barbarian Kings Natasha Loakes 37 New Entry
5 Horse Soldiers Hay Quarles 32 New Entry
6 Baton Rouge Hay Quarles 30 New Entry
7 Epic of the Peloponnesian War Mark & Paul Jones 28 New Entry
8 Bloody April Hay Quarles 27 New Entry
8 Lest Darkness Fall LYG/Arve & Ezio 27 Re-Entry
10 Prelude to Disaster Szigetvari & Dietrich 26 New Entry

Well deserved congratlations to everyone that made this month's Top Ten - with 33 gameboxes uploaded there was some stiff competition - but especially Hay Quarles for securing no less than 3 places, and to Natasha Loakes 'cus she's my daughter ;-)



July 2007


Unfortunately I lost the transaction log for July. As a result I am unable to publish the July Top 10. My apologies to all contributors , especially those whose submissions appeared in July.



June 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 DAK Dod/Franklin 37 Re-Entry
2 1066 Limey Yank Games 34 2
3 Pleasant Hill Greg Laubach 32 New Entry
4 Imperium Romanum II Randy Stone 31 New Entry
5 Freedom in the Galaxy Limey Yank Games 29 1
5 Rosebud Limey Yank Games 29 New Entry
7 Strike them a Blow Michaael Dye 28 New Entry
8 Campaign to Stalingrad Chema Centipetus 25 New Entry
9 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 23 Re-Entry
9 Breitenfeld Noel Wright 23 New Entry


May 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Freedom in the Galaxy Limey Yank Games 59 Re-Entry
2 1066 Limey Yank Games 50 New Entry
3 Proud Monster Noel Wright 43 New Entry
4 Age of Napoleon Michael Mandelberg 39 New Entry
5 Twilight of the Ottomans Daryl Anderson 34 New Entry
5 USN Limey Yank Games 34 Re-Entry
7 Twilight Struggle Kurtz/Kilfara 28 Re-Entry
7 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 28 9
9 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 27 10
10 Panzer Command Paul Kantro 26 New Entry

Good to see that those taking the trouble to update/correct gameboxes are being rewarded with Top Ten places.



April 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 67 9
2 Descent on Crete Lam Leong Yew 46 New Entry
3 Cedar Mountain Cilia/Laubach 38 New Entry
4 Jackson at the Crossroads Greg Laubach 29 New Entry
4 Lawrence of Arabia Daryl Anderson 29 New Entry
6 Clash of Empires Daryl Anderson 26 New Entry
6 Death in the Trenches Daryl Anderson 26 New Entry
8 First World War Daryl Anderson 25 New Entry
9 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 24 6
10 A Victory Lost Michael Mandelberg 23 2
10 Across the Piave Daryl Anderson 23 New Entry
10 Ancient Wars Atherton/Ezio 23 New Entry

A lot of competition with 12 gameboxes in the Top 10 this month. Daryl secures no less than 5 places and Barry's 'Shifting Sands' jumps back up to No 1.



March 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Fire in the East/Scorched Earth Don Lazov 67 New Entry
2 A Victory lost Michael Mandelberg 49 5
3 Bloody Roads South Andre van Gils 32 New Entry
4 Kharkov Yasuto Sugano 24 New Entry
5 Iena Denis Sauvage 23 New Entry
6 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 21 3
7 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 20 8
8 Duel of Ages Wade Evans 19 New Entry
9 Delta Vee Drew Bailey 18 New Entry
9 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 18 4

Nice steady and consistent climbing from Michael's A Victory Lost, but a clear win for Fire in the East/Scorched Earth from Don (clearly life yet in that old series of games).



February 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Onward Christian Soldiers Barry Setser 42 New Entry
2 Ardennes '44 Anderson/Franklin/Mandelberg 41 New Entry
3 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 40 1
4 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 37 8
5 A Victory lost Michael Mandelberg 30 6
6 Pacific Fleet Karoly Szigetvari 29 2
7 Wellington Kilfara/Monk/LYG 28 New Entry
8 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 25 4
8 Twilight Struggle David Kutz 25 3
8 Wacht Am Rhein Hay Quarles 25 5

A lot of jockying for position from gameboxes retained from last month's Top 10. And there's very little between many of the positions. Congratulations to Barry for getting 3 entries, including the number 1 slot.



January 2007

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 World in Flames FE/DoD/Patton in Flames Manuel Perez Ron 69 New Entry
2 Barren Victory Andre van Gils 36 New Entry
3 Twilight Struggle David Kutz 33 New Entry
4 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 27 9
5 Wacht Am Rhein Hay Quarles 22 1
6 A Victory lost Michael Mandelberg 18 2
7 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 17 Re-Entry
7 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 17 3
7 The Longest day Denney/Rose 17 Re-Entry
7 World in Flamed 5th Ed Pablo D'Ulisse 17 Re-Entry

A pretty even mix of movers, new entries and re-entries



2006 CHART

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 273
2 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 224
3 WIF FE/DOD Manuel Perez Ron 191
4 Talavera Steven Lampon 159
5 Panzer All Howard Divins 96
6 Inchon Michael Arrighi 95
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 91
8 L'Armee du Nord E.Nam & K.Tracton 77
9 Champion Hill Andre van Gils 69
9 Here I Stand Barry Setser 69

2006's Top Ten of Top Tens. Some intersting points:

Congratulations to everyone who got a gamebox into the top ten in 2006 and especially to those who made it into the annual top ten!



December 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Wacht Am Rhein Hay Quarles 61 New Entry
2 A Victory lost Michael Mandelberg 42 New Entry
3 Age of Napoleon Milton Soong 31 New Entry
3 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 31 1
5 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 28 8
6 Sword of Rome Sandon Lalstrom 25 New Entry
7 Assyrian Wars Paul Loong 24 New Entry
8 1776 Fawcett/Prato 20 Re-Entry
9 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 16 2
10 Three Battle of Manassas Andre van Gils 15 Re-Entry

A nice mix



November 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Shifting Sands Barry Setser 61 New Entry
2 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 24 8
3 Panzer All Howard Divins 22 Re-Entry
4 Cemetry Hill (Blue & Gray) Mal Atherton 20 New Entry
5 Civilisation Chuwi 19 New Entry
5 Kadesh Knur Grunitz 19 New Entry
5 Shiloh (Blue & Gray) Mal Atherton 19 New Entry
8 Bull Run (Blue &Gray) Mal Atherton 19 New Entry
8 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 19 10
10 Bloody Buna Mal Atherton 17 New Entry

A good month for Barry & Mal



October 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Napoleon at the Crossroads LYG/J. Anderson 144 New Entry
2 Three Battle of Manassas Andre van Gils 49 New Entry
3 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 29 Re-Entry
3 Swords & Sorcery Fritz Briggs 29 New Entry
5 Champion Hill Andre van Gils 28 Re-Entry
5 Clontarf Mal Atherton 28 New Entry
7 Atlanta Campaign I & II Mal Atherton 27 New Entry
8 Albuerra & Vittoria Mal Atherton 26 New Entry
8 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 26 7
10 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 22 2

A phenomenal performance by Napoleon at the Crossroads. Not only has it set a new download record (the previous was 98), it did it in just 6 days! Which is really sad since we had to withdraw it when OSG became concerned that the number of downloads was far outstripping requests for scenario files (which they held) - they took this as an indication (not without some justification) that this was indicative of a high level of downloading by non-owners.



September 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 The Longest Day Denney /Rose 36 New Entry
2 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 35 3
3 1776 Fawcett/Prato 32 New Entry
4 Battles for the Ardennes Mal Atherton 23 New Entry
5 Alamo Daryl Anderson 21 New Entry
6 Panzer All Howard Divins 19 1
7 Allenby Daryl Anderson 17 New Entry
7 Panzer Blitz Anon. 17 4
7 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 17 2
10 The Fall of Constantinople Daryl Anderson 16 New Entry

Mr Rose gives Mr Denny's popular The Longest Day gamebox a new lease of life!.



August 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Panzer All Howard Divins 55 New Entry
2 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 39 1
3 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 29 6
4 Panzer Blitz Anon. 27 Re-Entry
5 Empires in Arms Andreas Ørlyng 25 New Entry
5 The Mighty Endeavour Mandelberg & Staggs 25 New Entry
7 Flat Top Chris Perleberg 24 New Entry
8 WWII: Barbarossa to Berlin M. James et al 23 New Entry
9 Blood on the Tigris Daryl Anderson 22 New Entry
10 Here I Stand Barry Setser 21 Re-Entry

Well done to everyone. There was stiff competition with so many gameboxes added last month. It's interesting to see Anon's Panzer Blitz (last in the chart (as a New Entry) in January 2005) pulled back in on the back of th einterest generated by Howard.



Birthday Chart

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 187
2 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 168
3 Talavera Steven Lampon 159
4 DAK Chris Dodd 111
5 Inchon Michael Arrighi 109
6 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 93
7 L'Armee du Nord E.Nam & K.Tracton 72
8 Austerlitz Denis Sauvage 55
8 Thunder at the Crossroads Andre van Gils 55
8 World in Flames/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 55

This is a special chart which summarises the Top Ten charts that were created during our third year, to give a Top Ten top ten. The downloads column is the sum of the downloads in the Top Ten tables. The actual numbers could be greater since those occurring in months there a gamebox did not make the Top Ten are not represented.



July 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 31 7
2 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 27 Re-Entry
2 Yaquinto Bomber Chris Perleberg 27 New Entry
4 Franco-Prussian War JC Prudhon 26 New Entry
5 Thunder at Cassino Tomo 23 New Entry
6 Trireme R&F Ezio 22 New Entry
6 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 22 1
8 London's Burning David Kurtz 15 Re-Entry
8 The Succession Wars Karoly Szigetvari 15 New Entry
10 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 14 Re-Entry

Interesting to see Bruce's TLD back in the charts for the first time since December 2004. And the Franco-Prussian War appears to be a topic of interest. Congratulations of course to Barry for resecuring the No. 1 slot.



June 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 World in Flames FE/Days of Decision Manuel Perez Ron 55 New Entry
2 Champion Hill Andre van Gils 41 New Entry
3 The Battle of the Little Big Horn Randy Lein 32 New Entry
4 The Cossacks are Coming Peter Bennet 29 New Entry
5 Albion Stewart Newman 24 New Entry
5 Talavera Steven Lampon 24 New Entry
7 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 22 1
7 World in Flamed 5th Ed Pablo D'Ulisse 22 New Entry
9 The Jewish War Richard Canavan 21 New Entry
10 7 Ages Bill Koens 16 New Entry

Well done to Barry Setser for being the only person from last month's chart to retain a place in this month's Top Ten. Manuel's Number 1 might be a little contentious due to it being linked by two titles, but even if they accounted for half the downloads each, it would have been good enough to secure two positions in the top half of the chart.



May 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Triumph of Chaos Barry Setser 98 New Entry
2 Here I Stand Barry Setser 48 New Entry
3 Lest Darkness Fall Limey Yank Games 45 New Entry
4 Franco-Prussian War Limey Yank Games 31 8
5 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 30 Re-Entry
6 Empire of the Sun Jim Anderson 28 New Entry
7 Thunder at the Crossroads Andre van Gils 27 4
7 The Crusades Rick Grandia 27 New Entry
9 Pea Ridge Lam Leong Yew 25 New Entry
10 L'Armee du Nord E.Nam & K.Tracton 22 Re-Entry
10 Waterloo George Kasnic 22 New Entry

Damn Barry Setser; he kept LYG off the top three positions. Seriously though, congratulations Barry. Not only have you secured the top two slots, you've reached No. 1 by setting a new download record!



April 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Ardennes '44 (update) M.Mandelberg et al 40 New Entry
2 Deguello at Dawn Randy Lein 33 New Entry
3 April's Harvest (update) Andre van Gils 31 New Entry
4 Thunder at the Crossroads (update) Andre van Gils 28 New Entry
5 Aspern Essling (FoW) Andre van Gils 27 New Entry
6 In Their Quiet Fields (update) Anre van Gils 26 New Entry
7 La Bataille de Talavera Steve Lampon 25 4
8 The Franco Prussian War Limey Yank Games 22 6
8 North German Plain Peter Dietricht 22 New Entry
10 Aspern Essling (update) Andre van Gils 21 New Entry

Even though he missed the No. 1 slot, I think we have to agree that April's Chart is Andre van Gils' chart! And finally Dreadnought leaves the chart (it just missed out with 20 downloads) after a continuous presence since the first chart in Novemner 2003 - I knew I should have got my finger out with version 2!!



March 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Inchon Michael Arrighi 95 Re-Entry
2 L'Armeedu Nord E.Nam & K.Tracton 50 New Entry
3 Invasion Sicily Michael Arrighi 38 Re-Entry
4 The French and Indian Wars Mark Mc G 36 New Entry
4 La Bataille de Talavera Steve Lampon 36 2
6 The Franco Prussian War Limey Yank Games 34 1
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 28 3
8 The Peloponnesian War Randy Stone 26 New Entry
9 Austerlitz Denis Sauvage 25 Re-Entry
9 Lost Battalion Daryl Anderson 25 New Entry
9 Ottomans Daryl Anderson 25 New Entry

Crikey - we nearly made it into triple figures for the first time. Michael gets our highest ever download score by a country mile!



February 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 The Franco Prussian War Limey Yank Games 23 1
2 La Bataille de Talavera Steve Lampon 19 2
3 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 15 8
4 Civil War, The Pajvancic, Prato et al 14 New Entry
5 London's Burning David Kurtz 14 3
6 Legend Begins, The Howard Divins 13 New Entry
7 Afrika Edmund Hon 10 Re-Entry
7 First Blood Jeff Kuhn 10 Re-Entry
7 Mason-Dixon G.Hunter & LYG 10 4
7 Wooden Ships and Iron Men Walt O'Hara 10 Re-Entry

An interesting mix of movers, non-movers, new entries and re-entries. The 'downloads' figures are unusually low due to my having lost the first 10 days statistics in a rebuild of the server.



January 2006

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 The Franco Prussian War Limey Yank Games 58 New Entry
2 La Bataille de Talavera Steve Lampon 55 New Entry
3 London's Burning David Kurtz 32 New Entry
4 Mason-Dixon G.Hunter & LYG 31 New Entry
5 Austerlitz Denis Sauvage 30 New Entry
5 John Carter - Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 30 Re-Entry
7 Dynamo Limey Yank Games 23 New Entry
8 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 18 7
9 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 17 9
10 DAK Chris Dodd 15 6

A great month for LYG this month with 5 of the top 10, the number 1 position and a record number of downloads. Steve Lampon's equals the previous record - an even more significant achievement considering the down-time problems the site has has this month.



2005 CHART

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 185
2 DAK Chris Dodd 183
3 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 128
4 John Carter, Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 109
5 Sun of Austerlitz Mark Calhoun 95
6 Hube's Pocket Chris Dodd 72
7 Pacific War Mark Herman (?) 66
8 Sniper/Patrol Limey Yank Games 63
9 Wooden Ships & Iron Men Walt O'Hara 62
10 7 Days of 1809 Jim Anderson 58

2005's Top Ten of Top Tens. Some intersting points:

Congratulations to everyone who got a gamebox into the top ten in 2005 and especially to those who made it into the annual top ten!



December 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Korean: The Forgotten War Chris Dodd 40 New Entry
2 Proud Monster N.Wright & S.Franklin 34 New Entry
3 Bitter Woods Paul.S.Pawlak 27 New Entry
3 Bull Run Paul.S.Pawlak 27 New Entry
5 Ogre/GEV Tristan Koehler 25 New Entry
6 DAK Chris Dodd 23 2
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 22 8
8 Ogre Tristan Koehler 21 New Entry
9 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 20 6
10 The African Campaign Paul.S.Pawlak 19 New Entry
10 When Eagles Fight Don Herndon 19 New Entry

Congratulations to Paul and Tristan on multiple hits!



November 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 First Blood Jeffery Kuhn 27 New Entry
2 DAK Chris Dodd 26 8
3 Invasion Sicily H.M. Arrighi 23 New Entry
4 Tet '68 H.M. Arrighi 17 New Entry
5 Cuban Revolution Limey Yank Games 15 Re-Entry
6 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 14 10
6 Inchon H.M. Arrighi 14 New Entry
8 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 13 9
9 No Better Place To Die Andre van Gils 13 New Entry
10 7 Days of 1809 Jim Anderson 12 Re-Entry
10 Aspern-Essling Andre van Gils 12 Re-Entry
10 War To The Death Rafael Pardo 12 New Entry

A nice mix of stayers, new entries and re-rentries this month.



October 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Khan Mark McGilchrist 33 New Entry
2 Panzerkrieg D.Dabbs & D.Lazov 25 New Entry
2 The Old Contemptibles Mark McGilchrist 25 New Entry
4 Armada Brad Fallon 24 New Entry
5 Frederick The Great Brad Fallon 22 New Entry
5 The Conquerors J.Engler & B.Fallon 22 New Entry
7 Napoleon's Last Battles - Additional 2 Shin Obara 21 1
8 DAK Chris Dodd 19 1
9 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 18 2
10 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 17 3

Looks like Mark and recent S&T games deserve congratulations and getting 1st and 2nd place. And Brad deserves a special mention for getting 3 of the top 5 places - well done gents!



September 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 DAK Chris Dodd 28 2
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 28 10
3 Von Manstein's B.H. Blow Dirk Blenneman 25 New Entry
3 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 25 Re-Entry
5 Atlantic Wall Jim Anderson 24 New Entry
6 The Far Seas Daryl Anderson 23 New Entry
7 Atlantic Wall Jeff Fisher 21 1
8 Tank Paul Kantro 19 New Entry
9 Korean War Michael Dew 18 New Entry
10 Flat Top Guillem 17 Re-Entry


August 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Atlantic Wall Jeff Fisher 36 New Entry
2 DAK Chris Dodd 34 1
3 Harvest of Death Natasha Loakes 30 New Entry
4 Advanced 3rd Reich Jack Brown 25 Re-Entry
4 Sun of Austerlitz Mark Calhoun 25 Re-Entry
6 Battle of the Nile Andre van Gils 24 New Entry
6 Trafalger Andre van Gils 24 New Entry
6 Pacific War Mak Herman (?) 24 Re-Entry
9 7 Days of 1809 Jim Anderson 16 2
10 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 15 7

Natasha's chuffed to bits to make it into the top 3 with her first gamebox. And why the sudden renewed interest in Advanced 3rd Reich I wonder?



Birthday Chart

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 215
2 Sniper/Patrol Limey Yank Games 124
3 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 109
4 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 79
5 Hube's pocket Chris Dobb 72
6 Sun of Austerlitz Mark Calhoun 70
7 Wooden Ships & Iron Men Walt O'Hara 62
8 Thunder at The Crossroads Andre van Gils 60
9 DAK Chris Dodd 53
9 To The Green Fields Beyond Stewart Newman 53

This is a special chart which summarises the Top Ten charts that were created during our second year, to give a Top Ten top ten. The downloads column is the sum of the downloads in the Top Ten tables. The actual numbers could be greater since those occurring in months there a gamebox did not make the Top Ten are not represented.

Worthy of a special mention is Chris Dodd's DAK - first month in the chart and straight to number 9 for the whole year!!!!



July 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 DAK Chris Dodd 53 New Entry
2 7 Days of 1809 Jim Anderson 30 New Entry
3 2nd Fleet (Original) Rowley/Boucher 23 New Entry
3 Sun of Austerlitz Mark Calhoun 23 New Entry
5 Hube's pocket Chris Dobb 20 Re-Entry
6 To The Green Fields Beyond Stewart Newman 17 2
7 1809 D'Angelis/Bohna 16 New Entry
7 Aspern-Essling Andre van Gils 16 Re-Entry
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 16 7
10 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 15 Re-Entry

Another month with a lot of new gameboxes and a lot of churn again.



June 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Sun of Austerlitz Mark Calhoun 47 New Entry
2 No Better Place To Die Andre van Gils 35 New Entry
2 To The Green Fields Beyond Stewart Newman 35 New Entry
4 6th Fleet Glen Rowley 26 New Entry
4 Ironclads Paul Jones 26 New Entry
6 Firefight Jeff Fisher 24 New Entry
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 22 1
8 2nd Fleet Glen Rowley 20 New Entry
8 Cuban Revoulution Limey Yank Games 20 New Entry
8 Wooden Ships and Iron Men Walt O'Hara 20 New Entry
8 War of the Ring Struble & Kaufman 20 New Entry

Yank said to expect a lot of churn in the chart with the number set of additions we made in June - he wasn't wrong. Only one of last month's chart entries remains - and that is the former number 1. And what a healthy number of downloads. A definite naval flavour this month with 5 of the top ten being naval games.



May 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 22 3
2 Hube's Pocket Chris Dobb 18 1
3 Chancellorsville Paul Kantro 12 2
4 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 10 4
4 Terrible Swift Sword (TSR) Curt Cilia 10 Re-Entry
6 Austerlitz Pierre Therrien 9 Re-Entry
6 The Civil War Eric Lee Smith 9 Re-Entry
6 October War Limey Yank Games 9 Re-Entry
9 Arab Israeli Wars Paul Jones 8 6
9 Sniper/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 8 5

Not much movement at the top of the chart but a few 'blasts from the past' elsewhere. The low figures are due to the server being down for the first 12 days of the month - at least I hope that's the cause!



April 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Hube's Pocket Chris Dobb 34 New Entry
2 Chancellorsville Paul Kantro 25 New Entry
3 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 23 7
4 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 21 1
5 Sniper/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 19 Re-Entry
6 Arab Israeli Wars Paul Jones 15 4
7 Pacific War Mak Herman (?) 18 4
7 Little Round Top Paul Kantro 13 New Entry
9 Wooden Ships & Iron Men Walt O'Hara 12 10
9 USN Fritz Briggs 12 Re-Entry

Looks as though people had been awaiting a Hube's Pocket gamebox! Download figures are particularly impressive considering that I needed to take the server down from as of 24th of the month.



March 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 33 9
2 Desert Fox (Expanded) Lam Leong Yam 28 New Entry
3 War & Peace David Kurtz 24 New Entry
4 Arab Israeli Wars Paul Jones 24 Re-Entry
4 Pacific War Mak Herman (?) 24 New Entry
6 Druid v2 Fritz Briggs 19 New Entry
7 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 18 1
8 Panzer Leader Tom Cooper 16 Re-Entry
9 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 15 Re-Entry
10 Wooden Ships & Iron Men Walt O'Hara 15 3


February 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 20 2
2 Campaigns of Marlborough Don Herndon 19 New Entry
3 Battle of Vittoria Don Herndon 15 New Entry
3 Bonaparte in Italy S.Ricatti & D.Claude 15 Re-Entry
3 Chad Chris Fawcett 15 New Entry
3 Wooden Ships & Iron Men Walt O'Hara 15 Re-Entry
7 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 14 6
8 Ancients G. Manousakis 13 New Entry
9 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 13 1
10 Close Action Andre van Gils 12 New Entry

Goodness knows where last month's comment that it was the first full double-digit Top Ten came from! We achieved that at least a year ago - oh well. What's interesting is that old stalwarts that have been around for many many years (at this site and others) continue to feature so heavily in the Top Ten. Believe it or not there is even a CB V1 gamebox in this month's list - can you spot it?



January 2005

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 John Carter Warlord of Mars Limey Yank Games 32 New Entry
2 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 26 6
3 Battle Cry Paul Kantro 24 New Entry
3 Panzer Blitz Anon 24 New Entry
3 Terrible Swift Sword (TSR) Curt Cilia 24 6
6 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 22 10
6 Wellington's Victory Bruce Denney 22 Re-Entry
6 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 22 9
9 USN Fritz Briggs 21 New Entry
10 Struggle of Nations Steffano Ricatti 20 4

A great mix of New Entries and Old Stalwarts in January.  And the first month where every gamebox in the Top Ten has had double digit downloads; there was a time when you could get in the Top Ten with 6 downloads - this month around 90% of our catalogue achieved that!



2004 CHART

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
1 Dreadnought Limey Yank Games 223
2 Sniper/Patrol Limey Yank Games 166
3 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 138
4 Siege of Jerusalem Ohad Leichter 123
5 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 97
6 Squad Leader (Scenario 4) Anon. 89
7 Wooden Ships And Iron Men Walt O'Hara 70
8 Wellington's Victory Bruce Denney 66
8 Afrika Edmund Hon 66
10 Terrible Swift Sword (TSR) Curt Cilia 62


December 2004

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Napoleon At Bay Kevin 21 1
2 Freedom in the Galaxy Fritz Briggs 21 New Entry
3 Thunder at the Crossroads Andre van Gils 20 Re-Entry
4 Struggle of Nations Steffano Ricatti 17 8
5 Bonaparte In Italy S. Ricatti & D.Claude 16 8
6 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 15 4
6 Terrible Swift Sword (TSR) Curt Cilia 15 Re-Entry
8 Panzer Leader Tom Cooper 14 7
9 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 13 5
10 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 12 Re-Entry
10 Druid Limey Yank Games 12 New Entry
10 Operation Michael Yasuto Sugano 12 New Entry
10 Sun Of Austerlitz Daniel Claude 12 10
10 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 12 Re-Entry
10 War of the Ring Rob Struble 12 New Entry

Straight in at Number 1 for Fritz's Freedom in the Galaxy. And what a vintage month for Kevin Zucker games! War of the Ring finally makes it into the Top Ten after 10 months.



November 2004

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Napoleon At Bay Kevin 31 New Entry
2 Siege of Jerusalem Ohad Leichter 20 Re-Entry
3 Advanced 3rd Reich Jack Brown 18 New Entry
4 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 17 8
5 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 16 5
5 Paths of Glory B.Wigdor & P.Meyerholtz 16 New Entry
7 Panzer Leader Tom Cooper 15 Re-Entry
8 Bonaparte In Italy S. Ricatti & D.Claude 14 New Entry
8 Struggle of Nations Steffano Ricatti 14 Re-Entry
10 Sun Of Austerlitz Daniel Claude 13 Re-Entry
10 Squad Leader Scenario 4  Anon 13 Re-Entry

A lot of new activity on the Top Ten chart this month. It could be argued that Dreadnought should be number 1 this month, with over 1500 downloads! However all but 16 of them were from a single IP address. Needless to say, regardless of whether it was a denial of service attack (which I doubt) or incompetent use of the internet, the individual is now banned from the site. If it was you send me an email and we'll get you reinstated.

The other interesting fact is that October's intervention by OSG, which saw a temporary removal of their gameboxes, appears to have boosted the downloads for those games; proving that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Unfortunately you'll no longer find some of the this month's Top 10 on the site since they've been removed for containing unapproved scanned images.



October 2004

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 South Africa Limey Yank Games 26 New Entry
2 Charlemagne Stewart Newman 25 New Entry
3 Frigate Paul Kantro 18 New Entry
4 Thunder at the Crossroads Andre van Gils 17 New Entry
5 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 16 5
5 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 16 10
7 Ardennes '44 S.Franklin & J.Anderson 15 Re-Entry
8 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 14 2
9 War and Peace Nikolai Petersen 13 Re-Entry
9 Wellington's Victory Bruce Denney 13 Re-Entry

Why the sudden rekindled interest in War & Peace? It was last in the charts back in December.



September 2004

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Thunder At The Crossroads Andre Van Gils 23 New Entry
2 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 22 3
3 Aspern-Essling Andre Van Gils 20 New Entry
4 Siege Of Jerusalem Ohad Leichter 18 Re-Entry
5 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 16 3
6 Afrika Edmund Hon 15 6
7 3rd Reich David Dabs 13 Re-Entry
7 Across the Potomac Mark Hatfield 13 9
7 Battles and Leaders Paul Kantro 13 New Entry
10 Nordlingen Noel Wright 12 New Entry
10 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 12 9


August 2004

Position Gamebox Author Downloads Previous
1 Terrible Swift Sword (TSR) Curt Cilia 24 1
2 Panzer Leader Tom Cooper 21 New Entry
3 Dreadnought v1.0 Limey Yank Games 19 3
3 Sniper!/Patrol! Limey Yank Games 19 4
5 Terrible Swift Sword (SPI) Bruce Denney 18 2
6 Afrika Edmund Hon 17 Re-Entry
7 Global War Limey Yank Games 16 New Entry
7 Squad Leader (Scenario 4) Anon. 16 Re-Entry
9 Across the Potomac Mark Hatfield 13 New Entry
9 The Longest Day Bruce Denney 13 6
9 Wellington's Victory Bruce Denney 13 Re-Entry
9 Wooden Ships And Iron Men Walt O'Hara 13 Re-Entry

Apologies but for some reason I appeared to be missing the first six days' records for August so this chart is incomplete. But it still covers the majority of the month. Curt Cilia's Terrible Swift Sword retains the Number 1 slot, only the second time a gamebox has done this since Bruce Denny's 'Wellington's Victory'.



Birthday Chart

Position Gamebox Author Downloads
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