Thursday, August 2, 2018

Random Snapshot of TTRPG Amazon Ranks

Here are the Amazon ranks in fantasy gaming. D&D 5e is the hobby's juggernaut, but let's see how it's going (omitted non-TTRPG books):

  1. D&D Player's Handbook
  2. D&D Dungeon Master's Guide
  3. D&D Monster Manual
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  5. D&D Xanathar's Guide to Everything
  6. D&D Mordenkainan's Tome of Foes
  7. D&D Volo's Guide to Monsters
  8. D&D Dungeon Master's Screen Reincarnated
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  10. D&D Starter Set
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  12. Pathfinder Playtest Rulebook
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  14. Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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  17. D&D Guildmaster's Guide to Ravinica
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  21. D&D Tales From the Yawning Portal.
It's not surprising to see the Pathfinder Playtest Rulebook crack the top 20. Pathfinder is the 2nd-biggest brand in the hobby, and people are interested in what this game will be. It's sucking out all the oxygen in the room for Paizo's other products: Starfinder's fallen down to #40, and original Pathfinder stuff is even lower.  But remember, sales numbers fall off exponentially as you go down the list. The D&D Player's Handbook is #53 in all books, while the Pathfinder Playtest is #1,184. Tales From the Yawning Portal is #2,096.

I think what's likely is we'll see initial numbers out of the gate that put Pathfinder 2 in the top ten in Amazon Fantasy Gaming. It may even crack the top 100 in all books; after all, Starfinder launched at #184. But it will rapidly fall off from there as its audience will be limited largely to the Paizo faithful and their immediate friends.

Is anyone even talking about Starfinder now?

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