Just my input;  Our store is a bookstore first, and gaming store second, but we easilly sell more CCGs and Minis than RPG books overall.  Kids buying individual boosters or kids with parents buying them something bigger as a present all add up.  And then we have people who occasionally buy L5R cards by the box.  Add to that the fact that you can run tournaments of minis/CCGs where people have to buy n many sealed packs to enter, and it becomes a foregone thing.

With that said, we do have a fairly steady stream of RPG sales from regulars, and the occasional splurging tourist (the kind of people you see only once, but who drop £100+ on every book you have in stock for a system, presumably because they have no FLGS...).  We run a gaming evening on Thursdays, but only very recently were minis/CCGs involved at all, people wanted a time and place to Roleplay.

So... reading the stats it seems, that d20 system holds about 70% of the market. Well sure, most of it is DnD, but still... that is quite impressive.

Quote from: AlnagSo... reading the stats it seems, that d20 system holds about 70% of the market. Well sure, most of it is DnD, but still... that is quite impressive.

I guess it doesn't surprise me all that much. It just makes sense that once you get D20 via D&D you'll be willing to try other methods and settings out.

Where do adventures like the DCC line from Goodman Games factor into all this?

Quote from: JamesVI guess it doesn't surprise me all that much. It just makes sense that once you get D20 via D&D you'll be willing to try other methods and settings out.

Agreed. My players learned the D20 system from D&D, and now we're looking at playing Star Wars because we already know the system.

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No brainers there.

Not necessarily. GURPS had been lurking down below the top 10. It seems like it either had a comeback or its competitors winnowed away a bit.

I'm surprised not to see M&M on the list at all. It was dwelling in the top 5.

If you read Ken Hite's column, those Comics Retailer market share figures have been steady for the past few years.

Exceptions: Iron Kingdoms (is there a new edition?), C&C, M&M. Exalted is on its way out, I guess. See dwindling number of Exalted threads on rpg.net.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityExalted is on its way out, I guess. See dwindling number of Exalted threads on rpg.net.

Yah, only seven of them on the first page...

GrimGent, we're talking trends here, not snapshots. In your favor, hope springs eternal.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityExalted is on its way out, I guess. See dwindling number of Exalted threads on rpg.net.

Quote from: GrimGentYah, only seven of them on the first page...

Grimgent, you say that as if with sarcasm, and yet his statement and yours are in no way contradictory!!

There was a time not too long ago when there was rarely less than an even dozen Exalted threads on the front of the RPG.net page at any given time.

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPunditThere was a time not too long ago when there was rarely less than an even dozen Exalted threads on the front of the RPG.net page at any given time.

But that still happens every now and then. Those threads on the first page of RP Open only go back about half a day, after all.

Quote from: GrimGentBut that still happens every now and then. Those threads on the first page of RP Open only go back about half a day, after all.

That's a cyclical thing.  When the new edition of Sidereals comes out, expect a revival of thread presence.

Quote from: Bradford C. WalkerThat's a cyclical thing.  When the new edition of Sidereals comes out, expect a revival of thread presence.

Well, what I meant was more that there'll probably always be another seven threads on the second page, and it would only take a fresh batch of posters waking up in a different timezone to bring them to the front.

...For those of you lurking from other forums. .......

 Thank You for re-posting the original post as a new thread over there and saying "Found on another board".

Interesting to see myself quoted somewhere else under the handle that I use here.


- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar...For those of you lurking from other forums. .......

 Thank You for re-posting the original post as a new thread over there and saying "Found on another board".

Interesting to see myself quoted somewhere else under the handle that I use here.


- Ed C.

That's because they know you're the shizznit.