Most Played FRPG of 2010

[CleverNickName]

Holy anonymous votes, Batman! The number of voters has more than doubled since this time yesterday, and at least two-thirds of them are all from anonymous voters. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over? Where are all of these guests coming from?

Anyway, there is a lot of data to crunch this morning and I have one of those spiffy day jobs that needs my attention. So I'm going to just stick to the top three results: D&D 4E, D&D 3.x, and Pathfinder.

As of 6:32 a.m. PST:

PACING
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The number of overall votes for D&D 4E has increased 184.95% since yesterday, but 68 of those votes are from anonymous voters and were not counted. The number of registered votes has increased from 82 to 104 (a 126.83% increase).

The number of overall votes for D&D 3.X has increased 275.00% (almost tripled) since yesterday, with 102 of those votes being from anonymous voters. The number of registered votes has increased from 41 to 70 (170.73% increase).

But check out Pathfinder! The number of overall votes for Pathfinder has increased 447.54% in the last 24 hours...but almost 200 of these votes are from anonymous voters. The number of registered votes has increased from 34 to 100 (a 294% increase). This drastic outpacing of all the other votes, combined with the surge in anonymous votes, makes this very suspicious.


STATS BY GAME
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D&D 4E:
103 registered votes
172 anonymous votes
Quality: 59.88%
Adjusted Rank: 52.55%

Pathfinder:
100 registered votes
173 anonymous votes
Quality: 36.63%
Adjusted Rank: 51.02%

D&D 3.x:
69 registered votes
74 anonymous votes
Quality: 48.25%
Adjusted Rank: 35.20%


OVERALL STATS
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Total Voters: 196
Voters who played all top 3 games: 11 (5.61%)
Voters who played only 2 of the top 3: 56 (28.57%)
Voters who played only 1 of the top 3: 129 (65.82%)

Of the 104 people who played D&D 4E:
* 25 also played D&D 3.x (24.04%)
* 26 also played Pathfinder (25.00%)
* 63 did not play any of the other 2 (60.58%)
* 10.58% played all three

Of the 70 people who played D&D 3.X:
* 25 also played 4E (35.71%)
* 38 also played Pathfinder (54.29%)
* 18 did not play any of the other 2 (25.71%)
* 15.71% played all three

Of the 100 people who played Pathfinder:
* 38 also played 3.X (38.00%)
* 26 also played 4E (26.00%)
* 47 did not play any of the other 2 (47.00%)
* 11.00% played all three


GLOSSARY
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Quality: Since anonymous votes are unreliable (some users like to skew poll results by voting more than once), all anonymous votes are thrown out. The "quality" score is the percentage of votes that could be counted.

Adjusted Rank: The percentage of votes that the game received after all anonymous votes have been discarded.

 

[CleverNickName]

Wow, Pathfinder is on a roll! It seems a lot of anonymous voters have played Pathfinder ... interesting development.



/M

Indeed. I haven't checked, but it's almost like there is a message over on the Paizo boards with a link to this thread. I have this mental image of Pathfinder fans trying to 'prove' once and for all that Pathfinder was greater than 4E in the year 2010, and are using my dinky little poll to do it. "We'll show you," they seem to say, "we'll show you all!!!"

Which, of course, would cause the 4E fans to counter with their own message on the WotC boards. "To the battlements, men! Our country must be defended!!!" they seem to say.

Anyway,

The best part of this poll, IMO anyway, is the info on all of the other games (especially the write-ins). It shows that the hobby was a lot more versatile and vibrant in 2010 than the Big Three would have us to believe. If you throw out all of the votes for 4E, 3.x, and PF, you are left with a very colorful and interesting cross-section of the "gaming underground." It's small, but it's thriving.

EDIT: Except for Lejendary Adventure.

 

[darjr]

Paizo tweeted the poll. It would be cool to have some of those folks comment.

 

[darjr]

The best part of this poll, IMO anyway, is the info on all of the other games (especially the write-ins). It shows that the hobby was a lot more versatile and vibrant in 2010 than the Big Three would have us to believe. If you throw out all of the votes for 4E, 3.x, and PF, you are left with a very colorful and interesting cross-section of the "gaming underground." It's small, but it's thriving.

And it's here at ENWorld. Very cool.

 

[jaerdaph]

But Daaa-aaad, the Forgies started it with Burning Wheel!

 

[Asmo]

I didn't play a single tabletop FRPG this year.

I´ve played some Magic;the Gathering though.

Asmo

 

[jaerdaph]

This poll only asked about Fantasy RPGs. In reality, I played more non-fantasy RPG games in 2010, most notably ICONS.

 

[CleverNickName]

This poll only asked about Fantasy RPGs. In reality, I played more non-fantasy RPG games in 2010, most notably ICONS.

Same here...I play more D20 Modern these days than anything else. But it's pretty much a rehash of 3.x with different equipment.

 

[Saint&Sinner]

Mostly Dresden Files, some Icons and Wild Talents.

 

[beldar1215]

My other is Savage Worlds. I run SW and play 4E. I'm looking over Dragon Age and like what I see. Now I have to get some people to give it a try.

Beldar