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<blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 9645446" data-attributes="member: 11365">Thanks! I haven't looked at this Q1 yet (but will this weekend, in time for our Mastering Dungeons recording next week). The quick look I had says that this is indeed a great quarter for both Magic and D&amp;D. It's also the first time in a few quarters that D&amp;D has been mentioned during the main call, so that's a nice indicator. Friend of the show Scipio is an expert at reading these reports and does 90% of the work when he and I look at the numbers. He mentions on our Discord he feels this all suggests very strong growth. They did not give us any math for BG3, which is what we would need to again estimate D&amp;D's size within reasonable accuracy. But, we will try to make an estimate within a few million on this week's show. Either way, D&amp;D is doing well. Historically, this has been great for our entire hobby.Sales have always surged when D&amp;D had a new edition, though this time it is even better for D&amp;D since sales have shifted to more often be direct sales with a far higher profit margin. It is a great sign that Q1 is strong, showing continued 2024 success. In future quarters we get to see how the edition endures. The only RPG to ever show continued growth is 5E 2014 (Shadowdark may also pull off this trick, though it's early yet in its lifecycle). This growth came not from fans behaving very differently (many still came, bought a few things, left), but from the incredible sustained number of new fans coming in to replace those that left at ever-increasing numbers (<a href="https://alphastream.org/index.php/2023/10/09/are-dd-sales-declining/" target="_blank">until around just after 2020</a>). Replicating 2014's success is a tall order, especially when none of us can ever pin down why it happened (we can all list reasons, but none of us know for sure which ones were the key or if maybe all of them were). Bottom line, D&amp;D 2024 is doing really well and D&amp;D as a segment is far bigger than ever before and continues to vastly outperform all other RPG companies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alphastream, post: 9645446, member: 11365"] Thanks! I haven't looked at this Q1 yet (but will this weekend, in time for our Mastering Dungeons recording next week). The quick look I had says that this is indeed a great quarter for both Magic and D&D. It's also the first time in a few quarters that D&D has been mentioned during the main call, so that's a nice indicator. Friend of the show Scipio is an expert at reading these reports and does 90% of the work when he and I look at the numbers. He mentions on our Discord he feels this all suggests very strong growth. They did not give us any math for BG3, which is what we would need to again estimate D&D's size within reasonable accuracy. But, we will try to make an estimate within a few million on this week's show. Either way, D&D is doing well. Historically, this has been great for our entire hobby. Sales have always surged when D&D had a new edition, though this time it is even better for D&D since sales have shifted to more often be direct sales with a far higher profit margin. It is a great sign that Q1 is strong, showing continued 2024 success. In future quarters we get to see how the edition endures. The only RPG to ever show continued growth is 5E 2014 (Shadowdark may also pull off this trick, though it's early yet in its lifecycle). This growth came not from fans behaving very differently (many still came, bought a few things, left), but from the incredible sustained number of new fans coming in to replace those that left at ever-increasing numbers ([URL='https://alphastream.org/index.php/2023/10/09/are-dd-sales-declining/']until around just after 2020[/URL]). Replicating 2014's success is a tall order, especially when none of us can ever pin down why it happened (we can all list reasons, but none of us know for sure which ones were the key or if maybe all of them were). Bottom line, D&D 2024 is doing really well and D&D as a segment is far bigger than ever before and continues to vastly outperform all other RPG companies. [/QUOTE]

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