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I wanted to see Holmes and the other sets. I’ll add the expert info here when he posts it.
One thing I didn’t know is that the Rule Books for Basic and Expert from the Moldvay sets were sold separately. I would have gotten them if I had known.
Expert!
There was a time I could have bought ten RCs for ten bucks. The. The OSR took off at the release of 4e. Now I only own it in PDF.
Behold! Sales of the D&D Companion, Master, & Immortal boxed sets from 1984 to 1991!
The chart contains one very unusual feature. In 1987, sales of the Companion boxed set surged, selling more copies in its fourth year of release than it did any other year. A product selling more copies after its first year of release is a feat I believe unequaled in post-1984 TSR history!
Next up is perhaps the single best rulebook released in the history of D&D, the Rules Cyclopedia! After that, we’ll take a look at total BECMI sales by year, and then do a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
Speaking of the Rules Cyclopedia!
Behold! Sales of the D&D Rules Cyclopedia!
The Rules Cyclopedia may be the best bang for the buck single volume ever produced for the game. Consolidating the rules from the D&D boxed sets, it contains all the rules needed to play the game, character creation, monsters, and magic items!
Next we’ll take a look at total BECMI sales by year, and then do a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
Combined graph of all sales of basic.
I post a link to his book as a courtesy for all these numbers and such. Slaying the Dragon - Macmillan
Link to data:
One thing I didn’t know is that the Rule Books for Basic and Expert from the Moldvay sets were sold separately. I would have gotten them if I had known.
Behold! Sales of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set in all its various iterations!
One thing to note on this graph is that from 1984 through 1990, TSR lumped all Basic sales together in their books, so there is only a combined number for those years.
Later today or tomorrow, I will release data for the Expert Set.
Interested? Pick up my book on TSR history, Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons. Link below!
If you want to see the actual data used to generate this graph, there is also a link below!
One thing to note on this graph is that from 1984 through 1990, TSR lumped all Basic sales together in their books, so there is only a combined number for those years.
Later today or tomorrow, I will release data for the Expert Set.
Interested? Pick up my book on TSR history, Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons. Link below!
If you want to see the actual data used to generate this graph, there is also a link below!
Expert!
Behold! Sales of the Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set in all its various iterations!
One thing to note on this graph is that from 1984 through 1989, TSR lumped all Expert sales together in their books, so there is only a combined number for those years.
Later today or Monday, I will release data for the Companion, Master, Immortal, and Rules Cyclopedia.
Find me interesting? Pick up my book on TSR history, Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons. Link below!
If you want to see the actual data used to generate this graph, there is also a link below!
One thing to note on this graph is that from 1984 through 1989, TSR lumped all Expert sales together in their books, so there is only a combined number for those years.
Later today or Monday, I will release data for the Companion, Master, Immortal, and Rules Cyclopedia.
Find me interesting? Pick up my book on TSR history, Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons. Link below!
If you want to see the actual data used to generate this graph, there is also a link below!
There was a time I could have bought ten RCs for ten bucks. The. The OSR took off at the release of 4e. Now I only own it in PDF.
Behold! Sales of the D&D Companion, Master, & Immortal boxed sets from 1984 to 1991!
The chart contains one very unusual feature. In 1987, sales of the Companion boxed set surged, selling more copies in its fourth year of release than it did any other year. A product selling more copies after its first year of release is a feat I believe unequaled in post-1984 TSR history!
Next up is perhaps the single best rulebook released in the history of D&D, the Rules Cyclopedia! After that, we’ll take a look at total BECMI sales by year, and then do a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
Speaking of the Rules Cyclopedia!
Behold! Sales of the D&D Rules Cyclopedia!
The Rules Cyclopedia may be the best bang for the buck single volume ever produced for the game. Consolidating the rules from the D&D boxed sets, it contains all the rules needed to play the game, character creation, monsters, and magic items!
Next we’ll take a look at total BECMI sales by year, and then do a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
Combined graph of all sales of basic.
Behold! Total sales of D&D boxed sets 1979-1997! Data includes Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal & Rules Cyclopedia!
Next up, a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
Next up, a final tally of D&D vs. AD&D sales, including all D&D boxed sets and the Cyclopedia, and all monster products for AD&D.
I post a link to his book as a courtesy for all these numbers and such. Slaying the Dragon - Macmillan
Link to data:
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