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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 8697362" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I tend to concur.&nbsp; While today I know a few 1974 purists who dislike various things about the Greyhawk expansion, my recollection was that back in the day it was the supplement which everyone who had OD&amp;D also bought.&nbsp; It makes perfect sense that it kept selling at least through 1979, as the AD&amp;D DMG didn't come out until Aug 1979.&nbsp; Just to play D&amp;D up until that point you more or less needed OD&amp;D + Greyhawk (or the Holmes book, but that only covered you up to level 3). There was also some percentage of players who saw AD&amp;D as a cash grab and/or were sympathetic to Arneson, who didn't want to switch.&nbsp; I'm sure not a ton, but some.&nbsp; IIRC TSR also did at least a little marketing of the OD&amp;D books, towards the end as collectors' items.&nbsp; While it's possible that Ben's numbers are off, 25k in 1979 doesn't seem unreasonable to me.&nbsp; Another ~20k in 1980, then dropping off to zero in 1981 seems like a reasonable timeline for that book to finish out by, in context of the time period.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 8697362, member: 7026594"] I tend to concur. While today I know a few 1974 purists who dislike various things about the Greyhawk expansion, my recollection was that back in the day it was the supplement which everyone who had OD&D also bought. It makes perfect sense that it kept selling at least through 1979, as the AD&D DMG didn't come out until Aug 1979. Just to play D&D up until that point you more or less needed OD&D + Greyhawk (or the Holmes book, but that only covered you up to level 3). There was also some percentage of players who saw AD&D as a cash grab and/or were sympathetic to Arneson, who didn't want to switch. I'm sure not a ton, but some. IIRC TSR also did at least a little marketing of the OD&D books, towards the end as collectors' items. While it's possible that Ben's numbers are off, 25k in 1979 doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Another ~20k in 1980, then dropping off to zero in 1981 seems like a reasonable timeline for that book to finish out by, in context of the time period. [/QUOTE]

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