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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 8769095" data-attributes="member: 7737"><p>I got curious about page counts and word counts so here we go. Randomly what I had on my hard drive without re-downloading a bunch of stuff.</p><p></p><p><strong>Trail of Cthulhu</strong>: 250 page PDF </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">250 page PDF</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">actual meat pp. 6-227</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pp. 204 ff. are 'campaign frames' and an example scenario</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">so the actual rules are about 200 pages</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">word count: 125K words for the entire document, 105K for just the rules</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Esoterrorists</strong> 2nd Ed.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">162 page PDF </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">actual meat pp. 6-148</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pp. 79-148 are a 'campaign frame' and example scenario</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">so the actual rules are pp. 6-78, or about 72 pages</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">word count: 104K words for the entire document, 55K for just the rules</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Hillfolk</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">238 page PDF</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">actual meat pp. 6-225 </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pp. 78 ff. are all sub-settings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">so the rules themselves are only about 70 pages long</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">word count: 92K words for the entire document, 30K for the just the rules<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the book has a <em>lot</em> of whitespace and many full-page art plates, hence the much lower word count than normal</li> </ul></li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Shadow of the Demon Lord</strong>: </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">274 page PDF </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">actual meat pp. 3-267</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pp. 149-174 are setting details</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">so the actual rules are about 240 pages</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">word count: well the file was too big and kept crashing my Word but based on some sampling let's call it 780-800 words per page, so about 214K-219K for the entire document, and about 187K-192K for the actual rules</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 8769095, member: 7737"] I got curious about page counts and word counts so here we go. Randomly what I had on my hard drive without re-downloading a bunch of stuff. [B]Trail of Cthulhu[/B]: 250 page PDF [LIST] [*]250 page PDF [*]actual meat pp. 6-227 [*]pp. 204 ff. are 'campaign frames' and an example scenario [*]so the actual rules are about 200 pages [*]word count: 125K words for the entire document, 105K for just the rules [/LIST] [B]Esoterrorists[/B] 2nd Ed. [LIST] [*]162 page PDF [*]actual meat pp. 6-148 [*]pp. 79-148 are a 'campaign frame' and example scenario [*]so the actual rules are pp. 6-78, or about 72 pages [*]word count: 104K words for the entire document, 55K for just the rules [/LIST] [B]Hillfolk[/B] [LIST] [*]238 page PDF [*]actual meat pp. 6-225 [*]pp. 78 ff. are all sub-settings [*]so the rules themselves are only about 70 pages long [*]word count: 92K words for the entire document, 30K for the just the rules [LIST] [*]the book has a [I]lot[/I] of whitespace and many full-page art plates, hence the much lower word count than normal [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Shadow of the Demon Lord[/B]: [LIST] [*]274 page PDF [*]actual meat pp. 3-267 [*]pp. 149-174 are setting details [*]so the actual rules are about 240 pages [*]word count: well the file was too big and kept crashing my Word but based on some sampling let's call it 780-800 words per page, so about 214K-219K for the entire document, and about 187K-192K for the actual rules [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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