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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3217251" data-attributes="member: 53">I was browsing the Paizo site, RPGNow &amp; DriveThruRPG (which has a different listing from RPGNow) and noticed their localized top ten lists for the classic D&amp;D downloads.&nbsp; I thought it would be interesting to see what the best sellers are and see if any sort of pattern emerges.Paizo lists their &quot;Top Sellers,&quot; RPGNow lists both &quot;Hot Sellers&quot; and &quot;Vendor Best Sellers&quot; (I don't know the difference between the two categories, presumbably one is long term and one short term) and DriveThruRPG lists &quot;Hottest Items.&quot;Paizo1.&nbsp; B1-9 In Search of Adventure (Supermodule combining parts of B1-9)2.&nbsp; Temple of Elemental Evil3.&nbsp; D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia4.&nbsp; Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1)5.&nbsp; Scourge of the Slavelords (Supermodule combining A1-4)6.&nbsp; B10 Night's Dark Terror7.&nbsp; Desert of Desolution (Supermodule combing 3 of the I series)8.&nbsp; Planescape Campaign Setting9.&nbsp; B11 King's Festival10.&nbsp; Planescape:&nbsp; HellboundRPGNow - Hot Sellers List1.&nbsp; D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia2.&nbsp; Temple of Elemental Evil3.&nbsp; Unearthed Arcana4.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Player's Handbook (2nd edition)5.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Monstrous Manual (2nd edition)6.&nbsp; Planescape Campaign Setting7.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Player's Handbook (1st edition)8.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Dungeon's Master Guide (2nd edition)9.&nbsp; Oriental Adventures10.&nbsp; D&amp;D Basic Set (4th edition)It continues to list 11-20RGPNow - Vendor Best Sellers1.&nbsp; Temple of Elemental Evil2.&nbsp; Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1)3.&nbsp; D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia4.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Monstrous Manual (2nd edition)5.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Player's Handbook (1st edition)6.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Dungeon's Master Guide (1st edition)7.&nbsp; Planescape Campaign Setting8.&nbsp; Scourge of the Slavelords (Supermodule combining A1-4)9.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Player's Handbook (2nd edition)10.&nbsp; AD&amp;D Monster Manual (1st edition)Also listed are 11-20DriveThruRPG Hottest Items1.&nbsp; Complete Adventurer2.&nbsp; Complete Warrior3.&nbsp; Complete Arcane4.&nbsp; Planescape Campaign Setting5.&nbsp; D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia6.&nbsp; Lords of Madness:&nbsp; The Book of Abberations7.&nbsp; Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1)8.&nbsp; d20 Apocalypse9.&nbsp; The Forge of Fury10.&nbsp; Arms &amp; Equipment GuideRed products are post 3E.&nbsp; Also lists 11-15, with only #13 (Temple of Elemental Evil) being a classic product.Clearly each vendor has their own flavor.&nbsp; DriveThru is the only vendor that had post 3E products, and only recentlly got classic downloads (with their RPGNow merger), so their numbers will have oddities.&nbsp; Paizo doesn't move the core books (except the Rules Cyclopedia) like RPGNow.&nbsp; I assume that's because Paizo's customers are much more likely to be &quot;old school&quot; and already have copies of the old core books.&nbsp; Clearly the supermodules are popular (why spend $12 on the Slaver's series individually when you can spend $4 to get them all together?), as is the Rules Cyclopedia.&nbsp; The Temple of Elemental Evil is a hard-to-find classic and Planescape is a classic campaign setting that many missed or got rid of.&nbsp; I admit, I find B10 &amp; B11 oddities in Paizo's list.&nbsp; Any idea why these stand out?&nbsp; Were they particularly hard-to-find?Any other thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3217251, member: 53"] I was browsing the Paizo site, RPGNow & DriveThruRPG (which has a different listing from RPGNow) and noticed their localized top ten lists for the classic D&D downloads. I thought it would be interesting to see what the best sellers are and see if any sort of pattern emerges. Paizo lists their "Top Sellers," RPGNow lists both "Hot Sellers" and "Vendor Best Sellers" (I don't know the difference between the two categories, presumbably one is long term and one short term) and DriveThruRPG lists "Hottest Items." [U]Paizo[/U] 1. B1-9 In Search of Adventure (Supermodule combining parts of B1-9) 2. Temple of Elemental Evil 3. D&D Rules Cyclopedia 4. Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1) 5. Scourge of the Slavelords (Supermodule combining A1-4) 6. B10 Night's Dark Terror 7. Desert of Desolution (Supermodule combing 3 of the I series) 8. Planescape Campaign Setting 9. B11 King's Festival 10. Planescape: Hellbound [U]RPGNow - Hot Sellers List[/U] 1. D&D Rules Cyclopedia 2. Temple of Elemental Evil 3. Unearthed Arcana 4. AD&D Player's Handbook (2nd edition) 5. AD&D Monstrous Manual (2nd edition) 6. Planescape Campaign Setting 7. AD&D Player's Handbook (1st edition) 8. AD&D Dungeon's Master Guide (2nd edition) 9. Oriental Adventures 10. D&D Basic Set (4th edition) It continues to list 11-20 [U]RGPNow - Vendor Best Sellers[/U] 1. Temple of Elemental Evil 2. Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1) 3. D&D Rules Cyclopedia 4. AD&D Monstrous Manual (2nd edition) 5. AD&D Player's Handbook (1st edition) 6. AD&D Dungeon's Master Guide (1st edition) 7. Planescape Campaign Setting 8. Scourge of the Slavelords (Supermodule combining A1-4) 9. AD&D Player's Handbook (2nd edition) 10. AD&D Monster Manual (1st edition) Also listed are 11-20 [U]DriveThruRPG Hottest Items[/U] 1. [Color=Red]Complete Adventurer[/Color] 2. [Color=Red]Complete Warrior[/Color] 3. [Color=Red]Complete Arcane[/Color] 4. Planescape Campaign Setting 5. D&D Rules Cyclopedia 6. [Color=Red]Lords of Madness: The Book of Abberations[/Color] 7. Queen of the Spiders (Supermodule combining G1-3, D1-3, Q1) 8. [Color=Red]d20 Apocalypse[/Color] 9. [Color=Red]The Forge of Fury[/Color] 10. [Color=Red]Arms & Equipment Guide[/Color] Red products are post 3E. Also lists 11-15, with only #13 (Temple of Elemental Evil) being a classic product. Clearly each vendor has their own flavor. DriveThru is the only vendor that had post 3E products, and only recentlly got classic downloads (with their RPGNow merger), so their numbers will have oddities. Paizo doesn't move the core books (except the Rules Cyclopedia) like RPGNow. I assume that's because Paizo's customers are much more likely to be "old school" and already have copies of the old core books. Clearly the supermodules are popular (why spend $12 on the Slaver's series individually when you can spend $4 to get them all together?), as is the Rules Cyclopedia. The Temple of Elemental Evil is a hard-to-find classic and Planescape is a classic campaign setting that many missed or got rid of. I admit, I find B10 & B11 oddities in Paizo's list. Any idea why these stand out? Were they particularly hard-to-find? Any other thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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