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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7884493" data-attributes="member: 1">The <a href="https://icv2.com/articles/icv2-pro/view/44845/roleplaying-games-market-report-top-brands-chart-summer-2019" target="_blank">latest chart from ICv2</a> is up! This represents hobby channel sales through Summer 2019, which is May-August. ICv2 compiles these charts by interviewing retailers and distributors.[ATTACH=full]117159[/ATTACH]Dungeons &amp; Dragons comes in first, followed by Pathfinder, Shadowrun 6E, Vampire 5th Edition, and then the current Star Wars RPG from FFG.An interesting note is that core D&amp;D books are not growing in hobby stores, because they struggle to compete with Amazon and WotC directly. Pathfinder 2E did better than expected (both of those statements came from hobby retailers). Interestingly, though it's May-August, PF2 only came out in August. I'm not sure how that affects things. You can read the full article at the link, but it's behind a paywall.Last time (Spring 2019), Pathfinder was <a href="https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/43732/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2019" target="_blank">right at the bottom of the chart</a> (as expected after a new edition is announced). Interestingly, Starfinder has dropped right off.You can <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/top-5-rpgs-compiled-charts-2004-present.662563/" target="_blank">see all the charts in one big table going back to 2004 here</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7884493, member: 1"] The [URL='https://icv2.com/articles/icv2-pro/view/44845/roleplaying-games-market-report-top-brands-chart-summer-2019']latest chart from ICv2[/URL] is up! This represents hobby channel sales through Summer 2019, which is May-August. ICv2 compiles these charts by interviewing retailers and distributors. [ATTACH type="full" alt="pathfinder-2-playtest-cover-750x375.jpg"]117159[/ATTACH] [B]Dungeons & Dragons[/B] comes in first, followed by [B]Pathfinder[/B], [B]Shadowrun 6E[/B], [B]Vampire 5th Edition[/B], and then the current [B]Star Wars RPG[/B] from FFG. An interesting note is that core D&D books are not growing in hobby stores, because they struggle to compete with Amazon and WotC directly. [I]Pathfinder 2E[/I] did better than expected (both of those statements came from hobby retailers). Interestingly, though it's May-August, PF2 only came out in August. I'm not sure how that affects things. You can read the full article at the link, but it's behind a paywall. Last time (Spring 2019),[I] Pathfinder[/I] was [URL='https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/43732/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2019']right at the bottom of the chart[/URL] (as expected after a new edition is announced). Interestingly, [I]Starfinder[/I] has dropped right off. You can [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/top-5-rpgs-compiled-charts-2004-present.662563/']see all the charts in one big table going back to 2004 here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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