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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loren the GM" data-source="post: 9255351" data-attributes="member: 6882721">Some interesting stats pulled from this <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/18yu6a7/rpg_related_projects_on_kickstarter_in_2023_a/" target="_blank">source</a>, specific to TTRPGs on Kickstarter, and has data going back to 2011:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2023 saw the greatest number of projects ever (1754), beating the previous record in 2021 (1396).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2023 had the 2nd largest funding total ever (~US$58M), and better than 2022 (~US$51M), but not coming close to the blockbuster total in 2021 (~US$82M)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contrary to much speculation earlier in the year during the OGL debacle this year was not the end of 5E, at least on Kickstarter. 5E related projects made more money this year (~US$29M) than any other year except 2021, and took up a larger share of the total value (~51%) than any previous year. Projects funded at a reasonably high rate historically (87%).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Without any statistical analysis, 2023 looks like a continuation of historic trends that were disrupted by the pandemic in 2021. The number of projects increased, the level of funding increased, the proportion of projects that were 5E increased, etc, all in a way that seems to continue on from the previous years, with 2021 being an obvious outlier.</li> </ul>[ATTACH=full]344972[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]344973[/ATTACH]Categories:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RPG - these are projects that would generate a new RPG entry in the RPGGeek database. They are mostly new RPGs, but also include new versions of older games that are different enough to count as new RPGs. Note that a new RPG based on the mechanics of 5E but playable without the 5E rulebooks would be listed in this category, not the next one.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">5E - these are projects explicitly for D&D 5E. They have to provide gameable content explicitly for 5E (e.g. 5E stats). They may also provide content for other RPGs as well (e.g. a project that had both 5E and Pathfinder 2E content would be listed as 5E). This includes adventures, supplements, setting books, etc. As noted above, new games that use 5E mechanics but are fully playable without 5E are listed in the previous category.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">non-5E - these are projects that fall into three sub-categories: system neutral supplements; supplements (adventures, settings, etc.) for a game other than 5E; or new editions of RPGs that are mechanically identical (e.g. reprintings, translations, etc.) to previous editions.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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