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<blockquote data-quote="Perram" data-source="post: 5429414" data-attributes="member: 84740">I don't wish to offend anyone by leaving their name off (D&amp;D or Pathfinder), as both sources I'm pulling these lists from are a few months old, and if I have, I appologize.&nbsp;Paizo has 11 people that I can count dedicated to producting Pathfinder material: James Jacobs, Jason Bulhman, F. Wesley Schneider, Sean K. Reynolds, James L. Sutter, Christopher Carey, Rob McCreary, Sarah Robinson, Crystal Frasier, Erik Mona, Mark Morland. And they currently have a job posting looking for another to make 12.&nbsp;D&amp;D Has 12: Richard Baker, Greg Bilsland, Michele Carter, Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, Kim Mohan, Carl Moore, Christopher Perkins, Stephen Schubert, Matt Sernett, Rodney Thompson, Steve Winter.&nbsp;To be fair, D&amp;D also has a 4 man team that makes up the &quot;D&amp;D New Business Team&quot;, and I'm not sure of their responsibilities. But they aren't listed as current designers, editors, developers of the current table top game.&nbsp;So thats 11 (soon to be 12) versus 12. Pretty close as far as team size goes.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not really a fair comparasson here, as Paizo's major focus for Pathfinder is their adventures, modules, and campaign setting. I understand that 4e puts less of an emphasis on these aspects, and more on the crunch. &nbsp;Pathfinder is in many ways the opposite, and releases far more campaign setting material, adventures, and adventure paths than they do crunch. Indeed, the main RPG line only releases 3-4 hard back crunch books per year. But they also release 3-4 books each month in addition to those focusing on their campaign world and adventures, what Paizo considers their flagship. &nbsp;That is their current plan, focusing on adventures. It seems to be working quite well for them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Most of the numbers and hints of numbers were discussed in this thread:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/295191-d-d-pathfinder-tied-first-place-icv2-q3-rpg-sales-list-3.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/295191-d-d-pathfinder-tied-first-place-icv2-q3-rpg-sales-list-3.html</a>&nbsp;Warning, it is a long thread.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, I'm not sure 100% where the D&amp;D vs. Pathfinder numbers lie exactly all sales considered.&nbsp; But I am pretty certain that they are close enough for Paizo to no longer be considered a small competitor.&nbsp; At the very least, they should be considered to control a very sizable and non-trivial portion of the market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Perram, post: 5429414, member: 84740"] I don't wish to offend anyone by leaving their name off (D&D or Pathfinder), as both sources I'm pulling these lists from are a few months old, and if I have, I appologize. Paizo has 11 people that I can count dedicated to producting Pathfinder material: James Jacobs, Jason Bulhman, F. Wesley Schneider, Sean K. Reynolds, James L. Sutter, Christopher Carey, Rob McCreary, Sarah Robinson, Crystal Frasier, Erik Mona, Mark Morland. And they currently have a job posting looking for another to make 12. D&D Has 12: Richard Baker, Greg Bilsland, Michele Carter, Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, Kim Mohan, Carl Moore, Christopher Perkins, Stephen Schubert, Matt Sernett, Rodney Thompson, Steve Winter. To be fair, D&D also has a 4 man team that makes up the "D&D New Business Team", and I'm not sure of their responsibilities. But they aren't listed as current designers, editors, developers of the current table top game. So thats 11 (soon to be 12) versus 12. Pretty close as far as team size goes. Not really a fair comparasson here, as Paizo's major focus for Pathfinder is their adventures, modules, and campaign setting. I understand that 4e puts less of an emphasis on these aspects, and more on the crunch. Pathfinder is in many ways the opposite, and releases far more campaign setting material, adventures, and adventure paths than they do crunch. Indeed, the main RPG line only releases 3-4 hard back crunch books per year. But they also release 3-4 books each month in addition to those focusing on their campaign world and adventures, what Paizo considers their flagship. That is their current plan, focusing on adventures. It seems to be working quite well for them. Most of the numbers and hints of numbers were discussed in this thread: [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/295191-d-d-pathfinder-tied-first-place-icv2-q3-rpg-sales-list-3.html[/URL] Warning, it is a long thread. Now, I'm not sure 100% where the D&D vs. Pathfinder numbers lie exactly all sales considered. But I am pretty certain that they are close enough for Paizo to no longer be considered a small competitor. At the very least, they should be considered to control a very sizable and non-trivial portion of the market. [/QUOTE]

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