PHB2 comes in at number 28 on USA Today top 150 list

[thecasualoblivion]

Doing a search on USATODAY.com for Dungeons and Dragons, I got the following results:

4E Core Rulebook Giftset: weeks on chart-2, peak position 57

4E Dungeon Master's Guide: weeks on chart-1, peak position 128

4E Monster Manual: weeks on chart-1, peak position 143

4E Players Handbook: weeks on chart-4, peak position 48



PHB2 in its debut week was #28, beating out the original PHB.

 

[Nightson]

Gives you guys incentive to come out with a really great PHB3 too.

 

[Scribble]

And #4 on the Wall Street Journal Non-Fiction list


WSJ.com

To celebrate WoTC gives all EN world member's a free copy????

(worth a shot right?!?!)

 

[Jack99]

Oh, this should be fun.

 

[Wormwood]

Oh, this should be fun.

Let's hope not.

It's been a little too much fun here lately, IYKWIMAITYD.

 

[GnomeWorks]

And #4 on the Wall Street Journal Non-Fiction list

After checking out the other two categories, I can see why they would put it on the non-fiction list... but I'm still pretty sure that I'd give someone a strange look if they described the PH as such.

 

[renau1g]

Huzzah! Nerds unite... non-fiction... I s'pose, but it's definitely an odd-ball. If I was talking about Goliaths and Deva and Half-Orcs to someone I doubt they'd think it was non-fictional.

 

[Scribble]

The PHB2 was a documentary and the events were filmed in real time!

And there were cliffs and magic!

 

[Dausuul]

Huzzah! Nerds unite... non-fiction... I s'pose, but it's definitely an odd-ball. If I was talking about Goliaths and Deva and Half-Orcs to someone I doubt they'd think it was non-fictional.

The PHB doesn't fit neatly into the traditional categories. It's certainly not a fictional narrative (it can be used to create fictional narratives, but is not itself one), which is probably what they used to classify it.

 

[Nikosandros]

Excellent news!

As I posted in a similar thread, the fact that a "follow-up" book like PHB2 is doing so well, is a very good sign for the health of the brand and besides liking 4e well enough, I also think that the welfare of D&D is good for the hobby in general.