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<blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 8683856" data-attributes="member: 52905">D&amp;D historian Ben Riggs--author of the upcoming Slaying the Dragon, which is a history of TSR-era (not that TSR, the real one) D&amp;D--compiled some sales figures of AD&amp;D 1st Edition's Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide from 1979-1990.[callout] Behold! Some actual D&amp;D sales numbers!While working on my book #SlayingtheDragon I got a ton of primary source documents containing sales data for D&amp;D. With the book coming out, I've been looking for a way to get that data out into the wide world. I'm going to start making charts, and simply posting them. If people want the raw data, I can post that too, but obviously, charts are prettier.I'm starting with AD&amp;D 1st ed Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide. You'll notice a crash in the mid-80s, and then the sales peter out with the release of 2nd edition.The sales point to a fact that I believe hasn't been given enough play in our hobby. Namely, TSR was in a tight spot when Lorraine Williams took over the company from Gary Gygax. If it weren't for Lorraine, D&amp;D may have died in the mid-80s.Just an idea for your consideration...Oh, and if you haven't preordered my book on D&amp;D history yet, I'll put a link in the comments.[/callout][ATTACH=full]252810[/ATTACH]Go get his book! It’s going to be interesting![URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://read.macmillan.com/lp/slaying-the-dragon/?fbclid=IwAR3ZPc0jmM0TT8WDgB2xEKdaejz4Co-nwqXPk4w4MyPymBePpSDADIJlcoQ&amp;fs=e&amp;s=cl[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="darjr, post: 8683856, member: 52905"] D&D historian Ben Riggs--author of the upcoming [B]Slaying the Dragon[/B], which is a history of TSR-era (not that TSR, the real one) D&D--compiled some sales figures of AD&D 1st Edition's [I]Player's Handbook[/I] and [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I] from 1979-1990. [callout] Behold! Some actual D&D sales numbers! While working on my book #SlayingtheDragon I got a ton of primary source documents containing sales data for D&D. With the book coming out, I've been looking for a way to get that data out into the wide world. I'm going to start making charts, and simply posting them. If people want the raw data, I can post that too, but obviously, charts are prettier. I'm starting with AD&D 1st ed Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide. You'll notice a crash in the mid-80s, and then the sales peter out with the release of 2nd edition. The sales point to a fact that I believe hasn't been given enough play in our hobby. Namely, TSR was in a tight spot when Lorraine Williams took over the company from Gary Gygax. If it weren't for Lorraine, D&D may have died in the mid-80s. Just an idea for your consideration... Oh, and if you haven't preordered my book on D&D history yet, I'll put a link in the comments.[/callout] [ATTACH type="full" alt="B4BD1DF6-1CCC-4A2E-BC44-43FE5335CE8B.jpeg"]252810[/ATTACH] Go get his book! It’s going to be interesting! [URL unfurl="true"]https://read.macmillan.com/lp/slaying-the-dragon/?fbclid=IwAR3ZPc0jmM0TT8WDgB2xEKdaejz4Co-nwqXPk4w4MyPymBePpSDADIJlcoQ&fs=e&s=cl[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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