What's the biggest RPG product ever?

[Varianor Abroad]

I would think that word count is the ultimate content measure. But you're asking about physical objects. Has anyone put WLD next to Ptolus?

 

[catsclaw227]

World of Khass is most likely the largest book of fluff, since there are NO mechanics in the 865 hardbound pages, though there are maps.

I am not sure how that stacks up with the WLD or Ptolus (when you include the CD worth of material).

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I can't help you with books, but to answer jmucchiello, The Wilderlands boxed set came with 9 large double sided maps. Put together (you need 2 sets of the maps to do this since they are double sided) they cover a huge area.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Stalker0]

What about by weight?

I'm curious, if you take 800 pages of product in 12 font, and 800 pages in 14 font, could you get enough of a weight difference by the ink to actually measure it on most scientific scales. My money says you can

 

[Asmor]

I'm curious, if you take 800 pages of product in 12 font, and 800 pages in 14 font, could you get enough of a weight difference by the ink to actually measure it on most scientific scales. My money says you can

bigger font = less text per page. In my entirely unscientific point of view, I'm betting that they'd balance eachother out.

 

[Morrus]

I would think that word count is the ultimate content measure. But you're asking about physical objects.

Well, only because I doubt very much anybody knows the word count of the products. if they do, by all means use that as the measure!

 

[DaveMage]

I would think that word count is the ultimate content measure. But you're asking about physical objects. Has anyone put WLD next to Ptolus?

Ptolus is physically thicker.

 

[DaveMage]

Well, only because I doubt very much anybody knows the word count of the products. if they do, by all means use that as the measure!

Ptolus word count (not including the CD): 492,512

WLD Word Count: edit: just over 900,000.

 

[grodog]

I'll have to go check the old Thieves Guild series from Gamelords, the books in which were all modularly added onto one another, and inserted into the existing outline structure introduced in the main rulebook. I'd be surprised if they passed the number of pages of the big releases above, though; on the word count score, however, they might fare better....

For those who don't recall Thieves Guild, details appear @ http://www.diffworlds.com/gamelords_thieves_guild.htm

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Ptolus word count (not including the CD): 492,512

WLD Word Count: edit: just over 900,000.

Wow. So Ptolus is thicker, but WLD has a higher word count. Very interesting.