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<blockquote data-quote="Hex08" data-source="post: 8633330" data-attributes="member: 7029595"><p>I thought it was generally accepted that 3.x outsold 4E but I am willing to accept that I could be wrong but I would need evidence. Also, it's a hard thing to measure. Are you just comparing core rule books, the line as a whole from WotC or all of the products sold across different publishers? If it's including all material available then it becomes hard to measure. 3.x was a unique thing in the history of D&D because other publishers could now get into the game so we had TONS of third party content. I just looked at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks#Dungeons_&_Dragons_3rd_edition_and_v3.5" target="_blank">Wikipedia </a>page listing all of the various rulebooks published by WotC and was surprised to see how few I owned outside of the core books and the Monster Manuals (maybe two or three) but I owned tons of stuff from Malhavoc Press, plus a fair number of books from other publishers. Was there third party content for 4E and if so how much? I didn't play 4E so I am not well versed in the product line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hex08, post: 8633330, member: 7029595"] I thought it was generally accepted that 3.x outsold 4E but I am willing to accept that I could be wrong but I would need evidence. Also, it's a hard thing to measure. Are you just comparing core rule books, the line as a whole from WotC or all of the products sold across different publishers? If it's including all material available then it becomes hard to measure. 3.x was a unique thing in the history of D&D because other publishers could now get into the game so we had TONS of third party content. I just looked at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks#Dungeons_&_Dragons_3rd_edition_and_v3.5']Wikipedia [/URL]page listing all of the various rulebooks published by WotC and was surprised to see how few I owned outside of the core books and the Monster Manuals (maybe two or three) but I owned tons of stuff from Malhavoc Press, plus a fair number of books from other publishers. Was there third party content for 4E and if so how much? I didn't play 4E so I am not well versed in the product line. [/QUOTE]
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