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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8220125" data-attributes="member: 59816">Speaking as a comic and game retailer (I admit that this is my opinion, but it's based on almost 30 years of experience selling these things): You are correct. Player's options books outsell everything else by a wide margin. It makes sense. Most groups have 4-6 people (and a few that come and go) and 1 or 2 DMs. So it stands to reason that Player's Options outsell other books by at least a factor of 3. (This corresponds well to my store's data, though the PHB has outsold the next highest selling book by a factor of 5, but that makes sense too - you generally can't even try the game without a PHB). Xanathar's and Tasha's follow this pattern, though Tasha's obviously, being new, does not beat all the other books... yet.In my experience, SCAG gets a bump because it is the only book with a lower price point (Well, since Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat got fused into one). I have seen many purchasers (mostly people who don't play buying presents for players) who will buy it because it's cheaper. Like they'll pick up a PHB and a SCAG rather than another 2nd book, because 2 books would break the budget. It's not the only reason that SCAG sells, but it's a factor.</blockquote>