1 Year Later, 5e is still in NYT best seller

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#1

joeburgos

Jun 12, 2015 5:47:52

Shared from Morrus' post on EN World.

Sales for 5e are still strong 1 year after launch. Congrats to the Wizards team on your 1 year birthday!   

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/games-and-activities/list.html

 

#2

Ralif_Redhammer

Jun 12, 2015 7:18:24

Very cool! Interesting to see that the MM is also on that list, but not the DMG.

#3

warpiglet

Jun 12, 2015 16:40:47

Nice....

#4

EthanSental

Jun 12, 2015 19:13:39

Glad as well for the books selling well and that Xun hasn't come into this thread to do his usual WoTC bashing!  Win win for us all!!

#5

Mistwell

Jun 12, 2015 20:32:29

EthanSental wrote:
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OoftaMeg

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OoftaMeg

Jun 12, 2015 20:46:24

On a serious note, if anyone from WOTC reads these ... thanks for making the game fun again.  May we have many more years of "I magic missile the darkness."  

#8

Shasarak

Jun 12, 2015 21:30:44

So 4 out of the top 6 books are for Minecraft....did not really expect that.

#9

SirAntoine

Jun 12, 2015 23:55:26

The market is there.  Wizards just needs to release good products.

#10

Brock_Landers

Jun 13, 2015 1:55:12

Must be selling well, the core books are completely unavailable over here in London (UK), and prices on AmazonUK are exorbitant.  

 

I should have picked up the DMG the day it came out, like I did with the PHB and MM, now I have to wait for the suppliers in this city to get more!

#11

joeburgos

Jun 13, 2015 5:48:53

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Brock_Landers

Jun 13, 2015 5:53:52

joeburgos wrote:
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Azzy1974

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EthanSental

Jun 13, 2015 11:46:20

I'll chip in a tankard of ale as well to celebrate a fine edition that has me playing more since I picked it up in November, fun stuff and good times!

#15

joeburgos

Jun 18, 2015 7:17:24

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Mistwell

Jun 18, 2015 9:08:28

I am in two games every week.  That hasn't happened in...uh...since 1986? Best since then had been once a week.

#17

SirAntoine

Jun 18, 2015 16:51:05

It's off to a great start, but there is more work to be done.  D&D has its main audience, who know all about it and what they want.  Those people seem to have accepted the new edition, but what about new people who never played D&D before?  That's where WotC should put its attention, even if it means promoting and publishing simpler versions of the game such as a D&D Board Game.

#18

EthanSental

Jun 18, 2015 18:41:56

2 Games a week, nice!  I'm in 2 groups, one is once every 2 weeks, the other every 3.  Not quite as much RPG goodness and Mist but quite a bit more than 2 years ago.

#19

Orethalion

Jun 19, 2015 6:20:27

It really doesn't mean a whole lot since the NY Times list only compares to books in the same category.  D&D being one of the two big dogs in the fields means that most of what it releases will be on the "best seller" list for a long time.  The number you need to sell to make the games category is much lower than the number you need to sell to make the fiction/non-fiction category.  Please note, I'm not trying to put D&D down.  I'm just saying that the NY Times list doesn't mean as much as people often make it out to be.

#20

ChrisCarlson

Jun 19, 2015 6:40:39

Spinny spin spin spin. Can anyone here get a book on the NYT best seller list?

 

It's an accomplishment to be on it. Especially for a whole year. In any category.

 

Don't be a hater.

 

Kudos to WotC!

#21

Istbor

Jun 19, 2015 6:55:45

Yeah, even if just trying to add in some realism.  Kind of a Debbie-downer.  Especially in a thread like this, but it was bound to happen.

#22

Mistwell

Jun 19, 2015 6:57:29

Orethalion wrote:
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OoftaMeg

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Zardnaar

Jun 19, 2015 13:26:04

Mistwell wrote:
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Orethalion

Jun 19, 2015 13:57:19

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Orethalion

Jun 19, 2015 13:59:51

OoftaMeg wrote:
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Shasarak

Jun 19, 2015 14:15:03

Orethalion wrote:
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ChrisCarlson

Jun 19, 2015 14:29:11

Orethalion wrote:
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OoftaMeg

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