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The ‘other’ best selling RPGs of 2018

December 31, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If your RPG doesn’t fit nicely into any of the provided genres or it can also be used in extra genres then DriveThruRPG provides the ‘Other’ tag as a place to put your game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher, drivethrurpg, fantasy flight games, flatland games, genesys, Hero Forge Games, Hero Kids, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Ryuutama, savage worlds, torg: eternity

The best selling Western RPGs of 2018

December 30, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

To round off the year Geek Native and DriveThruRPG has been going through the best selling RPGs from the retailer’s genre tags.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dias Ex Machina Games, drivethrurpg, fantasy flight games, genesys, hunters entertainment, kids on bikes, runehammer games, through the breach, ultramodern5, wizards of the coast, wyrd miniatures

The best selling horror RPGs of 2018

December 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The empire is split asunder by a terrible tear in space and for trillions of people, every day is a living hell.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chronicles of darkness, drivethrurpg, Evil Hat Productions, horror, joseph mccullough, Mage The Ascension, onyx path publishing, Ulisses North America, Ulisses Spiele, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, white wolf, wraith the oblivion, wrath & glory

The best selling modern genre RPGs of 2018

December 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

As we approach the end of the year Geek Native has been sifting through data from DriveThruRPG to see which games sold the best from which genre. As it happens, games can belong to many genres, and we’re starting to see some overlaps. In this chapter, we look at games tagged ‘modern’ by the publisher […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, changeling: the dreaming, drivethrurpg, fantasy flight games, genesys, onyx path publishing, Shadowrun, Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Early updates for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Starter Set

December 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The PDF version, available at DriveThruRPG, was warmly received on launch and at the time of writing has 4.5/5 stars from over a dozen reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, warhammer

The best selling cartoon and anime RPGs of 2018

December 22, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This data looks at the relative number of sales of all RPGs in the ‘anime’ or ‘cartoon’ tag.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Absolute Tabletop, drivethrurpg, Palladium Books, R. Talsorian Games, Robotech, Ryuutama, Sanguine Productions

The best selling superhero RPGs of 2018

December 22, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The average price of a best selling superhero RPG is only $24.98.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ad Infinitum Adventures, drivethrurpg, fantasy flight games, magpie games, Misfit Studios, Modiphius Entertainment, superheroes

The other best selling fantasy RPGs of 2018

December 18, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt that Dungeons & Dragons had an amazing year. Dungeons & Dragons 5e toped the ICv2 bestseller charts every quarter. The natural rival is Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder, and this game also had an interesting year with the playtest for Pathfinder 2e underway. Here we find two titans of the fantasy RPG genre. But […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cody pondsmith, cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, fantasy flight games, genesys, grim & perilous studios, joseph mccullough, R. Talsorian Games, the witcher, warhammer, wayfinder's guide to eberron

33% off 52, 977 RPGs at the Dungeon Masters Guild and DriveThruRPG for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As Black Friday begins what are the hottest RPGs and sourcebooks at the Dungeon Masters Guild and DriveThruRPG? Geek Native has put the lists together for you. DriveThruRPG hot titles Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale There’s an impressive 47,596 (at the time of writing) titles in DriveThruRPG’s sales. Dungeon Masters Guild hot titles Black […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, dungeon masters guild, sales

20% off for the August 20th birthday: Lovecraft turns 128

August 19, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cthulhu for Lovecraft's birthday

August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday. Despite the writer’s racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror. The OneBookShelf family are offering 20% off on a wide range of Cthulhu, Great Old One and Lovecraft flavoured items for the next few days. Let’s take a […]

Filed Under: Books, Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Arc Dream Publishing, cthulhu, Delta Green, Dennis Detwiller, drivethrucomics, drivethrufiction, drivethrurpg, lovecraft, Modiphius Entertainment, North Wind Adventures, onyx path publishing, Pelgrane Press, robin d laws, sales, sine nomine publishing, Trail of Cthulhu

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