Well, this:
My Gamma World Mind Map. Click to Embiggen.
Also, check out the #gammatheworld tag on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23gammatheworld
Oct 262010
I get a few requests for PDFs matching physical purchases every week. This one… was more creative than most. 
Fans are the best.
Providing this press release straight-up, but note, Evil Hat is a participating publisher here, supplying Don’t Rest Your Head in the package. There’s a ton of other really great stuff in there too, including Starblazer Adventures, ICONS, Contenders, Covenant, Exalted Second Edition, Fear Itself, Hot War, Time & Temp, Wild Talents 2nd Edition, and more. Very much worth checking out (and checking out with). As publishers we were asked to provide new stuff in this bundle, so it’s unlikely you’ll see any repeaters from the Haiti bundle earlier this year.
DriveThruRPG Launches Charity Bundle for Pakistan Flood Relief
(Atlanta, GA) – DriveThruRPG, an Internet-based business that specializes in the marketing and distribution of RPGs and roleplaying accessories for traditional dice-and-paper gaming, has posted a bundle of products provided by participating publishers for the purpose of generating charity revenue for the relief of Pakastan’s flood victims.
As was done earlier this year for the people of Haiti, DriveThruRPG is calling upon the gaming community to once again make donations towards a fund that will ultimately be wired to Doctors Without Borders. The bundle is priced at $25.00 and contains dozens of donated products valued at over $700.00. The entire amount received from those making donations will go to Pakistan relief.
“Though it has long since moved out of the primary news cycle, the plight of the Pakistani people remains a terrible story,” said Sean Patrick Fannon, Marketing and Communications Manager for DriveThruRPG. “Millions remain homeless, and many thousands of lives are at risk due to injuries, illness, and starvation. We proved once before that we can provide some help to those in need, and we are determined to do so again.”
DriveThruRPG remains committed to its relationship with Doctors Without Borders; thanks to their non-partisan, non-philosophical agenda and their dedication to provide medical assistance and aid all over the world, they remain the perfect choice to channel help where it is needed.
“Discovering the power to make a difference, as we did with our Haiti efforts, was inspirational,” said Steve Wieck, Co-owner of DriveThruRPG. “Once again we are driven to leverage our tools and our marketplace to reach out to those who suffer, and we are grateful that we have the ability to do so.”
The Pakistan Flood Relief RPG Bundle, provided at a donation price of $25, will remain available until Monday, October 25th, at www.drivethrurpg.com. As well, DriveThruComics (www.drivethrucomics.com) has a similar bundle for $10, containing over $100 in comics titles.
DriveThruRPG.com is the world’s largest source of RPG products available for download, as well as a burgeoning source of digital content for gamers. It is an industry leader in modern business and technology developments for the tabletop gaming fan. For more information, contact Sean Patrick Fannon (sean@onebookshelf.com, 614-946-9371).
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in nearly 70 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. For more information, contact Emily Linendoll, Press Officer (emily.linendoll@newyork.msf.org, 212-763-5764).
Oct 152010
So what’s a quarter look like AFTER the quarter where we released what amounts to, at our scale, a blockbuster?
A little something like this.
Where We Started
Lifetime sales prior to this quarter:
Penny: 660
DLYM: 1049
DRYH: 3034
DFRPG:OW: 4777
DFRPG:YS: 5018
HBR: 9
SOTC: 5688
SOTS: 629
S7S: 1267
So, if that’s where we started, here’s where we went:
IPR for Q3 2010
Penny: 39 (12 retail, 16 convention)
Penny PDF: 9
Diaspora: 25 (20 retail)
Diaspora PDF: 4
DLYM: 31 (21 convention, 4 retail)
DLYM PDF: 3
DRYH: 46 (25 convention, 12 retail)
DRYH PDF: 4
DFRPG:OW: 300 (171 convention, 79 retail)
DFRPG:OW PDF: 2
DFRPG:YS: 407 (225 convention, 115 retail)
DFRPG:YS PDF: 6
HBR: 55 (44 retail)
HBR PDF: 4
SOTC: 52 (26 convention, 21 retail)
SOTC PDF: 3
SOTS PDF: 1
S7S: 20 (10 convention, 6 retail)
S7S PDF: 0
OBS for Q3 2010
Penny PDF: 6
DLYM PDF: 21
DRYH PDF: 31 (3 in Hebrew)
DFRPG:OW PDF: 178
DFRPG:YS PDF: 205
HBR PDF: 17
SOTC PDF: 67
SOTS PDF: 11
S7S PDF: 16
e23 for Q3 2010
Penny PDF: 1
Diaspora PDF: 2
DFRPG:OW PDF: 1
DFRPG:YS PDF: 2
SOTC PDF: 3
S7S PDF: 1
Lulu for Q3 2010
DRYH: 2
DRYH PDF: 1
SOTC HC: 1
Distribution Orders for Q3 2010
Hopefully I’m not getting the numbers wrong on this; the honest truth is that I’m not sure where I cut off my reporting last quarter, so these numbers are slightly “guessy” in the sense that I might be double-dipping on a couple sources of data from the end of last quarter.
On top of that, some of last quarter’s stuff doesn’t get invoiced until THIS quarter, so I’m essentially going to omit a big hunk of September’s sales here, treating them as part of Q4 down the line.
Still, them numbers down yonder, they don’t stink.
Penny: 132
Diaspora: 66
DLYM: 137
DRYH: 152
DFRPG:OW: 1285
DFRPG:YS: 1776
HBR: 189
SOTC: 201
S7S: 133
Evil Hat Webstore Orders for Q3 2010
Penny: 6
Penny PDF: 7
Diaspora: 32
Diaspora PDF: 7
DLYM: 3
DLYM PDF: 9
DRYH: 14
DRYH PDF: 15
DFRPG:OW: 311
DFRPG:OW PDF: 86
DFRPG:YS: 348
DFRPG:YS PDF: 97
HBR: 5
HBR PDF: 0
SOTC: 17
SOTC PDF: 10
SOTS PDF: 1
S7S: 4
S7S PDF: 3
Totals for Q3
Penny: 39+6+132=177
Penny PDF: 9+6+2+7=24
Diaspora: 25+32+66=123
Diaspora PDF: 4+1+7=12
DLYM: 31+3+137=171
DLYM PDF: 3+21+9=33
DRYH: 46+2+14+152=214
DRYH PDF: 4+31+1+15=51
DFRPG:OW: 300+311+1285=1896
DFRPG:OW PDF: 2+178+1+86=267
DFRPG:YS: 407+348+1776=2531
DFRPG:YS PDF: 6+205+2+97=310
HBR: 55+5+189=249
HBR PDF: 4+17=21
SOTC: 52+17+201=270
SOTC HC: 1
SOTC PDF: 3+67+1+10=81
SOTS PDF: 1+11+1=13
S7S: 20+4+133=157
S7S PDF: 16+1+3=20
Lifetime Numbers
Penny: 660+177+24 = 861
Diaspora: 123+12 = 135
DLYM: 1049+171+33 = 1253
DRYH: 3034+214+51 = 3299
DFRPG:OW: 4777+1896+267 = 6940 (ding!)
DFRPG:YS 5018+2531+310 = 7859 (ding!)
HBR: 9+249+21 = 279
SOTC: 5688+270+1+81 = 6040 (ding!)
SOTS: 629+13 = 642
S7S: 1267+157+20 = 1444
SOTC broke 6000, but also got lapped by both DFRPG books. DFRPG sales numbers clocked in around 50%, very roughly, of the previous quarter. We had very strong direct sales in the hundreds, but in terms of quantity of books moved, the retail/distribution channel made the strongest showing (not a shock; that’s what it’s there for).
Remember, as always, you can pick these items up at the Evil Hat Webstore: http://www.evilhat.com/store/
What are your thoughts on the numbers?
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