There's No Earthly Way of Knowing Where They Are Going!

Marco, your November has come early. :)

Marco, your November has come early. :)

X-Mas came early! ;-)

What i learned from the sales numbers from november 2015 till august 2016:

RotR: AP #2 went from fewer than 250 to fewer than 100, #4 stayed at fewer than 100.
Less than 200 (mint) issues left.

CotCT: AP #10 went from fewer than 1000 to fewer than 500, #11 & #12 stayed in the same category.
Less than 2000 issues left.

SECOND DARKNESS sold so few copies, that of each issue 1000+ remain!!!
More than 6000 issues left!

LoF: AP #19 went from fewer than 1000 to fewer than 500.
AP # 20 went from fewer than 1000 to fewer than 500.
AP #21, #22 & #23 stayed in the same category.
Less than 2500 issues left.

Before i continue with the rest of the APs, a few thoughts:

Second Darkness won't sell out soon and won't be the next AP collected into a hardcover collection.

Legacy of Fire is doing ok and could get the hardcover treatment in a few years.

Council of Thieves:
AP #26 stayed in the fewer than 500 category.
AP #27 stayed in the fewer than 1000 category.
AP #28 went from over 1000 to fewer than 1000.
AP #29 stayed in the fewer than 1000 category.
AP #30 went from over 1000 to fewer than 1000.

Less than 4500 issues left.

Kingmaker had less than 1000 NONMINT copies of AP #33 left in 2014 and less than 25 of AP #36.
All issues are out of print.

If i were a betting man, i'd say we get a hardcover collection (with the improved kingdom and troop rules from Ultimate Campaign) by 2020. ;-)

Kingmaker had less than 1000 NONMINT copies of AP #33 left in 2014 and less than 25 of AP #36.

All issues are out of print.

If i were a betting man, i'd say we get a hardcover collection (with the improved kingdom and troop rules from Ultimate Campaign) by 2020. ;-)

I think a new kingdom-building AP, maybe set in Arcadia, would be a better bet.

Ooh, or a planet-building AP set on a remote moon for Starfinder!

If it's the rules/format that are popular, they'd make more money with a new AP using the same rules/format than reprinting an old one.

SERPENTS SKULL:
AP #38 stayed in the Fewer than 100 category.
AP #39 went from fewer than 1000 to fewer than 500.
AP #41 & #42 stayed the same.
Less than 1346 issues remain.

CARRION CROWN:
AP #45 stayed in the less than 500 category, AP #47 stayed in the less than 25 category.
Less than 523 issues remain.

JADE REGENT:
AP #51 stayed at less than 1000.
AP #53 stayed at less than 500.
AP #54 went from less than 100 to less than 25!
Less than 1522 issues left!

SKULL AND SHACKLES:
AP #56 sunk from over 1000 to under 500!
AP #58 sunk from less than 250 to under 100!
AP #59 stayed at more than 1000.
AP #60 sunk from over 1000 to under 1000!
Over 2600 left.

SHATTETED STAR:
AP #61 stayed at less than 1000.
AP #62 stayed at less than 1000.
AP #63 went from over 1000 to under 1000.
AP #64 went from over 1000 to under 1000.
AP #65 stayed at less than 500.
AP #66 stayed at less than 100.
Less than 4594 left.

SKULL AND SHACKLES:

AP #58 sunk from less than 250 to under 100!.

That exclamation mark sure seems exciting, but that could very well mean it went from 101 copies to 99. :-)

Marco Massoudi wrote:

SKULL AND SHACKLES:

AP #58 sunk from less than 250 to under 100!.

That exclamation mark sure seems exciting, but that could very well mean it went from 101 copies to 99. :-)

That's absolutely right, but the psychological impact is immense! ;-)

REIGN OF WINTER:
AP #68 stayed at over 1000.
AP #69 sunk from over 1000 to under 1000.
AP #70 stayed at over 1000.
AP #71 stayed at under 250.
AP #72 sunk from under 1000 to under 500.
Over 3750 issues remain.

WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS:
AP #73 sunk under 1000.
AP #74 sunk under 1000.
AP #75 stayed over 1000.
AP #76 stayed over 1000.
AP #77 stayed over 1000.
Over 5000 issues remain?

MUMMYS MASK:
AP #79 stayed under 1000.
AP #80 stayed under 1000.
AP #81 sunk under 1000.
AP #82 sunk from under 1000 to under 500.
AP #83 stayed under 1000.
AP #84 stayed under 1000.
Less than 5494 issues remain.

IRON GODS:
AP #85 stayed under 1000.
AP #86 stayed under 1000.
AP #87 sunk under 1000!
AP #88 sunk from under 500 to under 250!
AP #89 stayed under 500.
AP #90 stayed under 1000.
Less than 4744 issues remain.

GIANTSLAYER:
Stayed the same in all categories.
Over 6000 issues remain.

Rise of the Runelords: 50-198 issues.
Curse of the Crimson Throne: 1000-1997
Second Darkness: 6000+
Legacy of Fire: 1200-2495.

Council of Thieves: 2250-4495.
Kingmaker: 0 (mint)!
Serpents Skull: 375-1346.
Carrion Crown: 251-523.
Jade Regent: 751-1522.
Skull and Shackles: 1775+-2597+
Shattered Star: 2275-4594.
Reign of Winter: 2850+-3747+
Wrath of the Righteous: 4000+-4998+
Mummys Mask: 2750-5494.
Iron Gods: 2350-4744.

Marco, do you have any life outside monitoring worlwide warehouse inventory of Paizo products? Just curious :)

I think he is one of Cosmo's secret projects which came to live/worked/escaped...

Ruyan.

BEST-SELLING APs:

1. KINGMAKER - 0 issues left
2. RotR - 50-198 left
3. Carrion Crown - 251-523 left
4. Serpent's Skull - 375-1346 left
5. Jade Regent - 751-1522 left
6. Cot Crimson Throne - 1000-1997 left
7. Legacy of Fire - 1200-2495 left

Interesting numbers.

Best selling is a little misleading , IMO. Leaving aside the fact they haven't all been in the market for the same time, they don't necessarily print identical numbers of APs.

I bet they printed more of the later APs than the early ones, for example.

It also wouldn't surprise me if they made some decisions based around which were "sure fire hits" and which were more speculative (granted they're not likely to print an AP at all if they judge it comes with too high a risk).

FEWER THAN 25:

Pathfinder Player Companion: Alchemy Manual sold out!

GameMastery Map Pack: Slums sold out!

It begins. ;-)

PLEASE CROSS OFF! :-)

Best selling is a little misleading , IMO. Leaving aside the fact they haven't all been in the market for the same time, they don't necessarily print identical numbers of APs.

I bet they printed more of the later APs than the early ones, for example.

Yes, there's more to it than the raw numbers. For example, I'm old enough a customer to remember that AP #2 The Skinsaw Murders, or Pathfinder Companion Adventurer's Armory, got two print runs. That could explain why there are still copies around, when most of the contemporary releases have been unavailable for a while.

FEWER THAN 25 LEFT:

Campaign Setting: The Worldwound is gone!

Module: The Godsmouth Heresy sold out!

Please cross them off! :-)

FEWER THAN 25 LEFT:

"Pathfinder Adventure Path #47: Carrion Crown Chapter 5: Ashes at Dawn" has sold out!

That means that only 251-499 copies of AP #45 of the CARRION CROWN AP remain in stock, the other 5 books are gone.

FEWER THAN 25 LEFT:

"Pathfinder Module: Masks of the Living God" sold out!

"Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Buff Deck" sold out!

Ironic quotation now, given the passing of Gene Wilder. :(

Ironic quotation now, given the passing of Gene Wilder. :(

That selection was my doing, and totally agreed :(

FEWER THAN 25 LEFT:

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 3: Horsemen of the Apocalypse is sold out!

Pathfinder Module: The Harrowing is sold out (only some non-mint remain)!

PLEASE CROSS OFF! :-)

FEWER THAN 25 LEFT:

PATHFINDER FLIP-MAT: SEEDY TAVERN sold out!

10 out of 23 products in this category are gone.

FEWER THAN 25:

"GameMastery Flip-Mat: Monastery" finally sold out!

FEWER THAN 100 LEFT:

"Pathfinder Module: Fangwood Keep" has sold out!

FEWER THAN 250 LEFT:

Game Mastery Map Pack: Jungle sold out!

Game Mastery Map Pack: Temples sold out!

Fewer Than 100 Left:

"Pathfinder Chronicles: Dark Markets—A Guide to Katapesh" sold out!

Fewer Than 100 Left:

"GameMastery Module D3: The Demon Within" sold out!

Fewer Than 100 Left:

Pathfinder: Curse of the Crimson Throne Player's Guide" sold out!

(A few non-mint pieces remain for $1)

FEWER THAN 100 LEFT:

"Pathfinder Cards: Pathfinder Society Face Cards" SOLD OUT!

Fewer Than 250 Left:

"Pathfinder Module LB1: Tower of the Last Baron" SOLD OUT!

Has there been a store blog updating the "going-going-gone" short stock items since this one? IMS Paizo used to do one about every six or eight months, but it's been almost a year now?

Doug M.