I expected nothing less.
Congratulations, guys.
25,000?
25,001?
25,002?
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We should start shipping out orders today, which will include international customers. Basically, we are looking at how many days the US Postal Service says that it will take to ship to a certain area of the world and then shipping that many days before August 13th. Our goal is for everyone to get them on that day. The reality is that some people might get it a day or two early or a few days late based on the vagaries of shipping through the USPS and through overseas postal services. But we will make our best estimate and should be pretty spot on for most folks.Remember that the PDF for the core rulebook won't be available for download until August 13th, even if your book ships earlier.
-Lisa
eeek... well APO losses out on this... Postal service is way off about how long it takes to get to us US Military folks over here in Europe... Usually takes about 4-8 weeks, and I know mine has not shipped yet..;-), That is ok I am flying to GenCon from Germany to run for you guys.
Huzzah gang! I expect happy faces at GenCon (one week away)!
Me too!, me too! I say 20K.
Very impressive, btw. Congrats!
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Anyone know where the EnWorld thread went about this. I was over there a few mins ago and couldn't find it again. Did they move it or something or am I just blind?No. I remember seeing it last night as well.
Can you find it? Did they delete it or something? Cause i couldn't find it, maybe they moved it but I looked around and couldn't find it.
My congratulations Jason.
Sold out BEFORE release date... amazing!
You did a great job with the game. Thanks!
What time and time zone will the PDF be available for download?
I believe it's been said to be when the book is available for sale at GenCon, but I don't know if that would be 9:00 for the VIG passes, or 10:00 for the general public. If I'm not mistaken, that's Central time.
So:
1600-1700 CET (Central European Time)
1500-1600 GMT (Grenwich Mean Time)
10:00-11:00am EDT (Eastern Daylight-savings Time)
7:00-8:00am PDT (Pacific Daylight-savings Time)
2:00-3:00am Sydney, Australia
1:00-2:00am Seoul, Korea
12:00-1:00am Hong Kong
All subject to correction/change by Paizo of course.
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Well for what it's worth, here's the info from Amazon.com as of the 10a PDT ranking:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102 in Books
Popular in these categories:#1 in Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Role Playing & Fantasy
#1 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Gaming#102 overall in book, and 2 #1 rankings. Looking good.
Yup... we were #97 earlier... sandwiched between "Let the Great World Spin" and "The Power of Now".
Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing
Just to add some Amazon UK numbers:
The Core rulebook is Number 766 overall and
3 in Books -> Sports,Hobbies and Games -> Hobbies and Games
and the Bestiary is 3725 overall and 32 in Books -> Sports,Hobbies and Games -> Hobbies and Games
To put this in context:
The number 1 in Books -> ScienceFiction and Fantasy -> Gaming is currently Adventures Vault Book 2 from WoTC and it is 4904 overall.
For a while I was following the Pathfinder sales ranks on Amazon UK - the Rulebook stayed around rank 10000 overall - dipping down to 6000 when I ordered - the Bestiary around 150000 and the best selling one from WoTC tended to be in the 2500-5000 area.
These ranks seem very dependent on recent orders and vary a lot.
Still - getting <1000 is a feat in the UK and the US looks even a lot better. And breaking the 10000 for the bestiary is a feat as well. after all - it isn't available for a while.
Thod
What time and time zone will the PDF be available for download?I believe it's been said to be when the book is available for sale at GenCon, but I don't know if that would be 9:00 for the VIG passes, or 10:00 for the general public. If I'm not mistaken, that's Central time.
So:
1600-1700 CET (Central European Time)
1500-1600 GMT (Grenwich Mean Time)
10:00-11:00am EDT (Eastern Daylight-savings Time)
7:00-8:00am PDT (Pacific Daylight-savings Time)
2:00-3:00am Sydney, Australia
1:00-2:00am Seoul, Korea
12:00-1:00am Hong KongAll subject to correction/change by Paizo of course.
so:
08:00-09:00 MDT for us in Colorado (maybe)
This is fantastic news! As others have said, its good to see your hard work and dedication to promoting a quality game turn out! Recession, my ass! ;o)
I shared this news on another website (The Maptools Forums)..
Someone made this remark:
Warning: Forward information is speculation based on conversations with people involved in the book publishing industry, but are still WAGs...
That said, it's reasonable that it was probably 50,000-100,000 copies... it could have been more... the question is, is this the sell out including the if-we-don't-sell-x-amount-in-preorder-this-last-percentage-of-the-print-won 't-actually-run... If they do things that way, I'm betting it is...
I'm not exactly sure what he means, but I wanted to tell him it's a true blue sell out, in the sense that everybody bought all the copies.. but I guess before I open my mouth, I wanted to ask.
Is he wrong?
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This is fantastic news! As others have said, its good to see your hard work and dedication to promoting a quality game turn out! Recession, my ass! ;o)
Thousands of recently unemployed and many thousands more with cut hours would disagree.
But that just says even more about the awesomness that is Pathfinder.
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This is fantastic news! As others have said, its good to see your hard work and dedication to promoting a quality game turn out! Recession, my ass! ;o)Thousands of recently unemployed and many thousands more with cut hours would disagree.
But that just says even more about the awesomness that is Pathfinder.
Exactly. The economy is hitting my family, based in Michigan, very hard. Every member of the family has been laid off at least once or been informed they will no longer have a job in a few months since July last year, when I myself started this sad trend.
But people are still scraping and finding the cash to purchase Paizo products. I and many of my friends back in Michigan still find roleplaying to be a great hobby even in tough times - much of the entertainmentis found in hanging out with your friends and using your imagination to amuse yourself. Paizo products just make it that much more enjoyable to do so.
Gratz! And Thank you!
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Can you find it? Did they delete it or something? Cause i couldn't find it, maybe they moved it but I looked around and couldn't find it.Anyone know where the EnWorld thread went about this. I was over there a few mins ago and couldn't find it again. Did they move it or something or am I just blind?No. I remember seeing it last night as well.
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First thing in the morning, I called my FLGS to make sure my pre-order got in a month back. It did.
... and so I can be happy :D
Seriously great work for you guys. It feels really good to be a part of something like this by just buying the books. Can't imagine the trip you're all having about all the hardwork paying off.
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Exactly. The economy is hitting my family, based in Michigan, very hard. Every member of the family has been laid off at least once or been informed they will no longer have a job in a few months since July last year, when I myself started this sad trend.This is fantastic news! As others have said, its good to see your hard work and dedication to promoting a quality game turn out! Recession, my ass! ;o)Thousands of recently unemployed and many thousands more with cut hours would disagree.
But that just says even more about the awesomness that is Pathfinder.
But we've got you in Houston now, so that worked out well. ;-)
I have an old Navy buddy from Detroit who is seriously considering re-enlisting so he can support his family and that's after moving out of Michigan last year as well.
Exactly. The economy is hitting my family, based in Michigan, very hard. Every member of the family has been laid off at least once or been informed they will no longer have a job in a few months since July last year, when I myself started this sad trend.But people are still scraping and finding the cash to purchase Paizo products. I and many of my friends back in Michigan still find roleplaying to be a great hobby even in tough times - much of the entertainmentis found in hanging out with your friends and using your imagination to amuse yourself. Paizo products just make it that much more enjoyable to do so.
Gratz! And Thank you!
I hear that! 3 of our 8 in our group here in SE MI are laid off. Myself and another buddy are buying an extra book or two for them to share at the table. Paizo goodness for all!
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Exactly. The economy is hitting my family, based in Michigan, very hard. Every member of the family has been laid off at least once or been informed they will no longer have a job in a few months since July last year, when I myself started this sad trend.This is fantastic news! As others have said, its good to see your hard work and dedication to promoting a quality game turn out! Recession, my ass! ;o)Thousands of recently unemployed and many thousands more with cut hours would disagree.
But that just says even more about the awesomness that is Pathfinder.
But we've got you in Houston now, so that worked out well. ;-)
I have an old Navy buddy from Detroit who is seriously considering re-enlisting so he can support his family and that's after moving out of Michigan last year as well.
Yeah, Michigan's been rough for a while, and I saw the way the wind was blowing and got out of the state. I'm trying to get my now unemployed parents to come here too. Two out of their three kids are in Houston, and it's time to get away from those awful winters anyway!
I will happily go to my weekend 4E game with the news. I already converted one friend and he's buying the rule book. We'll see if the others follow suit. :D
I can only hope my FLGS ordered some...
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What time and time zone will the PDF be available for download?I believe it's been said to be when the book is available for sale at GenCon, but I don't know if that would be 9:00 for the VIG passes, or 10:00 for the general public. If I'm not mistaken, that's Central time.
So:
1600-1700 CET (Central European Time)
1500-1600 GMT (Grenwich Mean Time)
10:00-11:00am EDT (Eastern Daylight-savings Time)
7:00-8:00am PDT (Pacific Daylight-savings Time)
2:00-3:00am Sydney, Australia
1:00-2:00am Seoul, Korea
12:00-1:00am Hong KongAll subject to correction/change by Paizo of course.
Indiana is Eastern Time, they recently changed to do Daylight Savings. That would make the base time 9:00 AM or 10:00 AM EST. From my memory (And considering my girlfriend is currently in China), Hong Kong is also exactly 12 hours ahead of EST right now. Which would make it 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM for release time.
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Link (though ENworld runs really wonky latelyCan you find it? Did they delete it or something? Cause i couldn't find it, maybe they moved it but I looked around and couldn't find it.Anyone know where the EnWorld thread went about this. I was over there a few mins ago and couldn't find it again. Did they move it or something or am I just blind?No. I remember seeing it last night as well.
Thanks, wonder if it moved from where I seen it before. Cause I seen it, went back later then couldn't find it. Or maybe I am just crazy.
Pathfinder RPG: $50.00
PFRPG PDF: $10.00
Favorite RPG sold out after I subscribed: Priceless
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Wicht wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
joela wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
Anyone know where the EnWorld thread went about this. I was over there a few mins ago and couldn't find it again. Did they move it or something or am I just blind?
No. I remember seeing it last night as well.
Can you find it? Did they delete it or something? Cause i couldn't find it, maybe they moved it but I looked around and couldn't find it.
Link (though ENworld runs really wonky lately
Thanks, wonder if it moved from where I seen it before. Cause I seen it, went back later then couldn't find it. Or maybe I am just crazy.
It's there it's just hella slow. their boards are terribly slow.
Congratulations! Just, congratulations! Can wait to get mine, viva le subscriber tag!
FWIW, I could purchase 2 additional VIG companion badges for only about $32(?) dollars over the normal 4-day badge price... wonder if anyone else wants to get in early on Thursday. ;) You know. Just sayin'.
Kyle, if this is an offer my buddy and I would like to take you up on it. We were planning on registering on site Wed night or Thurs am. Pls e-mail me at
Are you sure you can do this at this point in time since pre-reg is closed?
I'm very glad for your success and our benefit. Thanks for taking us customers along for the ride in the design. I hope it's a sign of things to come for my new favorite rpg publishing company. It may not be D&D in name, but for me, it'll certainly be it in spirit!
Congratulations! Long live Paizo! Pathfinder will rock :-)
Hope your webpage won't crash when all of us want to buy the PDF as well!!
One of my players called me today saying he couldnt order a print copy and he couldnt believe it was sold out already. :) Needless to say, I told him to get the PDF for now and check the LGS until November.
Glad I pre-ordered but not glad I didnt preorder two like I was going to.
A hearty Grats to Paizo for everything PF and Golarion!
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Exactly. The economy is hitting my family, based in Michigan, very hard. Every member of the family has been laid off at least once or been informed they will no longer have a job in a few months since July last year, when I myself started this sad trend.
But people are still scraping and finding the cash to purchase Paizo products. I and many of my friends back in Michigan still find roleplaying to be a great hobby even in tough times - much of the entertainmentis found in hanging out with your friends and using your imagination to amuse yourself. Paizo products just make it that much more enjoyable to do so.
Gratz! And Thank you!
Ohio's trying hard to become the same way. We're at %10 statewide, spiking to %17 in some places. My job's pretty secure *knock on wood* but I still worry every day for myself and my friends.
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Congratulations, guys! This is pure WIN!!!
The good news is that the level of initial sales has definitely proven the financial viability of releasing a new fantasy RPG. It's a nice antidote to all of the doomsayers who have been predicting the demise of the tabletop RPG hobby over the next few years. It looks like the right product can still tempt many people to break out their wallets....even in tough economic times. And it pretty much guarantees that Paizo can continue supporting Pathfinder for years to come...
It will be interesting to see how sales hold up after the initial print run - will the Pathfinder RPG continue to attract players, or will the initial surge of interest die down after a while?
I suspect that many casual gamers will watch the level of ongoing support for the Pathfinder RPG before deciding to pick up the core rulebook to check out what all the fuss is about.
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Ohio's trying hard to become the same way. We're at %10 statewide, spiking to %17 in some places. My job's pretty secure *knock on wood* but I still worry every day for myself and my friends.
Ohio has gone nuts. Most of my friends are either under threat or have already seen cut hours. I lost my job back in December when the City of Columbus cut the recreation budget and have not found even a nibble since.
But I still felt the need to scrape together money and get the books for my group. I felt they needed that kind of injection of fun in their lives. Especially some of my players have children, a situation I thankfully don't have to worry about.
Of course, I neglected to get a book for myself since I assumed my partner would grab it for me on my birthday. Since the sell out it looks like we might be scrambling around town to find the book. I hope the Armoury will have some in stock that day.
Ohio's trying hard to become the same way. We're at %10 statewide, spiking to %17 in some places. My job's pretty secure *knock on wood* but I still worry every day for myself and my friends.
Ohio has gone nuts. Most of my friends are either under threat or have already seen cut hours. I lost my job back in December when the City of
Columbus cut the recreation budget and have not found even a nibble since.But I still felt the need to scrape together money and get the books for my group. I felt they needed that kind of injection of fun in their lives. Especially some of my players have children, a situation I thankfully don't have to worry about.
Colorado is only doing slightly better. I work for a non-profit healthcare provider and we have slached all of the budgets to the bone. Between a hiring freeze and no pay raises this year we may get through it without having any lay offs but it is going to be close. It is tough all over and the only thing I am spending money on is Pathfinder books.
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I know someone already mentioned it - but this thread is getting post after post after post...
Any ideas on the number of typos/errata issues that will be addressed in the second printing? Will the pdf have these changes made?
I ask becuase if there are a reason amount I'm likely to keep the 1st printing for a "collectors" item and use the pdf until the 2nd printing becomes available
Oh and congrats to the Paizo team, pfRPG does credit to them all!
Regards,
S.
Fantastic news. :)
I'm also curious as to whether or not the PDF is up-to-date in terms of errata.
I'm just now reading the PHB product page, and wow: almot 600 full-color pages in a 50-dollar book?? Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but those numbers seem a little jarring to me.
Is it full color all the way through?
Is Paizo taking a loss on it?
Was Mephistopheles involved at any point in the production process?