Showing posts with label 3rd Party Publishers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3rd Party Publishers. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Announcing Codex: Torment 3PP Monster Sourcebook for Pathfinder Kickstarter

OK even though this kickstarter does not start until early 2014 and right now Bones II has taken over the focus of table top gaming, we wanted to let you know that we have build a website for the upcoming Codex: Torment 3PP Monster Sourcebook forPathfinder Team-Up Website!!! This website list all the 3PP, writers and artists that will be currently working on this project and will update it with any and all new companies of people we add to this kickstarter. So save this link so you can check back later with our updates, sample artwork and whatever other cool items we may release.  As always thanks for your support of 3PP and Pathfinder!  Talk to you later...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Missed Kickstarter opportunities – one major, one minor for Pathfinder!!!

Two kickstarters that I have been interested have just gone live at kickstarter: The Unhallowed Horror Fantasy Roleplaying Adventure Path and Dragon Kings. OK while both of these went live BOTH of them missed something very simple and easy. Neither of them in their titles actual mention the words “Pathfinder” in them. While I was able to find The Unhallowed searching the work Pathfinder, I was not able to find Dragon Kings unless I searched for the name “Dragon Kings”. While this is a minor issue, it is something that could have been handled is seconds.

While the previous issue was minor, here are a major issue for BOTH of these kickstarters. While looking over the rewards for The Unhallowed Endzeitgeist on the Paizo forum brought up this issue:

Also: Ships within US only? :/ I would contemplate joining for dead tree, but since all options for dead-tree are US-exclusive, I guess that's not possible. Please contemplate adding a level for your international demographic.

Come on no shipping outside the US? Guys it is 2013 you can mail things worldwide for a “reasonable price”. Forget overseas, you guys wouldn’t even ship to Canada? Why would you not let Canadian and oversea donors get what they want? That is a MAJOR missed opportunity.

Dragon Kings even out did this missed opportunity. Here is what I wrote in a Paizo forum post :

It is up now!!!......BUT I noticed that they DON'T have a level where I can just get the World Book PDF ONLY. At $70 (the lowest level where I can the world book PDF) I can get a LOT of stuff, but I just want the world book PDF. PLEASE make a level for just the world book pdf. Thanks!

The cheapest PDF version I can get is $70? And with that, a major opportunity missed to get my money and apparently several other donors who felt the same way in that thread. Guys, put in a $20 PDF only version and get all that money you are “leaving on the table”.  I am sure they will reach their goal but I am sure they could have done it A LOT faster with that little change.  Talk to you later…

Monday, September 30, 2013

Transparency Agenda #34: With Ben McFarland!!!!



This time it is a little different with Transparency Agenda with the added excitement of having professional hobbylancer, Ben McFarland. This Transparency Agenda we are discussing the top ten from Paizo and some other interesting 3PP releated material. Plus you will get to see all the INTERESTING issues we have pulling this off using Google+. It is good we had a tech guy so close to help us out.  Talk to you later... 

Monday, September 23, 2013

Transparency Agenda #33: Examining Top Ten sales 3PP Sales on Paizo.com for Week Sep 20th

Another week has gone and now is time for another round to reviewing the statistics from Paizo.com. Let’s do the quick over view:

September 6th the Top Ten consist of:
Kobold Press – 1 product
Legendary Games – 5 products
Minotaur Games – 1 product
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
Super Genius Games – 2 products

September 13th the Top Ten consist of:
Kobold Press – 2 products
Legendary Games – 4 products
Minotaur Games – 1 product
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 2 products
Super Genius Games – 1 product

September 20th the Top Ten consist of:
Frog God Games – 1 product
Kobold Press – 3 products
Legendary Games – 3 products
Minotaur Games – 1 product
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
TPK Games – 1 product

As with last week, we had another week of surprises AND somethings things staying the same.

First off Jason Bulmahn pulls of the hat trick (I still don’t know what that really means) with Minotaur Games stayed #1 for the third week in the row with Rule Zero: Underling. Jason said on Facebook that he did not think he could get to three weeks as number one. I guess he was wrong about that one. Can he pull out four weeks as #1? I guess we will see next week.

Kobold Press adds ANOTHER product to the Top Ten increasing their numbers to three and taking the top #2, #3 and #4 spots with Advanced Races 2: Darakhul Ghouls, Dark Fey and New Paths #7: The Expanded White Necromancer.

Pathfinder Paper Minis reduces their number of product to one and took the #5 spot with the all new just released The People of Belhaim. The other two products that were listed last week is no where to be found on this top list. Does this signal something about Pathfinder Paper Minis' staying power?

Legendary Games lost ANOTHER product from the Top Ten spot this week reducing their number to only three product (from a high of five products in the Top Ten just two weeks ago) taking the #6, #7 and #10 spots with Mythic Magic: Core SpellsUltimate Battle and finally Ultimate Rulership in at #10 for the 2nd week in the row.

And some very INTERESTING news we have TWO ALL NEW companies breaking the Top Ten for the first time in over the last TWO MONTHS!

First we have TPK Games with their The Deductionist Base Class coming in at #8. It seems this one is getting good reviews and people are interested.

Finally we have the fan favorite Frog God Games entering the Top Ten at #9 with Tomb of Horrors 4. More monsters from Pathfinder fans is always welcome it seems. 

Other VERY interesting facts to notice after being on the Top Ten list for eight weeks straight, SuperGenius Games does not make it this week in the Top Ten.  Apparently this was the week for the “two new upstarts” of TPK Games and Frog God Games to make their make in the Top Ten. Will Super Genius need to "step up their game" this week to regain this elite status and positioning in the Top Ten? 


Looks the competition for online exposure on Paizo.com is getting tough for a lot of the 3PP out there. Can Minotaur Games keep holding on to the #1 spot or will Kolbold Press finally break into the #1 spot which has eluded them for the last eight weeks? Will Legendary Games lose more product spots to the new up and coming  3PPs looking to break into the Top Ten or are they planning a return to former fame with the release of new products? With being off this list for nearly a month, will we see Rite Publishing return to the fray of the Top Ten listing or are they just waiting for the right time to return to their past glory? What do think about this? What gets you interested in buying a products? Tell me what you think! Talk to you later…

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Transparency Agenda #32: Examining top 10 sales 3PP Sales on Paizo.com Week - Sept 13th

Well after all the interest that I created with the last Examiningtop 10 sales 3PP Sales on Paizo.com I did
I decided it might be best to do this weekly and keep the information going. So let’s compare the last three weeks:

August 30th the top ten consist of:
Kobold Press – 1 product
Legendary Games – 4 products
Minotaur Games – 2 products
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
Rite Publishing – 1 product
Super Genius Games – 1 product

September 6th the top ten consist of:
Kobold Press – 1 product
Legendary Games – 5 products
Minotaur Games – 1 product
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
Super Genius Games – 2 products

September 13th the top ten consist of:
Kobold Press – 2 products
Legendary Games – 4 products
Minotaur Games – 1 product
Pathfinder Paper Minis – 2 products
Super Genius Games – 1 product

As you can see right off the bat the list of companies that the top 10 have not changed in 3 weeks, but there is a change in quantities.  In the week of September 13, both Legendary and Super Genius Games both sold 1 less product while Koblold Press and Pathfinder Paper Minis both increased sales by 1 product.  

Minotaur Games stayed #1 for the second week in the row with Rule Zero:Underling

Legendary kept the #3 spot with Mythic Monsters: Demons while Ultimate Battle dropped to #4. Mythic Magic: CoreSpells came in at #7 and Ultimate Rulership in at #10

Kobold Press’ releases Advanced Races 2: Darakhul Ghouls entering at #2 and Dark Fey entering at #5.  

Super Genius Games had there only appearance at #6 with TheGenius Guide to More Cavalier Talents.



Can Minotaur keep the #1 spot for another week? What new 3PP will be added to this list of names? Who will fall off the list? What do think about this? What gets you interested in buying a products? Tell me what you think! Talk to you later…

Thursday, March 14, 2013

3 days left in the Kickstarter and I just got the printer’s print quote in!

I just go the official print quote in from the printer and everything is moving in the right direction. I can expect to see the quote from the tote bags, dice T-Shirts sometime next week and once we get the real final donor numbers we will be ready to go.

I am glad we have done as well as we have, But I still hope we can make the $10K threshold goal!!!! There are still SO MANY COOL THINGS that are available at the threshold goals. So if you know anyone who has not donated yet, then help them get on board on what we are attempting to do. We can do it. We only need a little more than $4K to do it and we still need your help! Get your friend to help and donate.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Two more thresholds added to the Free RPG Day 2013 NeoExodus Adventure


Since we are so close to reaching the $5,000 threshold goal and we still have 21 days left on this kickstarter we wanted to give you some more excitement by adding TWO threshold goals for $5,500 and $6,000. Since we started our organized play campaign system, NeoExodus Legacies, more and more people have seen the differences between our organized play system and the typical fantasy setting of Pathfinder Society. These two adventures; Cold Visitor and Encounter at Ramat Bridge show off what makes NeoExodus Legacies different from any other Pathfinder setting or organized play campaign on the market today. Making sure we get our threshold goals assures the Imperial Elder ($50) donors and up will receive these two amazing adventure! If you are not supporting this kickstarter NOW is your time! 
When you support 3PP of Pathfinder, You support Pathfinder RPG!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Only two companies supporting Free RPG Day with Pathfinder, and LPJ Design is one of them…

As our Kickstarter is still going on, I noticed something that surprised me a bit at the Free RPG Day website. I noticed that there were only two companies doing a Pathfinder product: Louis Porter Jr.Design and Paizo Publishing.  Last year, Jon Brazer Enterprise and LPJ Design were the only 3rd Party Publishers supporting retailers for Free RPG Day.   This surprises me a little. There are various3PP who have done very well this year with their various kickstarters but none of them are supporting Pathfinder to retailers for Free RPG Day. Why? Well the reason we are supporting Free RPG Day is with our kickstarter.  We did it last year and it worked out very well so this year was a no brainer. Most likely we will continue this trend of Free RPG Day kickstarters for some time to come.  But there’s a LOT of 3PP who have done very good last year and this year, so far.  But they didn’t. Why? There are a lot of publisher who want to get their product in front of retailers and this is an easy way to do it. But they didn’t. Why? Do most 3PP think it is not worth supporting retailer in this way? Why? It always comes back to the question of why? For me long term, supporting Free RPG Day is a good thing. Look what Free Comic Book Day has done for the comic industry.  Would you call it a positive or a negative? Why?  Lots of good questions, and something to think about when you are wondering why your business is not growing.  Talk to you later…

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

33 days to go on Free RPG Day NeoExodus Kickstarter

We have been every quite over the last few days of the FreeRPG Day 2013 NeoExodus Adventure for Pathfinder RPG Kickstarter. I think some of you have said, “Yeah, they reach their goal. That is it!” And of course that is not it!

We have LOTS of hidden threshold and donor goals waiting for you. We have goals all the way up to $25,000. That is right we have planned to reach ten times the amount we need to raise! Now I know there are a lot of kickstarters out there asking for all kinds of donors for all kinds of cool things. But the big difference between those kickstarters and our kickstarter is that we are supporting Paizo, Pathfinder and other third party publishers with this kickstarer.

For each free adventure we give out at Free RPG Day 2013, that is a new potential gamer who is going to play Pathfinder. Better yet, each new gamer who exposed to a third party publisher of Pathfinder, discovers the amazing amount of support Paizo gives to third party publishers. We who play Pathfinder are a family and we at LPJ Design want to share our feeling of family to more and more gamers who have never played Pathfinder. So if you have a second go out and tell people about this Free RPG Day kickstarter and all the good it is doing for the pathfinder community. The more people exposed and playing Pathfinder is a good thing. As I have said before, when you support third party publishers of Pathfinder, you support Pathfinder. Show your support!

Monday, December 17, 2012

The gatekeepers to 3PP of Pathfinder

I was reading this thread on Paizo and it got me kind of interested on seeing how many copies that said they were going to release product for Pathfinder but didn’t. I personally became interested and went over to the Compatibility License Registry to see how many people said they were going to start a 3PP for Pathfinder and did. Better yet how many were still in business.

I got 10% through the list and I stopped. 

I was kind of a wast of time because SO MANY people signed up but released only one product and ever worst most released nothing.  If you head over to RPGNow.com and select Rule System Pathfinder, here is the list of companies that came up for me:

As you can see 15 companies that RPGNow.com feels are the most important / influential in the area of Pathfinder products.  I find this very interesting in the concept of gatekeepers.  To make it on to the list of 15 publishers you have to work very hard to keep producing product on a regular basis that fans are interested in.  But the really interesting part is the number of people who WANT to or PLANNED to create something for Pathfinder. Many of these people/companies produced nothing. While even fewer produced just one product and decided for some reason not to do more.  When you think about it on a small scale all you need to do is do as much work and the “number 15” on the list and you could release them on that list.  I mean that it isn’t really that difficult.  Fifteen others are doing it, so why can’t you. So why don’t you or better yet, why haven’t you? Talk to you later…