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Cross of Fire Saga - The Rewards the Donors Get

If you are wondering what we might offer you as a donor, well take a look.

$1:  Thank You

$9: First Cross Of Fire (COF) Adventure PDF

$25: First COF Adventure B&W POD book

$36: All Four COF Adventures PDFs

$55: All Four COF Adventures PDFs plus All Stretch Goals

$55 (Retailer): Special Reward for Retailers

$65: Collected B&W POD book of COF, All Four COF Adventures PDFs plus All Stretch Goals

$70 (Limit 35): Submit 2 Poison / Diseases for possible publication

$75 (Limit 35): Submit 2 Poison / Diseases for possible publication

$80 (Limit 30): Submit 2 Traps for possible publication

$85 (Limit 30): Submit 2 Feats for possible publication

$90 (Limit 25): Submit 2 Spells for possible publication

$95 (Limit 25): Submit 2 Hazards / Haunts for possible publication

$100 (Limit 20): Submit 2 Templates for possible publication

$105 (Limit 20): Submit 2 Monsters for possible publication

$110: Collected Full Color POD book of COF

$125 (Limit 10): Submit 2 NPCs for possible publication

And just in case you are wondering, for every level you pledge about the $70 level, you get the $65 level and all the reward levels up to the level you pledged. So if you pledged at the $90 you would get: Collected B&W POD book of COF, All Four COF Adventures PDFs plus All Stretch Goals; Submit 2 Poison / Diseases for possible publication; Submit 2 Poison / Diseases for possible publication; Submit 2 Traps for possible publication; Submit 2 Feats for possible publication; and Submit 2 Spells for possible publication.

The reason we are giving these types of rewards is because when I did my first KS I gave away thing that I thought people would like. But now I realized you should give away things that people found useful in their gaming session. The KS I feel did that the best was Kobold Press' Deep Magic. The more money that was brought in the cooler stuff they added to the book. No t-shirts or dice, just cool content for your home gaming. And that is what I focused on developing this.  See that Wolfgang Baur is smart, so I follow what he does and when I say "follow" I mean copy. This is rocket science and you don't get points deducted for coping other peoples work.  I use all the brains I have and any I can find, borrow and steal.  Talk to you later...

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 6^th 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 13^th 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 20^th 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 Spells, Ultimate Battle and finally Ultimate Rulership in at #10 for the 2^nd 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…

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 30^th 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 6^th 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 13^th 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.

Pathfinder Paper Minis took the #8 and #9 spots with PathfinderPaper Minis—Pathfinder Module: "The Dragon's Demand" PDF and Pathfinder Paper Minis—SandpointTownsfolk PDF.

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…

Transparency Agenda #30: Examining Top 10 3PP Sales on Paizo.com

So I started doing some research on looking at the sales data that Paizo.com provides each week in their email and I noticed some interesting things.  First off, I compared each week of sales from July 26 until last week’s email on September 6. Over those seven week there were a total of 70 possible different products in the weekly top 10 listing.  The following is a list of 3PP and how many products they had in the top 10 over this 7 week period (In alphabetic order):

• Dreamscarred Press – 3 products
• Kobold Press – 12 products
• Legendary Games – 17 products
• Minotaur Games – 5 products
• Necromancers of the Northwest – 1 product
• Pathfinder Paper Minis – 6 products
• Rite Publishing – 6 products
• Super Genius Games – 18 products
• Zombie Sky Press – 2 products

Now looking at this list, I am sure you already will have some preconceived ideas and concepts of who the most successful companies in 3PP at Paizo. On products alone, Super Genius Games, Legendary Games and Kobold Press have count for over 65% of the products on this list. While this is very impressive the really interesting part is looking over these numbers over time. 

I have included a PDF of the last 7 weeks of sales at Paizo.com available for you to download and look over, just click to get your copy.

Starting with July 26^th the top ten consist of:

• Dreamscarred Press – 1 product
• Kobold Press – 3 products
• Legendary Games – 1 product
• Rite Publishing – 1 products
• Super Genius Games – 3 products
• Zombie Sky Press – 1 product

August 2^nd the top ten consist of:

• Dreamscarred Press – 1 product
• Kobold Press – 1 product
• Legendary Games – 1 product
• Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
• Rite Publishing – 1 product
• Super Genius Games – 4 products
• Zombie Sky Press – 1 product

August 9^th the top ten consist of:

• Dreamscarred Press – 1 products
• Kobold Press – 2 products
• Legendary Games – 1 product
• Necromancers of the Northwest – 1 product
• Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
• Rite Publishing – 1 product
• Super Genius Games – 3 products

August 16^th the top ten consist of:

• Kobold Press – 2 products
• Legendary Games – 2 products
• Minotaur Games – 1 product
• Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
• Rite Publishing – 1 product
• Super Genius Games – 3 products

August 23^rd the top ten consist of:

• Kobold Press – 2 products
• Legendary Games – 3 products
• Minotaur Games – 1 product
• Pathfinder Paper Minis – 1 product
• Rite Publishing – 1 product
• Super Genius Games – 2 products

August 30^th 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 6^th 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

Now if you have been paying attention looking over these charts did you notices a few things about 3PP. Let’s take these one at a time:

1. Over time it looks like the many of the established 3PP (Super Genius Games and Kobold Press) are being out sold by the new 3PP company (Legendary Games).
2. Minotaur Games, Pathfinder Paper Mini and Rite Publishing each seem on average to have a steady sell rate of 1 product in the top 10 each of the 7 weeks.
3. There are normally an average of 6 different companies on the top 10 list but last week there were only 5 companies listed.
4. Looking at how products actually sale (using Super Genius Games’ products and sales ranks), the initial week the product comes out there is great interest. But only after two or three week interest fades as new product is released.  
5. Based on Legendary Games sales cross promotion of product with other related Paizo specific does promote sales as does products that can be cross promoted with each other’s like Super Genius Games’ Talented line products .
6. Minotaur Games is the only one man shop 3PP who made this list. The effect of being a great game designer AND an access to Paizo’s “aura of influence” as an employee can affect your sales directly.
7. Even though Legendary Games PDF products have a price point of $9.99, customers seem not to be phased by it and still purchase in large numbers.

What do think about this? What gets you interested in buying a products? Tell me what you think! Talk to you later…

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