RPG Sales Up - 4e Fends of Pathfinder for Top Spot

ICv2 reports that in the fourth quarter of 2010 hobby game sales were up 10%. This includes board games, collectible card games, miniatures, and roleplaying games. Amazingly, sales were up in all categories, including RPGs. This is great news!

Despite earlier indications that Pathfinder might be outselling D&D 4e, it appears that 4e has fended of its competitor to remain the top-selling RPG, as reported HERE :

Top 5 Roleplaying Games – Q4 2010
	Title	Publisher
1	Dungeons & Dragons	Wizards of the Coast
2	Pathfinder	Paizo Publishing
3	Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch	Fantasy Flight Games
4	Dragon Age	Green Ronin Publishing
5	Mutants and Masterminds, inc. DC	Green Ronin Publishing

I'm glad that interest in tabletop gaming seems to be growing, even if just a little. Despite all the doom and gloom predictions that came with Hasbro's recent announcement of cutbacks in it D&D line, it appears that 4e is still going strong!

OSR Blog Rankings - March 2011

Here's an updated listing of 251 old schoolish roleplaying blogs ranked by follower. The follower numbers are from 1 April 2011. Remember: YOU CAN CLICK ON THE BLOG NAME TO GO THERE!

I should mention that I had to prune my list a bit because I reached the maximum number of blogs I can follow and many blogs have disappeared and/or gone inactive. If you feel I have been unfair or short-sighted in removing a specific blog from the list, please send me an email and I will put it back on.

My usual blogometric caveats apply: (1) This list only has blogger.com blogs because follower numbers are not publicly available for WordPress blogs. (2) Yes, I know some blogs are missing. If your blog is not on the list and you want to be included next time, please send me the link. (Sorry, I cannot go back and update this post when I receive your new link.) (3) Blogroll aggregator sites are not included.

I will post the March fastest growing blog rankings tomorrow.

Rank	Blog	Followers
1	GROGNARDIA	848
2	Playing D&D With Porn Stars	684
3	AVENTURAS EN LA MARCA DEL ESTE	502
4	Jeffs Gameblog	448
5	LotFP: RPG	371
6	Beyond the Black Gate	324
7	Lord of the Green Dragons	272
8	B/X BLACKRAZOR	265
9	A Paladin In Citadel	264
10	The Underdark Gazette	264
11	ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog	263
12	Cyclopeatron	254
13	The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope	235
14	Dungeons and Digressions	230
15	Swords Against the Outer Dark	216
16	Trollsmyth	206
17	Monsters and Manuals	203
18	Greyhawk Grognard	202
19	I SEE LEAD PEOPLE	201
20	Bat in the Attic	196
21	Gothridge Manor	190
22	Akratic Wizardry	182
23	destination unknown	181
24	The Tao of D&D	180
25	A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...	176
26	From the Sorcerer's Skull	174
26	The Gallery: Russ Nicholson	174
27	The RPG Corner	173
28	The Lair of the Evil DM	172
29	OEF	163
30	Hill Cantons	161
31	HeroPress	160
32	THE LAND OF NOD	156
33	HUGE RUINED PILE	154
34	The Other Side blog	153
35	Risus Monkey	150
35	Telecanter's Receding Rules	150
36	Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements	148
37	Axe & Hammer	145
37	TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON	145
38	How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less	144
38	Ode to Black Dougal	144
39	The Grand Tapestry	143
40	Daddy Grognard	142
41	RPG Blog II	134
41	The Savage AfterWorld	134
42	Rule of the Dice	132
43	Sham's Grog 'n Blog	129
43	Tankards & Broadswords	129
44	I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow	128
45	PLANET ALGOL	127
46	Aeons & Augauries	126
47	Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings	125
47	The Warlock's Home Brew	125
48	World of Wonder	123
49	Green Skeleton Gaming Guild	122
50	Back in '81	119
50	Havards Blackmoor Blog	119
51	"It's okay; Gary sent us."	117
52	Mythmere's Blog	115
53	aldeboran	111
53	Dreams in the Lich House	111
53	Tenkar's Tavern	111
54	What a horrible night to have a curse...	110
55	The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms	109
56	Discourse and Dragons	108
56	In Places Deep	108
57	Delta's D&D Hotspot	107
57	The Blog That Time Forgot	107
58	The Lands of Ara	105
59	Sickly Purple Death Ray	103
59	Uhluht'c Awakens	103
60	Dungeonmum	101
61	Hack & Slash	100
62	A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons	96
63	Dungeonskull Mountain	95
63	Fabled Lands	95
64	Troll and Flame	94
65	Rather Gamey	92
66	There's Dungeons Down Under	91
67	FightingFantasist	90
68	Carjacked Seraphim	89
68	Save Vs. Poison	89
68	Warriors of the Red Planet	89
69	Gorgonmilk	86
69	Vaults of Nagoh	86
70	The Wasted Lands	81
70	Tower of the Archmage	81
71	Grimmhaus	80
71	Sorcery & Super Science!	80
71	Warning - Mutagenic Substance	80
72	SANDBOX EMPIRE	78
72	The Metal Earth	78
73	Errant	77
73	Ostensible Cat	77
73	Roles, Rules, and Rolls	77
73	The Yaqqothl Grimoire	77
74	Old School Heretic	76
74	Savage Swords of Athanor	76
74	Tales from the Flaming Faggot	76
75	EXONAUTS!	75
76	Sword and Board	72
77	ix	71
78	Carto Cacography	68
79	Jasoomian Dreams	66
79	Terminal Space	66
79	The Omnipotent Eye	66
80	Forgotten Runes	65
80	The Book of Worlds	65
81	CHATEAU	64
81	Reviews from R'lyeh	64
81	The Grumpy Old Troll	64
81	Year of the Dungeon	64
82	Back to the Dungeon!	62
82	Crawdads and Dragons	62
82	Sword+1	62
82	The Frothy Friar	62
83	Drawings & Dragons	61
84	The City of Iron	60
85	American Barbarica	59
85	In Like Flynn	59
85	Lawful Indifferent	59
86	Gaming All Over The Place	58
86	Magician's Manse	58
86	The Dump Stat	58
87	Castle Dragonscar	57
88	SWORD & SHIELD	56
89	"The Troll Ate My Homework"	55
89	Geordie Goes Gaming !	55
89	Like Being Read To From Dictionaries	55
89	Strange Magic	55
89	Superhero Necromancer	55
90	Asshat Paladins	54
90	For A Fistful Of Coppers	54
90	Redwald RPG	54
90	The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games	54
91	Have dice, will travel...	53
91	Maximum Rock & Role Playing	53
91	Shouting Into The Void	53
91	THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA	53
92	Unofficial Games	52
93	chirine's workbench	51
93	There's a Bugbear in my Kitchen!	51
94	The Contemptible Cube of Quazar	50
95	Age of Ravens	49
95	Appendix N	49
95	Back Screen Pass - A DM's Secrets	49
95	Symptoms of Radness	49
95	Trollish Delver	49
95	Underworld Kingdom	49
96	Black Hole Diaries	48
96	Oubliette Magazine	48
96	Rustfoot	48
97	Beyond the Wall	47
97	Blood of Prokopius	47
97	Middenmurk	47
97	The Jovial Priest	47
97	The Weirdlands of Xhuul	47
97	Tombs of Horrors	47
98	Countdown to Game Time	46
98	5 Stone Games	44
98	A Wizard in a bottle	44
98	Fame & Fortune	44
99	Cthulhu's Library	43
100	Archive of the Rotted Moon	42
100	Places to Go, People to Be	42
100	SAVE OR DIE!	42
101	Henchman Abuse	41
101	Professor Pope	41
101	Saturday Night Sandbox	41
101	Spell Card!	41
101	Swords of Abandon	41
102	ENCOUNTER	39
103	Digital Orc: Fantasy, Horror, and Sci Fi in Ro...	38
103	El RagnaBlog	38
103	The Moldy Vale	38
104	netherwerks	37
105	A Pack of Gnolls	36
105	ADnD Grognard	36
105	Coffee swillin' analog gamer	36
106	Quickly, Quietly, Carefully	35
107	A Field Guide To Doomsday	34
108	No School Like The Old School	33
108	People them with Monsters	33
108	Rended Press	33
108	Some King's Kent	33
108	The Realm of Zhu	33
108	Tower of Zenopus	33
109	Ramblings of a Great Khan	32
109	Teleleli	32
109	The Polyhedral Dicebag	32
109	The Vorpal Spork	32
110	Iron Rationales	31
111	BigDungeon	30
111	Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad	30
111	The Grumpy Celt	30
112	Bugbears for Breakfast	29
112	No Signal!	29
112	Riskail	29
112	Skull Crushing For Great Justice	29
112	The Lost Continent	29
113	Antediluvian Printworks	28
113	The Geek Gazette	28
114	Forever Free Games	27
114	My RPG characters	27
114	Stocking The Dungeon	27
115	DUNGEON ADVENTURES	26
115	Kingdoms in Trevail	26
115	MORE&BIGGER LOOT!	26
115	Old School Psionics	26
115	Prime Requisite Games™	26
116	gnotions	25
117	KOK'ed Dice	24
117	My Dice Are Older Than You	24
117	Over the Misty Mountains	24
117	roleplay-geek	24
118	Tempora Mutantur	23
118	The Hydra's Grotto	23
119	Attack Plan R	22
119	Grevious-Injury	22
119	Let's Make Believe	22
120	Cimmerian Chronicles	21
121	Embrace the Dungeon!	20
121	New Fish In An Old School	20
121	Unfrozen caveman dice-chucker	20
121	Zalchis	20
122	Bloody 20s	19
123	of Pedantry	18
124	The Evil GM	16
125	Beacon	15
125	Rocket-Propelled Game	15
125	Zero XP Adventures	15
126	Lances to Lasers - A gaming blog	14
127	O RPG da Vida Real	13
128	Inspired Mythos	12
128	Lasgunpacker	12
129	Coasters, Castles, Combustion	11
130	The Paradigm Traveler	11
131	Blog on the Borderlands	10
131	tengoldpiecegems	10
131	The Incredible Fétide Grigou Rôliste Show	10
131	The XP Experience	10
132	Apprentice Of Old School	9
132	Knightvision Games - This Changes Everything!	9
132	The Blue Gnoll	9
133	Cimorra	8
133	Servitor Ludi	8
133	Visions of Paradise	8
134	The Geek Set	2
134	The Purple Wurm	2
135	Temple of Baalzebul	1