Ordo Draconis

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Finally!  Long after we breached 100 sales on OBS, we have finally passed 100 (and then some) on DriveThru’s main site, thus earning the Silver badge coveted by countless trillions of RPG publishers.

You can now read Roberto Micheri’s review of OD Issue #2 in Signs & Portents 80 – the free house zine of Mongoose Publishing.

Meanwhile this blog has been pretty quiet – mainly because we’re gearing up to unleash OD #3, focussed on the Nomad Khanates, to the east and south of Legend’s heartlands.

Ordo Draconis, issue #2 is now also available on YourGamesNow.  You can find more info plus links for all the other online stores which carry our magazine, right here.

After my post below a kind gentleman from OBS contacted us and pointed out that if we use their affiliate system, we can actually make the same revenue as we do on Paizo, at least when people buy our mag through one of our links rather than just headin’ there straight from the DriveThru front page.  And lo and behold he was right… you can read more here.

That’s right, Ordo Draconis Issue #2 is now also available from Italy’s leading seller of electronic RPG materials.  Naturally, in the English-language section!  Priced at EUR2.75 you can pick it up right here.

That’s right!  A few days ago we broke 100 sales on OneBookShelf (the mothership from which RPGNow and all the little DriveThrus descend to earth).

Now here was us a thinkin’ that >100 should mean a Silver medal, as according to some blog posts we read, when DriveThru and RPGNow merged in 2007 to form OneBookShelf, all the sales get counted as one.

No sirree!  Most of our sales came via DriveThru… but enough came via RPGNow so that we only get copper on DriveThru and diddly-squat on RPGNow.  :-(         Never mind – we also made #9 on the Top 100 Small Press Ranking, and #34 on the Top 100 overall.   Not bad for our first four weeks of sales

So… if you still ain’t bought our mag and would like to, please go via DriveThru rather than RPGNow if you wouldn be so kind.   Or alternatively just grab it at Paizo if you have an account there (we actually get a bit more revenue from Paizo sales).

Good news if you are an EN World Subscriber.  You can now get OD Issue #2 completely free – see here for details.

Meanwhile, if you read the mag and would like to start playing Dragon Warriors (and, admittedly, have $43 in spare change) you can get a very good deal on the Dragon Warriors: a Compleat Introduction which is available now on DriveThru.

Now, if that seems a bit like plunging headfirst when your gaming group just wants to dip its toe, you should know that everything you need to get started, including all rules, a basic bestiary and an introductory adventure are in the Core Rulebook which is currently $23 on DriveThru.  After that, there is some pretty good setting material and a full-on adventure in Ordo Draconis #1 and #2.  After that your party might try the majestic Sleeping Gods campaign which comes bundled in the Compleat Introduction.

That’s right, if you have an account there or would prefer to buy there for any other reason, just click here.  Price the same as DriveThru or Paizo, of course!

However you may be interested to know that the storefronts which give the most revenue back to the magazine as a share of sale price are, in descending order:

1. Paizo
2. DriveThru
3. Lulu

Prospective publishers please note: this is how it works out for OUR magazine.  If your product has a higher cover price Lulu will go up the ranking – so please do your own calculations before assuming that the above ranking would apply for your product!

Meanwhile, we have been receiving quite a few inquiries about a print version.  We are certainly investigating this however the big issue is price: OD has a high page count for a mag, and delivery charges also turn out to be proportionately greater.   Anyway, if you would be interested in a print version the best way to tell is is to fill out our OD2 feedback survey.

Issue #2 has been selling well, partly due to the reviews which are stacking up on the DriveThru and Paizo storefronts – for an average of 4.5 stars in both places!  Thanks guys.

However there are also quite a few reviews up on other sites… take your pick!

• Roberto on Stargazer’s World
• Jonathan Hicks on RPG.net
• Gilles Bussiere on ENWorld

Yes, that’s right: the next issue of Ordo Draconis – due out at end of May – will focus on this vast expanse of steppeland, a veritable ocean of grass, to the east of the Harogarn mountains.

Expect shamen, feuds, disreputable border towns… and fierce archers who can put an arrow in you as they speed past on horseback.  Don’t forget the Citadel of the Shadowlords whose ill-famed riches still tempt those journeying north up the River Isis in the hope of trading with the Khanates.

The issue will also round off the Cornumbria with an adventure or two.

Meanwhile you can still buy OD2 – the current issue – here and here.