Best of 2011

Welcome to the RPG Countdown: Best of 2011 Special! We’ve got the 100 hottest selling RPG products of 2011 on tap. Sit back, grab your dice, and get ready to roll…
Where the stats come from: We collected sales statistics from 126 brick-and-mortar retail stores, representing over 5,000 products from more than 250 publishers.

Would you like an extra $2,011 in cold hard cash?
Just listen to the show.
Visit your local game store.
Buy one of those 100 best-selling products mentioned on the RPG Countdown Best of 2011.
Send us the receipt.
We’ll put all the receipts in a drawing, and send the winner a check for $2,011!
The Details:
1) Your receipt must have a time stamp on or after February 15, 2012.
2) We must receive your envelope no later than March 15, 2012.
3) You must write your name and email address on the back of your receipt.
IF WE CAN’T READ YOUR NAME AND EMAIL, YOU CAN’T WIN!
The Address:
Moonstew
ATN: Best of 2011 Contest
PO Box 386
DuPont, WA 98327
We will announce the winner of the RPG Countdown Best of $2011 Giveaway on March 30, 2012.
NOTICE: By law, we have to say No Purchase Necessary, so if you don’t want to go support your favorite game store and mail us a receipt, or you don’t have a local game store, you can also enter by sending in a 3×5 card with your name, email, phone number and mailing address.
READ THE OFFICIAL GIVEAWAY RULES HERE
Oh, and lest we forget…
We’re also giving away $2,011 in free advertising to a retailer!
Every receipt submitted in conjunction with the RPG Countdown Best of $2011 Giveaway will also double as a ballot for your friendly local game store. After we draw the name of the winning consumer, we’ll also draw a second receipt and give the retailer listed on that receipt $2,011 in FREE advertising on some of the most popular RPG websites.
So listen to the Countdown, shop at your local retail store, enter to win - and support this industry we all love so much.
READ THE OFFICIAL GIVEAWAY RULES HERE
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RPG Countdown: Best of 2011 Special
Comments
We’ll put one out in a spell, Eytan. We’re keeping it audio-only for a little while, to encourage people to have a listen… :)
What counts as a receipt for places like SJG’s e23?
And presumably anything from an entire series you mention counts, right? (Monster Hunters, for example)
Peter, just in case anyone else has the same Q…
Yes, any title in a series counts. The same applies for magazines like Kobold Quarterly and TUO.
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