And here are the totals for 2008. The number in brackets is the 2007 total, if applicable.

a|state

The a|state PDF really did give a kick in the arse to sales. With just a fraction under half of our sales from PDFs, it's proved a valuable addition to our line-up of electronic product, as well as providing a cheap and easy buy-in to the game.

IPR: 56
Direct: 12
Con: 11
Comp: 0
Vendors: 3
PDF: 70

Total: 152
Lifetime Sales: Vague, somewhere around 1700?

The final figures are in for Q4 of 2008. In a couple of days I'll be posting up the overall figures for 2008 along with some thoughts on where we went, where we are going, highlights and lowlights.

Figures given in brackets are the sales figures for the previous quarter.

Hot War

Figure in brackets after the total sales for the quarter are the total sales for the previous quarter. In total our five main print products shifted 286 units across the quarter. This is down from 356 in the last quarter, but as pointed out below, this is explained by the spike in sales create din Q1 by the release of Avenues & Alleyways and the a|state PDF.

a|state

CGS Sales, Q1 08

The first quarter of 2008 has, in many ways, been a very positive time for CGS. The release of the long-awaited Avenues & Alleyways supplement, plus the a|state PDF, gave the sales of our oldest product a real shot in the arm. Cold City sales are down slightly, going from an average of around 43 per month to 30 per month. However, this seems to be a natural trend and still represents healthy ongoing sales. The Companion also performs well, selling better than expected for a small supplement. The only disappointmet is the continued lacklustre performance of Mob Justice.

So, I'm slowly but surely getting around to posting up the games from WarpCon and next up to the plate is Mob Justice (leaving only a discussion about/demo of Spione, a playtest of zuzannah and the APs of Covenant and InSpectres to come).

Basically we got a strong request for a game of Mob Justice, which is great. Not a demo but something more like a game.

With the start of a new year comes reflection on the year gone by. In this case, it's reflection on how things have gone, sales wise, for Contested Ground Studios. 2007 saw the release of the full version of Mob Justice, the Cold City Companion and the Dossier (also for Cold City). Let's look at Mob Justice first.