grodog wrote in average word counts for modules and rulebooks?:Does anyone know of any good research and analysis for rulebook and module word counts for TSR-era products?All I could find was an old thread at which only discussed the 3 OD&D rulebooks: https://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5286&c=1Allan.
Guy Fullerton wrote:Quick word count breakdown for the ones I could easily do.This only counts words for the meat of the module: intro, keys, new monster descriptions, spells, and similar. I tried to omit pages of just pregens, the title page, and other obvious fluff.Word counts are rounded down to the nearest thousand. Next to the word count is the page count for the counted pages; I did not count pages with full page illustrations, obviously.Generally you are looking at 1000 words per page, plus or minus, for the meat of the module. Illustration density affects things, obviously.Code:A1 19k / 18p A2 40k / 36p A3 16k / 22p A4 19k / 25p C1 31k / 24p C2 16k / 16p D1-2 28k / 26p D2 15k / 15p D3 31k / 27p G1-2-3 35k / 29p G2 6k / 7p I1 25k / 26p I2 22k / 25p L1 28k / 27p N1 27k / 28p Q1 30k / 31p S1 11k / 9p S3 30k / 28p T1 18k / 15p WG4 29k / 30p
A1 19k / 18p A2 40k / 36p A3 16k / 22p A4 19k / 25p C1 31k / 24p C2 16k / 16p D1-2 28k / 26p D2 15k / 15p D3 31k / 27p G1-2-3 35k / 29p G2 6k / 7p I1 25k / 26p I2 22k / 25p L1 28k / 27p N1 27k / 28p Q1 30k / 31p S1 11k / 9p S3 30k / 28p T1 18k / 15p WG4 29k / 30p
Sir Kill Alot wrote in average word counts for modules and rulebooks?:Allan, I found this free site that counts words in a pdf. As long as the file is under 10MB it works. How accurate it is, is anyone's guess. I tried Q1 and it was very close to your stated number. https://docwordcounter.com/en/word-counter
Sir Kill Alot wrote in average word counts for modules and rulebooks?:I'm curious, is this just research or are you going to publish something?
grodog wrote in average word counts for modules and rulebooks?:And I am taking the opportunity in this #dungeon23 year to get a few of my levels of Castle Greyhawk finally ready for publication!Allan.
