OOTS By Page Count

[Porthos]

Welcome to the OOTS By Page Count project!

The purpose of this thread is rather simple: Document the progress of the current book of The Order of the Stick page by page, as well as compare it to already published books.

"Why do we need this though, Porthos?" I hear you ask. Well, strictly speaking, we don't. But as story arcs go on, people start asking "When do you think this book will end?" and "Well, X number of comics have passed, so I bet we're real close to the end soon," even though there is little correlation between the size of books and the number of comics posted.

Which brings us to the second reason for the existence of this thread: To let people know how many pages have been posted in the latest book, as opposed to the number of comics that have been posted. They may be the same for quite a while. But as time goes on, the numbers will diverge. And many people have said it was useful to know what is the current size of the latest book.

Plus it's fun to make comparisons to the current page count and the size of the latest book.

This project is a continuation of a similar project that arose to document the progress of Blood Runs in the Family, but this time in a dedicated thread that will (hopefully) last the run of the comic and not be tied to any particular book. The first post of this thread will be continuously updated with the latest page count as soon as I have the time to update it.

Please also use this thread for any speculations about the size of the current book and/or yet to be printed books, where chapter breaks might occur, or anything else that might go along that vein. Discussion helps drive interest in the thread, after all. And also feel free to post the current 'Basic Block' as comics go up, if no one else has.

However, to respect the wishes of The Giant (as well as the board rules) please Do Not speculate on how much a current or future book might cost or speculate on how the size of the book might help/harm Rich's business model. Rich as said time and time again that he doesn't want people speculating on such things, and I'd like this thread to stay open.

With that out of the way, here is the latest count as things currently stand.

(Abbreviation Key is provided after the last of the tables)

Basic Block

As of 1111

Book	# of Online Strips	# of Online Pages*	Xtra Pages	Total Book Pages
DCF	121	122.5	37.5	160
NCftPB	180	197	47	244
W&XP	183	242	46	288
DStP	188	226	46	272
BRitF	274	320	48	368
Book 6	165	207	???	???

37 pages to go until Book 6 is equal to the size of No Cure for the Paladin Blues

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Advanced Blocks

Compilation Books as of 1111 and Blood Runs in the Family

Book	Online Strips	Online Pages*	Bonus Strips	Chapters	Commentary Pages**	Other Xtras***	Total Pages
DCF	121	122.5	18	5	8.5	6	160
NCftPB	180	197	12	10	16	9	244
W&XP	183	242	14	8	15.5	8.5	288
DStP	188	226	17	9	12.083	7.917	272
BRitF	274	320	16	10	14	8	368
Book 6	165	207	???	???	???	???	???

Print Only Books

Book	Comic Pages	Chapters	Commentary**	Other Xtras***	Total Pages
OtOoPC	66	n/a	2	4	72
SoD	107	n/a	2	3	112
SS&DT	97.5	4	5.175	5.325	112

Other OOTS Comics Yet To Be Compiled (Kickstarter & Gygax Magazine)

PDF	Comic Pages	Cover Page	Total Pages
US	12	1	13
H&J	25	1	26
SA	16	1	17
HtPGHS	95	1	96
Gygax	6	n/a	6

ABBREVIATION KEY

Spoiler

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Abbv	Full Name of Book/PDF/Magazine
DCF	Dungeon Crawlin' Fools
NCftPB	No Cure for the Paladin Blues
W&XP	War and XPs
DStP	Don't Split the Party
BRitF	Blood Runs in the Family
OtOoPC	On the Origins of PCs
SoD	Start of Darkness
SS&DT	Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales
US	Uncivil Servant
H&J	Haleo & Julelan
SA	Spoiler Alert
HtPGHS	How the Paladin Got His Scar
Gygax	Gygax Magazine

NOTE
* A few Online Pages have been resized, reshuffled, and/or had very minor additions made to them. The "Online Page Count" will reflect how the Online Page best maps to a book regardless of any minor "book only" additional changes.
** Commentary includes the Author Commentaries, Forewords, Introductions, and 'In Character' Prefaces
*** Other Xtras includes, when applicable, the Recap Strips, Cast of Characters Pages, Character Drawings, Blank/Book Information Pages, Promos, Out of Continuity Bonuses, and Various Other Miscellanea.