A 25% size increase in a book is pretty easy to pull off with a few formatting tweaks and more art.
Yeah. Just increase the font size a bit. Make the margins slightly wider. Voila! An extra 50 pages for free!
A 25% size increase in a book is pretty easy to pull off with a few formatting tweaks and more art.
People claiming that the current prices are "in-line" with inflation are forgetting many important key elements:
1. The D&D hardcovers were considered to be very high-priced items in their day.
2. Smaller print-runs equal higher cost per unit.
3. The original products were also "paying" for the cost of their development.
Could someone explain to me the reason for the North-America only restriction?
I'm naturally disappointed, but also perplexed by this. I'm sure there is some kind of reason and I was wondering about it.
The only differences between the original 2e DMG and the revised black-cover version are the inclusion of the errata and the new formatting, layout and art. The actual content is the same. The higher page count is simply because of the larger font and increased white space. (The black cover PH had a similar increase in pages, from 256 to 320.)
I still like it.A 25% size increase in a book is pretty easy to pull off with a few formatting tweaks and more art. IMHO the revised black cover 2E PHB and DMG art choices were a bit lacking at times.
I like free.Yeah. Just increase the font size a bit. Make the margins slightly wider. Voila! An extra 50 pages for free!
I was excited and then I noticed they weren't going to be available outside the hobby channel (fine) and not outside North America.
Reprinting the 1e books? Great move!
Supporting local gaming stores? Wonderful!
Helping the Gygax Memorial? Even better!
Denying gamers outside the US/Canada the chance to buy these things? Really, really irritating.
Likely it ties into the "Encounters" retail program. Do they allow "Encounters" overseas? The PDF sheet says they are also denying the book-trade access to these special books so any hobby store that doesn't directly deal with the WotC retail program or a WotC approved game distributor even in USA will not likely be able to get them.Could someone explain to me the reason for the North-America only restriction?
I'm currently out of the loop, but there certainly was an Encounters program at my FLGS.Likely it ties into the "Encounters" retail program. Do they allow "Encounters" overseas?