D&D 3.5 Reprints in September?

MoonSong

Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin

• Apr 26, 2012

• #21

Ok, I'm officially excited, whether those books are 3.5 reprints or a veiled release of 5e I'm in!

 

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darjr

I crit!

• Apr 26, 2012

• #22

Dungeon! reprint? I have much nostalgia for that game.

 

FitzTheRuke

Legend

• Apr 26, 2012

• #23

You can roughly estimate demand for reprints of an old product by aftermarket prices. Seeing as the 3.5 PHB does very well on the aftermarket (read: sells for big bucks) - way better in comparison to any other edition - it makes sense to do a limited-edition reprint.

It makes far more sense than releasing 5e with only 4 months of open playtesting. Really not enough time to accomplish anything at all.

Not that WotC always makes sense, but I would bet on the former.

 

DMKastmaria

First Post

• Apr 26, 2012

• #24

Someone at Board Game Geek is reporting that the Dungeon reprint listed on Amazon is a hoax, per WotC:

New edition? [Edit: Fake] | Dungeon | BoardGameGeek

If so, then the B&N 3.5 listings could be a result of hacking, as well. That would explain the Provolone entry.

 

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KesselZero

First Post

• Apr 26, 2012

• #25

The "Provolone" link is now non-working. Looks like whatever the mistake was, B&N corrected it.

 

ColonelHardisson

What? Me Worry?

• Apr 26, 2012

• #26

FitzTheRuke said:

It makes far more sense than releasing 5e with only 4 months of open playtesting. Really not enough time to accomplish anything at all.

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Are there many games besides D&D and Pathfinder that have conducted open playtests as long or longer? I can't think of any, off the top of my head. I agree that an open playtest should be longer than 4 months (assuming that's as long as it will be; I'm inclined to think it will be longer), but I don't think it will accomplish nothing for it to be four months.

By the way, are the products linked to gone for everyone else? They're not there when I click the links.

 

DMKastmaria

First Post

• Apr 26, 2012

• #27

FitzTheRuke said:

You can roughly estimate demand for reprints of an old product by aftermarket prices. Seeing as the 3.5 PHB does very well on the aftermarket (read: sells for big bucks) - way better in comparison to any other edition - it makes sense to do a limited-edition reprint.

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The 3.5 PH averaged roughly $35 last week on ebay. Maybe 15 listings? I sold a set of all three core a couple of weeks ago, for $75, which is on the low end of average.

I've been keeping an eye on the 3.5 aftermarket for about a year now. It's rocking!

 

Remathilis

Legend

• Apr 26, 2012

• #28

I'd have killed for a D&D Rules Cyclopedia reprint w/errata.

 

Lord Rasputin

Explorer

• Apr 26, 2012

• #29

ExploderWizard said:

Anyone else find it strange that the PHB and DMG have the same pagecount?

IIRC the PHB was a bit thicker than the DMG.

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All three were 324 pages.

 

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ggroy

First Post

• Apr 26, 2012

• #30

KesselZero said:

The "Provolone" link is now non-working. Looks like whatever the mistake was, B&N corrected it.

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The two original links in the OP to B&N for the "3.5E" books don't work anymore either.

Doing a search for WotC titles on B&N, these three titles don't show up at all anymore.