Ravnica & Dungeon of the Mad Mage Are In Stores Today!

Dire Bare · Nov 10, 2018

Jester David said:
Delayed at my FLGS.
Might just end up getting it from Amazon then, since I’ll get it about the same time.

Jester, you might end up saving money . . . but everytime you purchase from Amazon instead of your FLGS, a beholder loses an eyestalk.

Jester David · Nov 10, 2018

Dire Bare said:
Jester, you might end up saving money . . . but everytime you purchase from Amazon instead of your FLGS, a beholder loses an eyestalk.

*shrug*
I say “FLGS” but the store in question is 27km away. (About 16.5 miles.) So not really “L”...
Oh, and I don’t drive. So if I make a trip we’re talking the better part of the day in public transportation.

My wife works near there, so I rely on her to snag books for me. However, this next week we’re having a staycation. This is her last day for 9 days.
Driving 27km and back for a single book seems silly. And a waste of gas. And kinda dangerous on the current icy Alberta’s roads. (Seriously... it’s deadly right now.)
If I Amazon Prime the book I’ll get it pretty much the same day as I would from said store and it will save me $$$.

Sucks for the store... but I tried.
(Plus, I’ve already ordered my collector’s copy of the core rulebook set from there. So they’re not entirely losing my money.)

FitzTheRuke · Nov 10, 2018

Parmandur said:
Just spoke with my WPN FLGS, they have my order of Mad Mage but Ravnica is delayed.

I wish I had it that way around. I'm the opposite.

EthanSental · Nov 10, 2018

My FLGS is 45 miles away...I head over about twice a month to grab some comics and othe r gaming related items. I had these preordered so I’ll grab them next time I’m going.

MNblockhead · Nov 10, 2018

Dire Bare said:
Jester, you might end up saving money . . . but everytime you purchase from Amazon instead of your FLGS, a beholder loses an eyestalk.

I have two game stores within 10 minutes drive (one about 5 minutes away when traffic is low) and many more within a 20 minute drive. I preorder all WoTC books on Amazon.

Yet, I still pay about as much money at game stores as I do on Amazon and Kickstarter combined. But that money isn't from books.

Game stores can't compete on price and convenience. If their business model is the charity of gamers, they have no reason to exist.

Shaming people for not buying books from their "F"LGS is silly.

Dire Bare · Nov 10, 2018

MNblockhead said:
I have two game stores within 10 minutes drive (one about 5 minutes away when traffic is low) and many more within a 20 minute drive. I preorder all WoTC books on Amazon.

Yet, I still pay about as much money at games stores as I do on Amazon and Kickstarter combined. But that money isn't from books.

Games stores can't compete on price and convenience. If there business model is the charity of gamers, they have no reason to exist.

Shaming people for not buying books from their "F"LGS is silly.

Shaming? Nah, teasing. Relax.

Dire Bare · Nov 10, 2018

Jester David said:
*shrug*
I say “FLGS” but the store in question is 27km away. (About 16.5 miles.) So not really “L”...
Oh, and I don’t drive. So if I make a trip we’re talking the better part of the day in public transportation.

My wife works near there, so I rely on her to snag books for me. However, this next week we’re having a staycation. This is her last day for 9 days.
Driving 27km and back for a single book seems silly. And a waste of gas. And kinda dangerous on the current icy Alberta’s roads. (Seriously... it’s deadly right now.)
If I Amazon Prime the book I’ll get it pretty much the same day as I would from said store and it will save me $$$.

Sucks for the store... but I tried.
(Plus, I’ve already ordered my collector’s copy of the core rulebook set from there. So they’re not entirely losing my money.)

Sorry Jester, just giving you a hard time. I'd say beholders losing eyestalks isn't a bad thing.

Xaelvaen · Nov 10, 2018

Mercador said:
On 5 stars?

As for D&D Beyond's formatting, absolutely 5 stars. As for the contents of the book, that's a bit trickier. I only bought it for the setting flavor, so I completely glossed over the player options for the most part, and I'm far from finished reading everything about the setting. Absolutely a solid 4 stars from me thus far, however.

Mercador · Nov 10, 2018

Xaelvaen said:
As for D&D Beyond's formatting, absolutely 5 stars. As for the contents of the book, that's a bit trickier. I only bought it for the setting flavor, so I completely glossed over the player options for the most part, and I'm far from finished reading everything about the setting. Absolutely a solid 4 stars from me thus far, however.

I would buy it for the setting as well, I don't play 5E, I got plenty of PF books but I read them for the content, not for playing it.

Marandahir · Nov 10, 2018

A Stray Cat said:
Both are also available digitally on D&D Beyond right now. I believe I saw a tweet last night saying that some local stores might not have the two available quite yet due to printing delays, so call ahead if it's not too local. Tweet: [FONT=&amp]https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1060641191367073792

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Yeah. I went to my friendly local gaming store to buy Ravnica, Mad Mage, and the core sets, but they've been having trouble with the gift sets and were told it was delayed until next Friday. Got Ravnica & Mad Mage, though.