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Kind of feels like apples and oranges. While I like Paizo, they were working with tweaking the existing version of D&D under the OGL. They were building on an established chasis and incorporating rule changes that an outgrowth of the current system. The D&D Next playtest is starting at a much...

Playtest 2 I had the chance to run a second playtest this evening, after my normal Encounters session. I only had 4 players and they choose to go with the rogue, the fighter and both clerics. I ran the same adventure as before, only with some tweaks. The carrion crawler was still too much of a...

Changes The biggest changes are in the resting mechanics. The resting mechanics in January felt very clunky and were not at all intuitive. Hit dice were also not present in the January playtests. Charging was also handled very differently, even from table to table, so I got the impression that...

I ran my first playtest of D&D Next over the weekend. I had four players in my group of various levels of experience. Everyone at the table had played a prior edition, primarily 3.5 and fourth but some had played 1st and 2nd. Each player had read and reviewed the playtest materials prior to play...

I was saddened by the news of Monte's departure. I have enjoyed his work over the years and many books on my shelf feature his name on the cover. Any time a project loses someone who is so talented, it is a significant loss. I am confident that Monte will go on to many future successes and I...

Lowered Value The product is devalued to me as a retailer. For example, if game stores are the only way to obtain a product, and say 1000 people want that product, they all need to go through a game store to get it. With that in mind, the game store orders more product because he will likely...

Reprints The only down side is for those stores who have existing preorders for the product. We preordered quite a few because of the limited availability. Now that amazon will have them, and likely at a discount, we will take a hit in sales. I have already had one person cancel a preorder. At...

New FR Book In the new product seminar at DDXP Mike Mearls specifically mentioned that the book was a collection of Ed's notes. This is Ed Greenwood's version of the Realms. This means that many things in this book will not match up with existing printed material. This was billed as a "what if"...

Red Box Discontinued As a retailer, I am no longer able to order the Red Box from Wizards. They have not explained why, only that the product is currently "Out of Stock" and they do not know when it will be available again. I am hoping that they release a revised Red Box. The new Pathfinder...

Heroes of the Feywild Just as a heads up to anyone who is interested, the HotFW should be hitting Wizard premiere retailers by Friday. Anyone who is close to one of those stores should be able to pick the book up this week. Also the Dragon collector set and the new Feywild fortune cards are...

At my store we sell books from the older editions. We buy them used from customers and then resell them. Based on the rarity of the item, some of them sell for more than their original MSRP. The Complete Book of Necromancers from 2nd edition or the Deities and Demigods with the Cthulhu mythos...

As an owner of a FLGS I deal with this issue often. We sell products for the MSRP. We do sales occasionally and we also offer 20% off on core books for all RPGs. Customers often ask me to price match with amazon, which is something I cannot do. I pay around $11 for the 4e Rules Compendium from...

I know what they mean from a corporate standpoint. I was actually quoting how they worded it in the article. Sorry, I didn't make it clear that I was quoting the actual article. In this case the choice of words was not mine. Thanks for clarifying though, in case others might be wondering. I...

Thanks for the reply and I do not take offense at your statement. Ultimately, you make a fair point about the ease of the module as written. In regards to the idea of cheating in the above statement, I would like to say that to me I don't see it as cheating. My job as the DM is to provide an...

More Products Here is a link to a recording of the WotC new product seminar. http://thetome.podbean.com/2011/08/07/tome-gencon-special-3-new-product-seminar/ Here are a couple of things not mentioned in the above post: Madness of Gardmore Abbey Adventure (Sept) Deluxe boxed set adventure...