D&D 5E The Basic D&D pdf

[jodyjohnson]

They should stage it with Alpha testers emailed the link first (you know like today), then the open playtester blast (early tomorrow), then put the full link up on the front page.

Of course within minutes of the Alpha blast the link will be available here.

Please let it be today, please let it be today. Consider it a beta for the Basic pdf.

 

[Nebulous]

Can anyone confirm or deny if this will be a full color pdf with art, or just a basic text document.

 

[jodyjohnson]

https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/481240522695000064


Mike Mearls‏@mikemearls·
[MENTION=54629]pukunui[/MENTION]81 mostly text - idea is to make it easy for printing

 

[Nebulous]

As much as i'd love art in it, this is probably the better idea to concentrate on printed text.

 

[Thaumaturge]

As much as i'd love art in it, this is probably the better idea to concentrate on printed text.

And I think art in the PH(B) helps sell it as a premium product. The art becomes a differentiating factor.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Jester David]

I agree that releasing the initial packages via torrent (in addition to on the WotC site) would be the best idea, otherwise the site will go down and people won't be able to access it right away and get frustrated.

They should stage it with Alpha testers emailed the link first (you know like today), then the open playtester blast (early tomorrow), then put the full link up on the front page.

Of course within minutes of the Alpha blast the link will be available here.

I never found out from the emails. I always found out from twitter.

 

[occam]

To avoid download problems, Wizards could use a CDN to avoid most of the load on their own servers. I don't know if they've contracted with a CDN, but if they haven't, they should consider it for times like this.

 

[ShadoWWW]

I would love if Basic D&D was with B&W old-school art.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I agree that releasing the initial packages via torrent (in addition to on the WotC site) would be the best idea, otherwise the site will go down and people won't be able to access it right away and get frustrated.

Conspiracy Theory: They WANT the site to go down and suffer load problems because that makes the rules scarce and the release all the more exciting and interest all the more piqued. If people can just go download the thing easily, it won't create NEARLY as much of a conversation as if people struggle and talk about it and answer each others' questions and have to try multiple times and....

Like, by the next day, it'll all be sorted out, but despite the frustrations, there can be a lot of buzz around a system "so popular it crushed our servers" and being able to claim that they "despite doing our best to prepare, we underestimated demand."

And their marketing department cackles evillly and laughs "Aaah! The buzz! The precious buzz! Yesssssss!"

 

[darjr]

I love the art, but easy to print for this wins hands down. If there is art I'm striping it to print it anyways.