D&D General DDB/WOTC Price Increases

[Belen]

Wow. I just checked out the Ravenloft pre-order on D&D Beyond saw the massive price increases. The DDB Physical + Digital ($60 + $15). That equates to a 50% increase in the digital add-on. I did not catch the page count on the book so I cannot really comment on the physical book price. I know that same book in digital used to be 24.99 and it is now 39.99. The massive bundle at $185 is insane. It may have been worth it for 99 or even 119 to get the cards and DM screen but $185?!

WOTC may be a pass for me moving forward.

 

[Nord Ronnoc]

Arcane Unleashed will cost about $50 while Deadfall is about $30.

 

[Belen]

Arcane Unleashed will cost about $50 while Deadfall is about $30.

I was midly interested in one of those. My guess is that they will have a super bundle at 200+ for that as well. The player book may be of interest but I do not use FR at all.

 

[Nord Ronnoc]

I was midly interested in one of those. My guess is that they will have a super bundle at 200+ for that as well. The player book may be of interest but I do not use FR at all.

Go with the bundles that just gives you the digital and physical books since the Ravenloft book has a bundle that's half the price of the Ultimate version. As for the campaign book, there's nothing wrong with getting the Deadfall book and implementing elements of it like enemy stat blocks to your campaign.

 

[Remathilis]

Wow. I just checked out the Ravenloft pre-order on D&D Beyond saw the massive price increases. The DDB Physical + Digital ($60 + $15). That equates to a 50% increase in the digital add-on. I did not catch the page count on the book so I cannot really comment on the physical book price. I know that same book in digital used to be 24.99 and it is now 39.99. The massive bundle at $185 is insane. It may have been worth it for 99 or even 119 to get the cards and DM screen but $185?!

WOTC may be a pass for me moving forward.

Not justifying WotC's pricing, just pointing out

The physical book is 288 pages.
The complete bundle comes with the book, the digital book, the cards ($25), the DM screen ($25) and the map pack with tokens ($25).

 

[saviirkad]

I know that same book in digital used to be 24.99 and it is now 39.99.

Do you mean 24.99 as part of a bundle, or some other currency than USD?

Because full books were $29.99 USD since I first started buying them in 2018.

 

[Belen]

Not justifying WotC's pricing, just pointing out

The physical book is 288 pages.
The complete bundle comes with the book, the digital book, the cards ($25), the DM screen ($25) and the map pack with tokens ($25).

The map packs with tokens seem to come with the normal physical/digital combo.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Not sure i understand the problem?

The books vary in price more than they used to based on size, and price has increased very slightly...as it must. The bundles are still a good deal.

 

[bergec]

Old-timer perspective. When I bought my first hardcovers—the 1st edition AD&D core books, in the mid-80s—they were $15 and 128 pages with black & white art. That's $45 in 2026 dollars. The 5.5e core books are $50, exactly three times the page count, and have full-color art.

Myself? I can't complain.