This price doesn't bother me much... The current Pathfinder miniatures sold in blind-boxes of 4 figures are $15 MSRP, so the price is pretty much in line with that, I think.
I've never bought one of those boosters though, do those include stat cards of any card, or just the minis?
I agree it's a big jump, and frankly, I just don't get it.
In 2003, the 320pp Player's Handbook for 3.5 came out at $30.
In 2008, the 320pp Player's Handbook for 4e came out at $35.
Both of those come out to right around $38.50 in today's dollars.
Presently, the 320pp Advanced Player's Guide...
I am a collector of D&D products and I'm interested in playing the new game, so I'm definitely buying all of these core books (already pre-ordered them in fact). But, I have to question their strategy in pricing the core books at $50 each. Compare to Pathfinder, still their strongest...
I wanted to mention the black box as well. This is how I learned D&D. The box was great and had both an introductory learning experience as well as a more traditional reference rulebook. This made for a great starter set because you got a tailor-made learning tool as well as the actual game...
My indisputable top 3 in this category, and I am surprised that none have been mentioned yet (not necessarily in this order, mind you):
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Begotten
Antichrist
Exactly where I am in my thinking. I do most of my narrative reading on the train during my commute (unless a book gets me so hooked I keep reading after I get home). Also ebooks are easy to demo a sample off in just a few seconds search and download time, the buying price is usually cheaper...
This talk of URL vs QR code is surprising to me. Thankfully there is an easy compromise: just put both in the book. That way people with smart phones have an easy link requiring no typing (I personally prefer this), and everyone else can just type the URL.
I'm all about it. I love pre-painted miniatures games from the D&D line. They've done great work in recent years with Dungeon Command and the D&D miniatures line a few years ago. I miss that stuff so this is welcome for me. Any new side shot type D&D games are a peasantry for me.
What I would be interested in is a highly configurable, modular type of system that is designed to be house ruled and can easily have different features plugged in or taken out. Open source design philosophy. Think Arduino of RPGs type of mentality. Make it easy for me to take content from...
Been reading Gardens of the Moon off and on for months. I just for he time to really devote to reading sessions with it and its a book you can't appreciate or easily follow without devoting a fair amount of attention to it. I like it but I just can't devote myself to it the way I need to to...
I like it but I don't think I can muster it. I still haven't gotten much out of my Reaper Bones Vampire set. I've spent so much on Dwarven Forge, Myth, and Drake and also on the new Magic Modern Masters set that I just really need to take a break unfortunately.
I like Scott Snyder's Batman, the new Swamp Thing and Animal Man (and Justice League Dark, Constantine, I Vampire). That's about it at the moment. I read everything Vertigo just because I've read everything Vertigo since its inception and I suppose I will continue to collect it until it dies...
I just wanted to let you know that I can get all of your Pathfinder books for $253.69 on CoolStuffInc, brand new and with free shipping. I understand you want to make as much as you can back for these and that your books are in mostly never touched condition, but the prospect of getting them...
Currently, I own AD&D 1E, 3.5E, and 4E, and I have pre-ordered the woodgrain box re-release of OD&D. I used to own 2E books with my brother in my childhood, but I don't know where those books are today. My brother might have them. I dunno.