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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PapersAndPaychecks" data-source="post: 5618201" data-attributes="member: 28854">Absolutely!  Anyone interested should check out the free .pdf and decide if OSRIC's what they want before spending any money.  There are plenty of people who play only using the free .pdf.If you're in the market for a hardback, Lulu always have it via print on demand for the cost price, which is $26.This price point dictated that Black Blade's hardback would also have to cost $26, but Black Blade's came from an offset printer.Black Blade's version is a little different from Lulu's.  The text is almost the same throughout--Black Blade's includes fixes for a couple of typos that I sent them at the last minute, but you'd have to be a serious enthusiast to notice the difference--and both are 400 pages. However, Black Blade's printing is on better quality (thicker, heavier-grade) paper.  It includes extra artwork replacing the blank chapter end pages in vanilla OSRIC.  And finally, the Black Blade version has red endpapers at front and back just inside the covers.BBP printed 300 copies originally, and I'm not sure how many are left.  I suspect GenCon in August will make a serious dent in their supply.If you don't want to pay $26--and I realise there are people who can't afford $26, or who may be buying for family members or for a whole gaming group at a time--then there's a softcover.  It's only available from Lulu and it costs $15.70.British people should seriously consider either buying from Lulu or else, if buying Black Blade's print, getting together in a group to make a multi-copy order.  Black Blade's version costs serious money in shipping to the UK.I'm pleased to say that with the current exchange rates, Brits can get Lulu's softcover for £9.80, and you only have to pay shipping from Milton Keynes.  Wait til they're having one of their 20% off sales to save even more money.</blockquote>

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