Spelljammer D&D Direct Live Report: 9am PDT (5pm BST) SPELLJAMMER CONFIRMED! DRAGONLANCE!

OblivionDrive · Apr 21, 2022

Weiley31 said:
Also: their new style Crit-Role like show is pretty much a Spelljammer campaign, which is a nice showcase for the new Spelljammer. And Minsc/Boo seem to be appearing in it as well! Shame they couldn't get Jim Cummings to reprise his role as Minsc, but still cool nonetheless.

I mean Zub as Minsc fits what they did at the one live event. Shame there’s no Mercer as Boo again though.

Mercurius · Apr 21, 2022

The pictures of the Spelljammer books don't look like 64 pages. Maybe thicker pages, or maybe they're digital renderings, but still.

pkt77242 · Apr 21, 2022

Any screen shots of the alt cover?

teitan · Apr 21, 2022

Kurotowa said:
Three book gimmick aside, I'm not surprised by the price increase. Printing costs have got to be going up with all the pandemic era supply chain disruptions, and the books were low margin to begin with. Mark it down as another sign of the inflationary times.

Not at that rate no. That’s the extra cost of the boards and the slipcase and screen being passed on. On one hand it’s a deal because it’s a $50 book and a screen which would be $70 but the issue is they’re charging $50 for the DDB version of a 192 page book based on the $70 retail version. A similar page count pathfinder book or Starfinder book is 40.

Bill Zebub · Apr 21, 2022

Looks like I'll be saving some money in 2022 that I can spend on Kickstarter instead.

darjr · Apr 21, 2022

Wizards is streaming their Gather.Town! Yeas! thankyou!

Mercurius · Apr 21, 2022

pkt77242 said:
Any screen shots of the alt cover?

Its on the product page:

Spelljammer: Adventures in Space | Dungeons & Dragons

Explore the starlit Astral Plane with this set of three books + components! Spelljammer: Adventures in Space gives you guides, stats, a poster, a DM screen, and more!

dnd.wizards.com

Ruin Explorer · Apr 21, 2022

Mercurius said:
The pictures of the Spelljammer books don't look like 64 pages. Maybe thicker pages, or maybe they're digital renderings, but still.

They said it though, be weird to understate it. If it's totally wrong and we're looking at 360 or something that's expensive but no longer in actual rip off territory.

Weiley31 · Apr 21, 2022

I honestly hope they continue with this 5E Box Set approach. Maybe not for EVERYTHING but for certain things. Like Dark Sun and Planescape. Dragonlance would've been a good idea for the same approach, but I feel like the Warlords of Krynn Battle Game is "partly" responsible for making it not use the same approach as Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. (since I personally feel that the mass combat rules in it will probably also be compatible for regular 5E games.) I never had the pleasure of playing/getting the box sets of old because, well, I got into DND far beyond that when they stopped doing that and it was just books. So, I am feeling the kind of excitement that players probably felt back in the day when the box sets were a more common approach.

I honestly don't care if it's a price increase or it doesn't seem like three hardcover books of 64 pages is worth it. I like what I see so I'm gonna sure as Baator nab it.