Did you buy the Special Edition Player's Handbook?

[Krieg]

Ouch, Krieg. Your words are daggers that cut into my heart.

I can assure that was not my intent.

Have you no sense of childlike wonder?

I was a cheap SOB as a child, would still have gone after the cheaper more pragmatic choice. Unless the more expensive version was really, really cool...which unfortunately to me this is not.

For the record I pre-ordered a copy of the limited edition a Game of Thrones RPG from GOO, so price alone is not the issue to me.

It's a collector's edition and it's neat.

If you are happy with it then that is the only thing that matters.

 

[Eremite]

How did you pay for it, Merric? The cheapest I've seen it in Brisbane is AUD99.95 and I'm not prepared to pay that (considering I was able to buy Lost Empires of Faerun for only AUD34.95, but that was without the ribbon... ).

I already have two copies of the 3.5E PHB and I'm not prepared to throw away good money on another unless I can get it for a good price... and AUD99.95 is not a good price, IMO.

 

[MerricB]

How did you pay for it, Merric? The cheapest I've seen it in Brisbane is AUD99.95 and I'm not prepared to pay that (considering I was able to buy Lost Empires of Faerun for only AUD34.95, but that was without the ribbon... ).

About that, yes. That's not bad for LEoF - I bought Races of the Wild for aus$40 or so.

Cheers!

 

[Li Shenron]

Never thought about buying it. I buy the books for the content, not for the cover.

It's leather, not leatherette.

Not even if it was human skin

 

[MonsterMash]

Nope. I do buy special editions of games that I really like but the D&D PHB just wasn't special enough.

My feelings exactly. Its on my lottery win purchase list (i.e. if I had a few million then I'd buy it, but otherwise I have a PHB and Mongoose Pocket PHB).

 

[Turanil]

No, don't need to get that book, nor the desire, especially when with the money I could buy 2 or 3 other D&D/d20 books... As a collector, having errata and a leatherette (LOL!) cover is not enough justification to spend 75$ in it. However, the fourth edition that will be 3.5 with new artwork and layout for 30$: okay.

 

[Eremite]

I got Races of the Wild for AUD39.95. One of the shops in Brisbane is really making an effort to sell WotC products cheaply.

 

[Dragonhelm]

The way I figure is that they got my money for the PHB 3.0, then got even more money from me for the PHB 3.5 (not to mention all the PHBs I bought from prior editions). Now they put out another edition with a pretty cover?

It may be a collector's item, but there comes a point where you have to call it quits. With a hefty $75 price tag which essentially only gets me a pretty cover (and a ribbon!), I'm not sure it's worth it.

To each their own, though.

 

[Turanil]

With a hefty $75 price tag which essentially only gets me a pretty cover (and a ribbon!), I'm not sure it's worth it.

Maybe it's a silk ribbon?

 

[johnsemlak]

Nope. I do buy special editions of games that I really like but the D&D PHB just wasn't special enough.

Mind you, I havne't bought it either, but mainly because of price.