Eberron 3.5 or 4e?

[malraux]

I'll go with the consensus and agree that the correct edition is the one you like best or are most comfortable with. Both editions do Eberron pretty well.

As for which books to buy, it really depends on your budget and what you want. Obviously, you'll want the campaign book for the appropriate edition, and personally, I think the 4e CS book is a bit more accessible than the 3e one.

Since you asked about it specifically, yes, the 3e Players Guide to Eberron is excellent. It does a pretty good job of covering specific levels of knowledge on a bunch of topics. As for the rest of the 3e books, I'm slowly collecting them myself and thus far haven't found any of them to be stinkers. The only advice I have is to buy stuff you'll either be interested in, or plan to make part of your campaign, as the Eberron books do a good job of "compartmentalizing" their info. The Xendrix book is really only important if you want to go to Xendrix, the Dragonmarked book is useful if you want to involve the houses, etc.

 

[Mercurius]

I'll offer another vote for the 4E guide as being a superior campaign book, but as many have said, you've got a ton of source material in the 3E books. A nice place to start a campaign would be Stormreach, if you want a lot of dungeoncrawls and exploration, so I'd look for the Stormreach and Secrets of X'endrik hardcovers. Sharn is another option.

 

[Mercule]

Either works great. 4e may work a bit better, but not outstandingly so, but keep your 3.5 fluff books. I'm still lamenting getting rid of my Sharn book, since I'm using Sharn as the main city for the AP.

 

[Feeroper]

Thanks for all the advice. Im gonna pick up the 4e books and a couple 3e ones for fluff. Ithink at this point Ill just pick up the 3e Players guide and move out from there as needed.