Has 3.5E "failed"?

[Darrin Drader]

Whats odd about that? I've got two copies (as DM I like to keep a "table copy" handy for player reference and keep one of my own at hand).

Same here. I have 2 copies of the Player's handbook - one for my desk and DMs copy, and the other for my wife for when we play. I also have 3 copies of D20 Modern and 2 copies of the Darwin's World hard cover. I plan to get a second copy of the Babylon 5 roleplaying game and factbook soon. As you can see, I don't let the old player's excuse "But I don't have the book" stand in the way of a good game.

 

[Ranger REG]

FWIW, I'll probably pick up 3.5e in 2005. For now, the 3.5e SRD is a good update companion to my 3e books.

 

[Vigilance]

If 3.5 was a failure sign me up for some of that "failure". If I sell 500 copies I feel like a rock star.

Chuck

 

[Ranger REG]

How much money do you pocket for selling 500 copies?

 

[Darrin Drader]

If 3.5 was a failure sign me up for some of that "failure". If I sell 500 copies I feel like a rock star.

Chuck

Well, RPG Objects is THE most under-recognized publisher in the buisness. I'm just happy to be one of the 500 people helping keep you guys afloat.

 

[MerricB]

FWIW, I'll probably pick up 3.5e in 2005. For now, the 3.5e SRD is a good update companion to my 3e books.

A good way of doing it. Unfortunately, the 3.5E books were so shiny and new I couldn't resist buying them...

The other four players in my group have the 3.5E PHBs; one has a 3.5E DMG as well. He's going to run a session or three soon, and I've pointed him in the direction of the SRD, as he is rather poor.

I really don't believe the people running WotC are stupid enough to think that everyone playing 3E would buy 3.5E!

If 3.5E adversely affected the ongoing sales of D&D (thus, instead of the 100,000+ copies of the PHB Ryan Dancey mentioned were sold in 2002, only 10,000 copies of the PHB were sold in 2005), then that'd be a big problem.

The next big thing for D&D will be the new Basic set, of course.

Cheers!

 

[Felon]

So we're having a thread to answer the question of whether or not 3.5e is a failure is predicated on the rather questionable accusation that it was nothing more than a grab for $$$ (even though they went and made most of that content available for free in the SRD)? Just sounds like fishing for flames to me, but I'd say 3.5e accomplished what it was intended to do. New editions of the books had to be printed last year one way or the other. Why not make enough updates and changes that it's more useful to both gamers and the d20 publishing community? If it sells a few more books, then great. Nobody's forced to buy the revised editions.

A lot of folks have the weird notion that it's WotC's obligation to provide them with a free hobby. The reality is that they actually have to stay in business to keep D&D going.

 

[Vigilance]

How much money do you pocket for selling 500 copies?

That's complicated by the fact that I get a commission for every print and PDF book that is sold that I write, which is nice because PDFs especially have a longer life span than print books.

Suffice it to say enough to (very modestly) support myself.

Chuck

 

[Vigilance]

Well, RPG Objects is THE most under-recognized publisher in the buisness. I'm just happy to be one of the 500 people helping keep you guys afloat.

Thanks a lot bud, that means a lot

To make a slight correction, all my books have sold MORE than 500, but 500 is my rock-star-ego-trip-threshold.

Chuck

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

I think 3.5e has been a great success. Most people I know are using it, or are planning to use it soon because they don't want to change systems half way through a campaign.

Personally, I think it solved a lot of problems, cleared up a few things and made the game more like how I want to play it.