Has the age of the big book arrived?

[DaveMage]

Don't forget the World Book of Khaas: Legendary Lands of Arduin, which has 821 pages.

http://empcho.bizhosting.com/worldguide.html

I gotta get that one day...

 

[Crothian]

Don't forget the World Book of Khaas: Legendary Lands of Arduin, which has 821 pages.

http://empcho.bizhosting.com/worldguide.html

Is that still in print? I heard they sold out and never heard that they did a reprint.

 

[Arnwyn]

Then they can't take advantage of the benifits of the PDF and they can go on complaining they can'y use these big all the while the smart customer has the PDFs and ease of use.

Ah, Crothian. Your wacky "teh luv" of PDFs continues to blind you to certain realities.

 

[HellHound]

Sure, but that's really a different issue altogether. Assuming you get to play the game, I don't see the difference between one big book and 2-3 smaller ones.

But that's exactly the point. I don't play the game, so buying D&D is less frightening because I *know* I can get players in the blink of an eye, whereas buying HERO5 would just provide me with reading material and something to terrify players with.

I own a LOT of RPGs that I don't play regularly / often / at all, but none of them are uber-huge books, because they require too much of an investment.

 

[buzz]

I own a LOT of RPGs that I don't play regularly / often / at all, but none of them are uber-huge books, because they require too much of an investment.

Ah, so if it were a 500pp+ D&D book, then you'd be more likely to take the risk, knowing it'd have a good chance of getting used?

I can understand that. I'm just saying that it's not an argument againts big books per se. E.g., assuming I play in regular Spycraft game, a big honkin' book for that game is going to look quite enticeing.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Is that still in print? I heard they sold out and never heard that they did a reprint.

I heard that it was the $100 hardcover that sold out and it went to a $60 soft back.

 

[Crothian]

Ah, Crothian. Your wacky "teh luv" of PDFs continues to blind you to certain realities.

WEll, I'll admit to having no idea what "Teh Luv" is, but what relaties am I blind to? At times though I do feel like those insane people in the 40's saying computers were going to be the wave of the future

 

[Glyfair]

I hate the trend toward big books, and hardcovers in general.

I don't mind the trend towards big books. At least with them you get more for your money (hopefully, it's more stuff you'll use).

However, I've always hated the trend towards hardcovers. I'm spending more money but getting no extra value from it. Indeed, it's worse for me because hardcovers are more work and effort to carry to a game when I want to use the.

There are a number of supplements I'd have bought in softcover but haven't touched because the publishers choose to put them out in hardcover. Apparently I'm in the minority. Maybe gamers with large collections tend to run at home or else figure carrying books to their games is the only exercise they get, so they'll make it count

 

[philreed]

As I continue to read Spycraft I find myself wishing that it were two 256-page books instead of one approximately 500-page book. I would have happily paid $35/each for two 256-page books -- yes this would have meant spending $30 more than the current approach but the books would have been easier for me to digest.