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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9128104" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>It's a bit different this time around though.</p><p></p><p> In the past, when a new edition came around, not only did you need to buy your new core books, but you had to replace your entire library. This time around, you can still use most of your books with the new books. There's nothing stopping you from running Out of the Abyss with the new books. It's not even a case of updating or converting. The straight up modules and things like Xanathar's and Volo's still straight up work. I don't know how much that played into other people's buying patterns but it certainly affected mine. When 3e rolled out, I didn't switch. It wasn't until two years in that I bought the new books, mostly because I joined a new group that was using the new edition. When 3.5 came out, my buying dropped to almost nil. Just the core books and a few odds and sods and I didn't even buy a 3.5 DMG. 4e was the same - core only and that's mostly because of 3 book set.</p><p></p><p>This time around, you can do things a lot more piecemeal. If you buy a 2024 PHB when it first releases, you don't really need to buy anything else. Over time, you buy the MM and the DMG as needed. I think you'll see a lot of hybrid groups. </p><p></p><p>The bigger difference, IMO, will be D&D Beyond. So many gamers are digital now. Buy the 2024 core 3 and it's integrated with your 2014 source books and possibly the new VTT and suddenly making the shift is pretty easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9128104, member: 22779"] It's a bit different this time around though. In the past, when a new edition came around, not only did you need to buy your new core books, but you had to replace your entire library. This time around, you can still use most of your books with the new books. There's nothing stopping you from running Out of the Abyss with the new books. It's not even a case of updating or converting. The straight up modules and things like Xanathar's and Volo's still straight up work. I don't know how much that played into other people's buying patterns but it certainly affected mine. When 3e rolled out, I didn't switch. It wasn't until two years in that I bought the new books, mostly because I joined a new group that was using the new edition. When 3.5 came out, my buying dropped to almost nil. Just the core books and a few odds and sods and I didn't even buy a 3.5 DMG. 4e was the same - core only and that's mostly because of 3 book set. This time around, you can do things a lot more piecemeal. If you buy a 2024 PHB when it first releases, you don't really need to buy anything else. Over time, you buy the MM and the DMG as needed. I think you'll see a lot of hybrid groups. The bigger difference, IMO, will be D&D Beyond. So many gamers are digital now. Buy the 2024 core 3 and it's integrated with your 2014 source books and possibly the new VTT and suddenly making the shift is pretty easy. [/QUOTE]
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