How many people are buying less books for 4E than previous editions?

[Connorsrpg]

Well, I promised myself, that I would not buy so many this time around 9as all previous eds). I am the DM and kept telling my players that they should buy the player books...but I love reading them so I buy them

I am very glad this time around though that those 'Complete' books are gone...good for all classes, etc. I like that you know where to go for 4e books. I am buying about as much as I have for other editions...which is most core books.

And to be honest, I am liking the roll-out for 4E an intend to keep on purchasing everything DM related, even though I have a DDI subscription.

Cheers, C

 

[Wormwood]

I'm as big a 4evangelist as anyone, yet I don't purchase as many books as I did during my 3e days.

I buy the 'fluffier' books like Open Grave and DMG2, but I see no point in picking up the 'crunch' books like AV2 and MM2 simply because it is *far* easier to access their content through the DDI*.

The same goes for adventures, since I have more than I'll ever be able to use at the moment---with more coming from Dungeon every month.

However, I do buy map tiles and the occasional D&D mini set.

*That said, I've played dozens and dozens of RPGs in the past 30 years---and I can't think of a single one that would have tempted me to pony up a monthly subscription fee for electronic supplementary material.

 

[Deepfire]

Bought (nearly) all 3.x Books I could get hold of ... hundreds of them - and bought one 4e book so far - by accident (was in the midnight movie bundle at drive-through - wouldn't have bought it if I knew that before). So my D&D Cash Spending went from 100s a month to zero a month - Now ICE, Mongoose, Pegasus and a lot smaller presses get my money

 

[Riley]

I'm buying more (or at least spending more on) 4e D&D books in the first eighteen months of the game than I did 3e books in the same period. However, I'm buying far fewer GSL books than I did OGL. That of course is due to availability, not interest.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I'm spending less, partly economics and partly DDI. As DM I do not feel the need to buy the player books and I can lookup the powers in the Character Builder or the Compendium and as a player I generally feel the same. I would buy books that have classes i am interested in or settings and fluff I am interested in.

 

[diaglo]

i bought all of the books for OD&D - d02 (upto feb 2006 release)

i own 0 4e.

 

[Khairn]

I'm spending significantly less on 4E than on 3E, for a variety of reasons.

The first is that I play less 4E than 3E (1 campaign vs 3), the 2nd is that I'm less interested in crunch than I am in exciting settings and adventures (which WotC isn't providing) and the 3rd is that I'm not reading about any upcoming products that are getting me really excited to play.

Part of that savings has gone to other companies, (Paizo, WW, Catalyst) and the rest I'm banking just in case someone comes out with a 4E setting & series of adventures that really make me want to play it.

 

[Dimitris]

I haven't bought any 4E books but I do purchase almost every Pathfinder book from PAIZO (2-3 books per month - adventure path, companion, chronicles, some modules, Pathfinder RPG books, map folios, item packs etc - ). From WotC I purchase dungeon tiles and miniatures.

My group is playing Pathfinder RPG on the world of Pathfinder. I am also thinking to expand my Conan RPG collection of books and to begin reading Dark Heresis.

 

[Raven Crowking]

4e doesn't float my boat, and therefore doesn't merit my wallet. I get far more adventure material per page, even with translating into another system, with Expeditious Retreat's OSRIC materials than I do with WotC's adventures, and at a far better price point.

I would buy a bunch of basic, expert, & 1e modules in pdf format if WotC was selling them. Alas, they are not. I also convert 3e adventures, but hate the delve format, so I am using other sources for those as well.

WotC is simply no longer producing anything that is of interest to me.



RC

 

[rjdafoe]

I am buying less books. However, I am also a DDI subscriber, so I don't need as many books.