Hungary?!?

[mhensley]

No offense to Hungarians, but how on earth does a D&D book get released there a month before it gets released in the US?

 

[withak]

Maybe a local translation got leaked?

 

[Vigilance]

They might be closer to ground zero than us

Maybe its coming by land from China, instead of by ship?

 

[Wolfspider]

Maybe we REALLY aren't the intended audience for the new edition.

How do you say "WotC fired me" in Hungarian?

 

[Teemu]

Books shipped already but can't be sold until the official release date?

 

[TwinBahamut]

One guy from Hungary on the WotC 4E boards is saying that Hungary got 3E around the time 3.5 was released, and that they never got 3.5E at all. Also, there has been no word on Hungarian message boards about this info. It seems that one guy from Hungary is disbelieving the reports...

 

[architect.zero]

I'm remaining skeptical until there are verifiable page scans, or the actual publish date arrives.

It may be that the book was published in Hungary, or some other poor country in Eastern Europe, but AFAIK most RPG material is being published in China. If it's published in China then it's coming by sea rather than overland otherwise the costs would be ridiculous. But that's just speculation on my part.

 

[Zoombaba]

Maybe its coming by land from China, instead of by ship?

Via camel on the Spice Route, no doubt. It will give the books that well-traveled smell.

 

[Alnag]

It may be that the book was published in Hungary, or some other poor country in Eastern Europe, but AFAIK most RPG material is being published in China.

It is Central Europe. Poverty is questionable. On the other hands I've heard that Hungary gets their WotC product late usually. So this is a bit surprising, but on the other hand I tend to believe the fact, that the guy has the book. Just maybe not from the shop...

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

No offense to Hungarians, but how on earth does a D&D book get released there a month before it gets released in the US?

The preview card for the Spined Devil was posted on a German site roughly three weeks before it's official November 3 release date. And Helium 3 says he's already been writing a review of Races and Classes. I suspect that a lot of stores get products early but they usually honour the release date.