Just got Midnight

[muhcashin]

I bought Midnight today. Haven't really had time to read it, but one thing struck me. What's the deal with the first 10 pages being color and the rest in lousy B&W? I mean, if you're going to put colour, make every single page color. Not half, not 3%, THE WHOLE FREAKING THING!

Now, that I got that off my chest, I'd like to say the setting looks good. The races are somewhat better, elves, dwarves, gnomes and halflings are all cool. There's not crappy race, no half-elf. There are elflings, which are elf/halfling children. They look very very nice. The art is fantastic by the way. Only it were ALL in color.

 

[EricNoah]

I guess it's a way to showcase some color art without driving the price of the product up too much. Other books have done the same -- Nyambe and Dragonstar come to mind.

 

[Felon]

Sure, Palladium's books for Rifts did that. The artwork was the best thing about the game lol.

 

[muhcashin]

How Does WotC Do it?

If colour drives the price of books up, how can WotC manage it? I mean their books aren't much more expensive than other I've bought. Midnight cost about 55$ (canadian dollars, yeah, I'm Canadian) that makes about 38 something US dollars I think.

To come to think of it, WotC books are expensive. FRCS was expensive. All the softcover FR books are expensive. The only cheap ones were the Core Rulebooks. Nice, marketing job. Got me thinking for awhile that Wizards books were cheaper.

 

[Mercule]

Re: How Does WotC Do it?

If colour drives the price of books up, how can WotC manage it? I mean their books aren't much more expensive than other I've bought. Midnight cost about 55$ (canadian dollars, yeah, I'm Canadian) that makes about 38 something US dollars I think.

On the books that actually are cheaper, I'm sure color is made possible by large print runs.

 

[Grazzt]

Re: How Does WotC Do it?

If colour drives the price of books up, how can WotC manage it? I mean their books aren't much more expensive than other I've bought. Midnight cost about 55$ (canadian dollars, yeah, I'm Canadian) that makes about 38 something US dollars I think.

Dont forget that WotC sells a TON more books than any d20 publisher in the "game." They can do full color art, charge XX.XX and still make a nice profit.

 

[Psion]

FFG's Dragonstar did this too... beginning section with color plates, the rest in B&W.

That said, I like Andy Brase's artwork so much, it doesn't matter all that much to me.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

I wish I knew how everyone was getting this book already. 4 local gaming stores and none of them have it Man, they've even got it in Canada already. Damn Canadians stealing my book.

 

[Torillan]

umm......

I wish I knew how everyone was getting this book already. 4 local gaming stores and none of them have it Man, they've even got it in Canada already. Damn Canadians stealing my book.

[Sheepishly looks down at the floor] Uh, I hate to tell you this, but I've had mine for about 2 weeks already. Sounds like the game stores around you aren't keeping up. Either that or they sold out already.

Happy hunting!!!

 

[muhcashin]

That said, I like Andy Brase's artwork so much, it doesn't matter all that much to me.

Amen to that. His work is simply stunning. Damn I wish it were colour.

Not to rub it in, Meepo, but the setting is pretty nice. There are all of changes though, especially in the magic department, that my player's are going to have a bit of trouble ajusting to. Plus, the fact that gold is worth crap all is gonig to make bartering ecounters a whole lot more interesting.