Just me, or are 4th ed Deluxe books...tacky? :/

[Darkwolf71]

Not fussy at all. The 4e special edition books looked like very meh to me as well.

A special edition that would have appealed too me would be:

Faux leather cover
Non-glossy yellowed paper
Only Black, Sepia or bloodlike ink.
Art redone to look like medieval woodcuts.
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Yeah, that 20th Anniversary Edition CoC book is pretty nice.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

That would be sweet.

And insanely expensive. The other suggestions are spot-on, though.

 

[Weregrognard]

I have the set and they are tacky.


But they are also errata'd

This is the only reason I bought them, and then only at a hefty online discount.

 

[Pbartender]

...or bloodlike ink.​

The color you're looking for is "oxblood".

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Frankthedm,

The first boxed set for the Forgotten Realms had GORGEOUS internal artwork, now that's what I'd love, sepia toning, parchment pages etc, mmm Always loved that.

And as a general point, to me, books are a very tactile, pleasurable thing to use, if you use it that much why NOT have a sweet, pleasing version, hm?

 

[Mournblade94]

Not fussy at all. The 4e special edition books looked like very meh to me as well.

A special edition that would have appealed too me would be:

Faux leather cover
Non-glossy yellowed paper
Only Black, Sepia or bloodlike ink.
Art redone to look like medieval woodcuts.
​

I doubt you will see something like that as the designers have specifically said they were trying to move away from D&D as medieval fantasy, and keep it just fantasy in general.

 

[DonAdam]

I wonder how many of these would be selling at all if it wasn't for the errata.

 

[Korgoth]

And insanely expensive. The other suggestions are spot-on, though.

Because WOTC would overcharge for it? The similar Chaosium book wasn't insanely expensive... about the price of a "regular" WOTC deluxe book, iirc.

 

[Huw]

I'm a sucker for limited editions. I have all the White Wolf ones, which come in nice slipcases, the CoC green book with the yellow pages and elder sign on the front, and several several deluxe comic collections (Far Side and Sandman).

I would buy a similar quality 4e book, but frankly the ones WotC have released just don't grab me the way the above do. I didn't buy the 3e limited editions either - but I did buy the White Wolf limited edition 3e Ravenloft.

 

[Vorput]

They made these for 3.5 (3.0 as well?). The general consensus (on these boards at least) is that no one wants them.

Do they sell well?