D&D 5E [Merged] D&D Next/5E Release Schedule Threads

[Mistwell]

Items are now listed on amazon.ca, with a 37% discount -- $36 (placing it below Amazon.com).

Woo!

Yeah that's $33 USD!

I bet that's a sign the price will come down on the US site. Amazon often does that with their pre-orders, plays with the pricing before the thing finally comes out.

 

[Agamon]

Items are now listed on amazon.ca, with a 37% discount -- $36 (placing it below Amazon.com).

Thanks, I think I last checked 5 minutes before you posted, lol.

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

I think there's reason to believe it'll have that. 5 levels, plus enough monsters to mix and remix to get that XP, and it would be hard to imagine it not lasting at least that long.

Part of the awesome thing about D&D is that it's dense. Those bits of character and world info provide a LOT of replayability.

We got far more than 5 months from the black box, back in 90's. Actually, we probably got some years out of it. And that was before the internet. I mean, before you could go online and find a lot of additional support material to use with it. As long as there's some cool monsters and rules for character creation, I expect a group of players to get more from their starter set than a single 1-5 run.

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

I got the image from amazon.com, they have updated the items with higher resolution images. I still think they are mockups though, or the graphics on them are mockups. The art is probably what they wanted.

I'm not thrilled with the covers either but since they're the same on the WOTC site I'm pretty sure they're final.

 

[DaveMage]

Heh. These $50 core books are certainly not "loss leaders".


To me, the most shocking thing about these announcements is that WotC FARMED OUT their premiere adventures! Wow!

I was wondering if they'd be able to do quality adventures, and I guess the answer is "no!" Kobold Press, of course, is a fabulous choice to do adventures, so they'll very likely be great, but I wonder if this will be a pattern whereby WotC farms out everything that's not core (and, thus, the biggest sellers).

It will be fascinating to watch.

 

[fjw70]

Heh. These $50 core books are certainly not "loss leaders".


To me, the most shocking thing about these announcements is that WotC FARMED OUT their premiere adventures! Wow!

I was wondering if they'd be able to do quality adventures, and I guess the answer is "no!" Kobold Press, of course, is a fabulous choice to do adventures, so they'll very likely be great, but I wonder if this will be a pattern whereby WotC farms out everything that's not core (and, thus, the biggest sellers).

It will be fascinating to watch.

I was wondering is they did this since their people were busy working on the rulebooks or because they feel they need to outsource since they don't have the core competency for adventure writing.

 

[DM Howard]

It all looks pretty good to me. I understand the need to not mess up the three core books with all the Errata and everything, but I am still sorely bummed that the three books won't be out all together.

 

[jodyjohnson]

I really like the cover art. I am a bit put off by the "World's Greatest Roleplaying Game" tagline.

It's well behind Cops & Robbers, Cowboys & Indians, and the #1 favorite Playing Doctor.

 

[Jack99]

Heh. These $50 core books are certainly not "loss leaders".


To me, the most shocking thing about these announcements is that WotC FARMED OUT their premiere adventures! Wow!

I was wondering if they'd be able to do quality adventures, and I guess the answer is "no!" Kobold Press, of course, is a fabulous choice to do adventures, so they'll very likely be great, but I wonder if this will be a pattern whereby WotC farms out everything that's not core (and, thus, the biggest sellers).

It will be fascinating to watch.

Indeed, very interesting. And in my book, a win for those of us who want to buy D&D adventures, but might feel underwhelmed at times by WotC's efforts in the field. With that said, it is very likely it is only for the first couple of adventures, simply because all resources have been devoted to the core books, and when those are done, the resources are funneled into writing adventures.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I'd still get it even at the advertised prices, though I suspect that Canadian stores aren't going to be selling it at $57, they might go down to $55 or to the American amount in Canadian dollars, or even lower than that. In August I'll be curious to see how much the gaming stores will sell it at, and how much Chapters might sell it at and how they would both compare to Amazon.