D&D 4E Older 4E books no longer available?

[ggroy]

I don't know if this means anything.

Just noticed there are several older 4E D&D titles which are no longer directly available from amazon.com:

- Keep on the Shadowfell
- Player's Handbook 1
- Adventurer's Vault 1
- Forgotten Realms Player's Guide
- Dungeon Delve

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

I don't know if this means anything.

Just noticed there are several older 4E D&D titles which are no longer directly available from amazon.com:

- Keep on the Shadowfell
- Player's Handbook 1
- Adventurer's Vault 1
- Forgotten Realms Player's Guide
- Dungeon Delve

Frequently Amazon does not restock books once they have sold all the ones they originally ordered.

I just took a look and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook is no longer in stock either.

So its not worthy of a "The Sky is Falling" or "4th edition is Dying Moment"

 

[Shroomy]

You can still get the PHB thru Amazon via the 4e gift set.

 

[Dice4Hire]

SOme of the first books have been hard to get from Amazon Japan for a while. Not a biggie, but it is hard for our new player, who would like to gat PHBII

 

[Jdvn1]

... So how do I get my 34% discount now?

 

[Dice4Hire]

... So how do I get my 34% discount now?

Get a job that earns 33% more and you'll get a 34% discount on life.

 

[delericho]

The only one that surprises me is the PHB1.

Otherwise, I would expect these books to have a single largish print run (maybe two if they sell really well), and then be gone. (And, actually, far from this being a "4e is failing" moment, this instead indicates some strength in the line - books are selling out their entire runs.)

That said, this really strengthens the case for bringing back PDF sales - that way, no title need ever truly become unavailable.

 

[WalterKovacs]

Also this does point to the Essentials as 'evergreen' idea. With PHB possibly ending up "sold out" as some of the bigger sellers, they want to point people to the "new" core books, and focus new content on "requires HoFL and HoFK" instead of requiring the PHBs, etc. Bad news for people that want non-Essential stuff in books, hopefully Dragon takes up the slack.

 

[Jhaelen]

Well just like 'Heroes of Shadow' mentioned on its back that you need the Essentials books to use the contained material, every future release will be written under the assumption you have them and use them.

That some of the material may also be used without access to Essentials books is more of a side-effect.

 

[Thanlis]

Black Diamond Games reports that they simply can't get a lot of 4e titles any more, here:

Quest for Fun!: Inflection Point

I don't completely buy his alarmism and I think his point about Paizo is well-made, but it is definitely a contrast to the 3e days. Perhaps keeping everything in print forever is bad business, though. Who knows?