[S&S] A Pricing Question

[AnthonyRoberson]

I may just be ignorant of the marketplace, but I recently purchased The Tomb of Abysthor and the Psionics Toolkit for review and I had a question.

Both products are priced at $11.99 US, but The Tomb of Abysthor is a lot bigger book at 96 pages. Can someone give me an explanation for that? As a consumer, I perceive the Psionics Toolkit to be a poorer value since I am getting fewer pages for the same price.

Thanks for any information you can provide. I will be sure to include it in my review.

Anthony Roberson

 

[HellHound]

Module vs Sourcebook

I would disagree.

Modules are single use. You are paying $11.99 for a single use of 96 pages of material.

Sourcebooks are reference material that get used game after game. You are paying $11.99 for ten to one hundred (or more) uses of fewer pages of material.

I feel that sourcebooks are more valuable than modules overall, and can be priced accordingly.

 

[trancejeremy]

96 pages for $12? That's a very good deal, assuming they are full sized pages. Usually 92 pages books go for $20 or more

 

[Crothian]

It's hard to judge just length. I buy 112pg books from on company for 8$, and another company for 15$. Does that automatically make the cheaper book better? No, it's the content that really matters.

 

[Nightfall]

Tomb was supposed to be shorter. Clarke mentioned this but they couldn't cut out the good stuff...so they kept it in. Course I hope Clarke shows up to help my case.

 

[Walter_J]

Clark explained the situation over on the Necromancer forums.

 

[Fiery James]

Hey Anthony,

Everyone's pretty much hit upon the reasons: Necromancer went through the same thing with Abysthor that we did with Beyond All Reason - it just ended up bigger than projected.

The price is set far in advance of actual release. We felt that $11.99 for a Psionics Sourcebook that was 56 pages was a decent price.

Tomb of Abysthor and Beyond All Reason ended up being priced a little low, actually. Take advantage while you can!

- James

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Tomb of Abysthor and Beyond All Reason ended up being priced a little low, actually. Take advantage while you can!

I already did! Both are great products! So is the Psionics Toolkit BTW.

 

[Orcus]

The above info is correct.

Tomb was initially solicited as a 64 page book at an 11.95 price. Becasue it was delayed we felt we should keep that price point. Problems is (or for the purchaser, the good part) is that I went nuts and over wrote the product. I didnt think it would be fair to cut it down since people had waited for it. So I said what the heck and kept it at 96 pages and sold it at the 11.95 price. I thought it was the right thing to do.

So buy it now!

Clark