Special Edition PHB?

[DaveMage]

It's kind of funny that, at every stage of speculation in this thread, people have chimed in to state how much they hate WotC. First they were jerks for releaseing a special edition that did have new and improved content, and now they're jerks for releasing a special edition that *doesn't* have new and improved content. On top of this, they're apparently jerks for releasing a special edition at all.

Gamers are weird.

Oh, I don't hate WotC in any sense of the word. I'm just very disappointed in this particular product. (Which is something that has never happened before.)

TSR/WotC had yet to produce a product, in any edition, that I have said "I will not buy that as soon as I can".

I mean, look at what they did for the 25 year anniversary. They had a gorgeous box set with reprinted classics as well as some new material. That was great stuff! Of course, most (if not all) the people behind that box set are no longer there.

 

[buzz]

Oh, I don't hate WotC in any sense of the word.

Okay, then just read "hate" as "various degrees of negative commentary".

I mean, look at what they did for the 25 year anniversary. They had a gorgeous box set with reprinted classics as well as some new material. That was great stuff! Of course, most (if not all) the people behind that box set are no longer there.

I wodner how many poeple complained about that when it came out.

From what I've read about WotC's plans for the 30th anniversary (special edition PHB, the coffee-table book on D&D's history, the "learn to play D&D" days they're sponsoring, etc.), I'm pretty satisfied.

 

[Kesh]

Ya know, if they had done a leather-bound, single book that contained the PHB & DMG in a single volume (with errata), that would be worth the $75 to me. As it stands... no.

 

[Treebore]

Buzz,

"gamers are wierd" has been part of our stereotype since the beginning.

Kesh,

I will "ditto" that!

 

[DaveMage]

Okay, then just read "hate" as "various degrees of negative commentary".


I wodner how many poeple complained about that when it came out.

From what I've read about WotC's plans for the 30th anniversary (special edition PHB, the coffee-table book on D&D's history, the "learn to play D&D" days they're sponsoring, etc.), I'm pretty satisfied.

I just think it's a wasted opportunity - that's what disappoints me.

I've wanted a "Deluxe Player's Handbook" for many years, which would have a high production value, as well as annotations/sage advice built in. Ideally, it would also have splat-book highlights included, as well as some new (not revised) material, such as extra spells or feats, or whatever.

This would have been the perfect opportunity, yet, if it goes to print as advertised, it's a whole lot less than that.

I mean, I even bought the 2E "updated" Player's Handbook when it came out - not that I needed to. Most people said I was wasting my $$, but at least that one had the errata fixed, even if it didn't add anything new.

 

[buzz]

I've wanted a "Deluxe Player's Handbook" for many years, which would have a high production value, as well as annotations/sage advice built in. Ideally, it would also have splat-book highlights included, as well as some new (not revised) material, such as extra spells or feats, or whatever.

I'd love to see this as well. I was really looking forward to the annotated version FFE and Skip were supposedly working on. Of course, as has already been done in this tread, then you'd get people complaining that they were somehow getting screwed out of an "update".

I'm merely observing how gaming companies (WotC in particular) just can't win... at least on gaming forums.

 

[francisca]

I'm merely observing how gaming companies (WotC in particular) just can't win... at least on gaming forums.

I think only Paizo has it worse....

 

[I'm A Banana]

I cannot believe WotC would jump on the "collector's edition" bandwagon.

I cannot believe that you cannot believe that the company who pretty much *invented* the Collectable Card Game would jump on the "collector's edition" bandwagon.

That said, $75 is....ouch.....but it sounds like it's their intent to produce something that only a very select group of people would buy (hence, making it a collector's item).

 

[Ranger REG]

What they do with their TCG (blecch!) business is their own, as long it does not spill over into their RPG business, which unfortunately it has now.

But WotC is not the first company as a RPG publisher that offers "collector's edition" RPG books. But there seems to be a market for it ... like bobbleheads.