D&D 5E Would you buy an updated PHB every year?

[Grazzt]

Nope.

 

[shadow]

No! I plan to use the book I bought for several years. Even if there are several small 'updates', I see no reason to buy another $50 book just so I could play the most recent version.

 

[Dausuul]

Whether I buy a new book, and how often, will depend on what the changes are. I would, today, buy an updated Player's Handbook that clarified the intent of the more confusing rules and improved usability *cough*spell lists*cough*. Oh, and fixed the halfling art. I would be a lot less enthusiastic about 4E-style functional errata.

I don't see me buying a new book every single year; but every few years, quite possibly.

 

[steeldragons]

Not a chance.

Nope. No way. Hell no....n' a big fat Nuh uh!

 

[Charles Wright]

No way in hell.

 

[Gundark]

Do you think this would mean we'll get those updates available online? If they incorporate them into new prints of the PHB, would you re-buy the PHB to have it up-to-date (or how much updated does it have to be for you to buy it again)? If the PHB reprints included not only updates, but also some additional material (like the 3.5 core books had) every year, would you be more interested?

I'm pretty sure Mearls said in an interview that this would be a online thing and that they wouldn't expect people to re-buy PHBs

 

[Tzarevitch]

If the game's flawed enough to justify a major revision a year later, chances are I won't be playing it in the meantime, so I'd have little interest in investing in a new version.

If the flaws are minor, requiring only minimal revision, then the updated rulebook won't provide sufficient new material to be worth buying again.

Agreed. If they need to do errata they should do so, but I am certainly not going to rebuy the same book each year for errata. Print it on the website. That's like me getting an OS for my computer, then having to rebuy it every year to get updates.

 

[GameDoc]

That's like me getting an OS for my computer, then having to rebuy it every year to get updates.

perfect analogy

 

[Hrothgar Rannúlfr]

No, I wouldn't buy a new one every year.

I might consider a new book when I wear this one out. But, I'd rather have an electronic copy (PDF or Kindle) that would be updated from time to time.

 

[TrippyHippy]

No.