Thaaat's interesting. US publishing is very monopolized, I'm betting England has more independent publishers, thus a more competitive prices. Of course, as you say, until something is digital.
No the UK doesn't.
Amazon is just as big over here, and undercutting everybody else.
Oh, and the price of something over here is usually the same in £ as it is in the USA in $ (even before the latest UK market crash due to the disfunctional UK government).
I noticed that D&D Beyond are now selling combined Physical and Digital books, but I'm curious if there are any plans to offer a digital option for those of us who already have purchased physical copies in the past? For example, Pinnacle Gaming offer PDFs of their savage world books if you provide proof of purchase.
What is D&D Beyond able to offer those folks who have a physical book collection approaching ~£1000 of content, but really don't want to be purchasing the same thing at full price in a different medium. The problem is only exacerbated across virtual table tops, with each one having their own integrated versions.
What I'd actually like to see for D&D beyond is a subscription model when I simply get access to all current content, and when I stop paying it goes away. Especially if there are plans for a VTT from D&D beyond itself. I certainly don't want to have pay for each and every virtualised mini of a monster.
Thaaat's interesting. US publishing is very monopolized, I'm betting England has more independent publishers, thus a more competitive prices. Of course, as you say, until something is digital.
No the UK doesn't.
Amazon is just as big over here, and undercutting everybody else.
Oh, and the price of something over here is usually the same in £ as it is in the USA in $ (even before the latest UK market crash due to the disfunctional UK government).
Book prices in the UK are generally cheaper. I don't know much of how monopolised it is and what the causes are, though.
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What I'd actually like to see for D&D beyond is a subscription model when I simply get access to all current content, and when I stop paying it goes away. Especially if there are plans for a VTT from D&D beyond itself. I certainly don't want to have pay for each and every virtualised mini of a monster.
Kinda funny, but that is simultaneously both A) something that has been very highly requested for years, and B) criticized as one of the worst things that could possibly happen to D&D. ;) Especially since WotC bought DDB, it's been one of the clearest examples of "you can't please everyone" I have seen in a while.
Personally, I'm very skeptical about this bundle, it's nearly $10 more than the supposed "base-price" of Dragonlance, and it's $15 dollars more than what most companies are actually pricing it at for preorder. I would love both versions, but I'm not going to spend half as much money as the digital version of the book when I don't see why I need it much. So, I'll just by the regular physical version of the book if I buy it at all. I might start a thread on this in a couple days, but I really don't see who this bundle would be useful for.
And as KenMarable says, you can't please everyone. In trying to make people happy, WotC just made a not very useful bundle that might actually trick people to pay more than they need to buy it.
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Hmmm...I just noticed on the advert that the creature bundle only has 159 creatures, but there are around 500 in the Monster Manual. I'm curious as to what ones are missing, and their logic behind what they included and excluded. There is a strong potential for not being able to run an encounter properly since that is a pretty heavy cutback. I'd most likely have been disappointed had I bought it, since the immediate impression I got was that it would be covering my needs beyond adventure specific creatures, and I don't think 159 would cover enough to be confident of that. Maybe they did things like "Young Dragon", "Adult Dragon", etc, but even then...there are only many creatures you can do that with and get away with it. Combining Gnolls and Gnoll Fangs of Yeenoghu or Goblins and Goblin Bosses would be...problematic. You could have a generic minion clingy...but that is rather lame and not what I would have been expecting.
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Doing a quick search, I found this list. It doesn't mention how many there are of each since I know there are some multiples (like a group of skeletons rather than just 1), but does seem to be a reliable list of what monsters are included.
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No the UK doesn't.
Amazon is just as big over here, and undercutting everybody else.
Oh, and the price of something over here is usually the same in £ as it is in the USA in $ (even before the latest UK market crash due to the disfunctional UK government).
I noticed that D&D Beyond are now selling combined Physical and Digital books, but I'm curious if there are any plans to offer a digital option for those of us who already have purchased physical copies in the past? For example, Pinnacle Gaming offer PDFs of their savage world books if you provide proof of purchase.
What is D&D Beyond able to offer those folks who have a physical book collection approaching ~£1000 of content, but really don't want to be purchasing the same thing at full price in a different medium. The problem is only exacerbated across virtual table tops, with each one having their own integrated versions.
What I'd actually like to see for D&D beyond is a subscription model when I simply get access to all current content, and when I stop paying it goes away. Especially if there are plans for a VTT from D&D beyond itself. I certainly don't want to have pay for each and every virtualised mini of a monster.
To avoid disappointment, pease don't expect anything other than this to happen!
Book prices in the UK are generally cheaper. I don't know much of how monopolised it is and what the causes are, though.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Kinda funny, but that is simultaneously both A) something that has been very highly requested for years, and B) criticized as one of the worst things that could possibly happen to D&D. ;) Especially since WotC bought DDB, it's been one of the clearest examples of "you can't please everyone" I have seen in a while.
BoringBard's long and tedious posts somehow manage to enrapture audiences. How? Because he used Charm Person, the #1 bard spell!
He/him pronouns. Call me Bard. PROUD NERD!
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HERE.Hmmm...I just noticed on the advert that the creature bundle only has 159 creatures, but there are around 500 in the Monster Manual. I'm curious as to what ones are missing, and their logic behind what they included and excluded. There is a strong potential for not being able to run an encounter properly since that is a pretty heavy cutback. I'd most likely have been disappointed had I bought it, since the immediate impression I got was that it would be covering my needs beyond adventure specific creatures, and I don't think 159 would cover enough to be confident of that. Maybe they did things like "Young Dragon", "Adult Dragon", etc, but even then...there are only many creatures you can do that with and get away with it. Combining Gnolls and Gnoll Fangs of Yeenoghu or Goblins and Goblin Bosses would be...problematic. You could have a generic minion clingy...but that is rather lame and not what I would have been expecting.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Doing a quick search, I found this list. It doesn't mention how many there are of each since I know there are some multiples (like a group of skeletons rather than just 1), but does seem to be a reliable list of what monsters are included.