Are the sales so high still as everyone that bought the PH two-plus years ago have had to replace their original book because all the pages fell out due to the critical failure on the Craft (bookbinding) skill check?
Seriously, glad that D&D is doing well again and happy to see so many people returning to the hobby who hadn't played since 1E/2E days. I just wish my family's PHs weren't 35% wood glue to re-set the pages in the binding.
I appreciate the snark alert, but it should be noted that (by all accounts I've heard) WoTC has made good on that flub by sending good copies to all those who wrote to them about the issue.
For real? All I have to do is write them about it? Because I have been forcing myself to just keep it until all the pages fall out...but if they will replace it!!! Whoa!
If you can afford it you can get the book rebound in leather. Would be expensive, but would make for an impressive PHB.
Are the sales so high still as everyone that bought the PH two-plus years ago have had to replace their original book because all the pages fell out due to the critical failure on the Craft (bookbinding) skill check?
Seriously, glad that D&D is doing well again and happy to see so many people returning to the hobby who hadn't played since 1E/2E days. I just wish my family's PHs weren't 35% wood glue to re-set the pages in the binding.
I appreciate the snark alert, but it should be noted that (by all accounts I've heard) WoTC has made good on that flub by sending good copies to all those who wrote to them about the issue.
For real? All I have to do is write them about it? Because I have been forcing myself to just keep it until all the pages fall out...but if they will replace it!!! Whoa!
If you can afford it you can get the book rebound in leather. Would be expensive, but would make for an impressive PHB.
I had all my World of Darkness and Vampire the Requiem books bound into three impressive books. I miss those damn books! When my ex and I broke up in 2011 she wouldn't let me into her storage to get them out. :/ One of my saddest days... which I thought was immature!!! I should have just kept them with my brother like he asked...but I moved down to Nashville and wanted to use them down there. Which I never did, not even once. I might actually do that, I did write Wizards yesterday... I actually forgot all about binding lol
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They don't have sufficient records for 1e or Basic/Expert to know if it's outsold those however.
I saw an interview with one of the guys that worked at TSR at the time, and he said they estimated around 50 million copies of D&D (i.e. not including AD&D 1E) had been sold, and that around 90 million people worldwide were actively playing. Those numbers are hard to beat if they even come close to reality.
Does anyone know if it's possible to get HARD FIGURES for WotC book sales? It would be nice to know how many of each book has been sold, what printing they are currently on, how big each print run was, etc.
Both Mearls and Crawford have also confirmed 5e outsold all prior editions of D&D for which they still have records, by this point in the edition release cycle. That is to say, by this point (2.5 years in) in 2e, 3e, 3.5e, and 4e, each of those editions had sold fewer total books than 5e has sold at this point in 5e. They don't have sufficient records for 1e or Basic/Expert to know if it's outsold those however.
Have a link, by chance? I've seen them talk about how great the sales were on YouTube, but no the disclaimer about 1e.
Having lived through that era, however, I hazard a bet if they haven't outsold all that, they will in the near future. The world population was 40% smaller, global shipping and propagation of culture was slower, people had less money to throw around, the hobby itself was less mainstream, hobby stores being smaller and weirder, the Satanic Panic™ to contend with, and so on.
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"...Debts must always be paid, sometimes in more than blood and gold. But this is Ordo Ursa," Ren places his hand on Erakas's chest, right where the Dragonborn's heart is. "Right here. And it always has been and always will be. Don't ever forget that. Because I won't."
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Does anyone know if it's possible to get HARD FIGURES for WotC book sales? It would be nice to know how many of each book has been sold, what printing they are currently on, how big each print run was, etc.
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Have a link, by chance? I've seen them talk about how great the sales were on YouTube, but no the disclaimer about 1e.
Having lived through that era, however, I hazard a bet if they haven't outsold all that, they will in the near future. The world population was 40% smaller, global shipping and propagation of culture was slower, people had less money to throw around, the hobby itself was less mainstream, hobby stores being smaller and weirder, the Satanic Panic™ to contend with, and so on.
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