If you're on a budget looking to get started, thinking about buying the Player's Handbook plus an adventure, and you live in the US, I strongly recommend you:
1. Buy the Essentials Kit from Amazon (you can get free delivery getting the Amazon Prime trial for a week and then canceling). The price varies wildly (going as low as $12.55 for a few days during September, see price history), but it's usually around $20.
2. Use the 50% discount code that comes in the box to get your self a digital Player's Handbook, cutting it from $29.99 to $15.
3. Redeem the digital Essentials Kit adventures included in the box. Notice that you'll not only get the Dragon of Icespire Peak (levels 1-7) that also comes printed with the box, but three extra adventures exclusive to D&D Beyond: Storm Lord’s Wrath (level 7-9), Sleeping Dragon’s Wake (level 9-11), and Divine Contention (level 11-13). If you were to buy the adventures directly from D&D Beyond, you'd have to spend $25.47 instead.
This way, you can get started only from $27.55 to $39.99 (depending on the deal you get on Amazon) and having enough content to play digitally for at least a year.
If you're on a budget looking to get started, thinking about buying the Player's Handbook plus an adventure, and you live in the US, I strongly recommend you:
1. Buy the Essentials Kit from Amazon (you can get free delivery getting the Amazon Prime trial for a week and then canceling). The price varies wildly (going as low as $12.55 for a few days during September, see price history), but it's usually around $20.
2. Use the 50% discount code that comes in the box to get your self a digital Player's Handbook, cutting it from $29.99 to $15.
3. Redeem the digital Essentials Kit adventures included in the box. Notice that you'll not only get the Dragon of Icespire Peak (levels 1-7) that also comes printed with the box, but three extra adventures exclusive to D&D Beyond: Storm Lord’s Wrath (level 7-9), Sleeping Dragon’s Wake (level 9-11), and Divine Contention (level 11-13). If you were to buy the adventures directly from D&D Beyond, you'd have to spend $25.47 instead.
This way, you can get started only from $27.55 to $39.99 (depending on the deal you get on Amazon) and having enough content to play digitally for at least a year.
Makes sense
This is great advice.
Thank you.