Does anyone actually buy the bundles? I want access to all the materials, but holy crap. $632+ is way too steep for me. And that price has to go up every time a new book is released.

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With the add in of the discount I bought it. Otherwise I wouldn’t have bought it.  

No, I would not buy the bundle. It's too much of an outlay, and it would include things I would never, ever use, like Ravnica.

I have most of the non-world sourcebooks physically... but I don't have the campaign stuff except Sword Coast, and that, only because I am playing in another DM's campaign (hopefully starting in 1 week!) that is set there. Otherwise, as a DM, I tend to create my own worlds, so I don't really need to know anything about Eberron or Ravnica.

I only bought the books I actually use and it came in under $200 with the coupon code they were running around Christmas.

The first time I ever saw DnDBeyond was on a Nerdarchy video. It caught my attention right away.

I tried it right away and fell in love with most of it. I bought the Legendary Bundle at the beginning of the following month. I have bough all the Modules and most of the Sources. Those Sources I didn't buy outright, I did buy those parts I did want from the selected Sources.

I have been playing and DM'ing since 1981. Between the website and the iPad app, I now only have to carry my laptop and iPad around with me when I play/run. A far lesser weight than I used to carry.

I bought the bundle when it was 200 ish. That said, buy books as you need/want them and the price of the bundle will go down by what you paid for it's parts.

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That said, buy books as you need/want them and the price of the bundle will go down by what you paid for it's parts.

Admittedly, I didn't realize that was an option.

If you want all the materials, the bundle will be your cheapest option. I don't generally want all the materials, though; I certainly don't want every adventure (some of them are bad, and I don't have the time to run them all anyway) and there's a fair number of sourcebooks I don't care much about.

That said, $600 isn't actually all that expensive for the amount of play time you can get out of RPGs.

I have gotten the bundle and almost have gotten all the physical books as well in case the internet dies one day so I can still play my games. The part that gets me is if I want to run private games for adventures League I will have to yet purchase my books that I have purchased two times already this makes no sense to me as my reason for wanting to DM games at my home is do to major health issues and I prefer in person games I wish I could play at my local game store yet it’s going to take lots and lots more top ramen days to get to become a AL DM.  All in all I think the bundle is a awesome way to go and way worth the value especially if you are a DM/GM the tools that you gain with it and the upcoming tools being worked upon are some of the reasons why it’s of huge value to this disabled DM. 

Why would you have to buy a seperate set of books for Adventurers League?

I wish WotC would put out pdf's of their materials. As it is, hard covers are just to heavy to carry around from session to session.

Thus, DnDBeyond on the laptop and iPad (for offline access in case of internet issues).

With me. Im just not a fan of digital copies. Would I use it if purchased? Sure. I feel like I am simply throwing my money away. Its not like you will get anything in return when a new edition arrives. I have most of the actual hard cover books. All but the pre-written adventures anyway. I also have several books that were published from other groups. What I noticed is that the format from one publisher to another varies a bit making it seem rather inconvenient when it comes to digital forms. At least for me anyway. Also, what about stuff that is not offered digitally and is only in book form? It seems odd to me to have third party books physically and official wiz books digital. At least with having all physical copies I can say I have a functioning game set if and when 5th gets traded up for 6th. I wont be stuck with a few useless source books from a third party that I no longer have access to the core rules due to the next edition. I think that if you have purchased psychical you should have access to the digital version. It seems pointless to buy it a second time. In the end I think the future will be digital only and that saddens me more then anything.  

Just watch the Beyond Heroes live stream and pray to your gods that you win a bundle in chat. That's what I'm doing.

I just bought the books individually and received some as gifts. If had the dispensable income that I once had I would get the bundle.

I bought the source book bundle so that I wasn't lugging around a bag with all my physical books in it. Having easy access to them online is nice, especially for some reading during slow moments at work. However I still carry all my physical books because sometimes it's nice to be able to pass a specific passage around the table. While it is a lot of money, I definitely feel it's worth it. I plan on getting the adventure book bundle at some point just so I have easier access to the stat blocks when messing with the encounter builder. It's also really nice to be able to share all my books I have purchase on the site with the party. A couple of my buddies just started and don't even have the Players Hand Book yet. 

I use this site basically daily and the Legendary Bundle to me, has paid dividends.

If you start with the three core books, once you start using the system more you’ll start wishing you had the other content unlocked here as well. 

not sure you realize just how many people out there believe $632 isn't worth thinking about...it's targeted to those cash cows and the true D&D hardcores / OCD's who have to have everything (and for that group it does save them money).

Look at Star Citizen...people paid $27,000 to get the every-ship bundles.

...just a different target market.

...and i must admit that 5 years from now, i'll probably have most of those books so i suppose i'd be better off buying the bundle....just can't see that one-time expense floating past a certain other unnamed individual. :)~

I got the bundle, but I had already paid for 5 or 6 books on here and then they ran a cyber Monday 25% discount or something, so the remainder of the bundle was only ~$200 at that point. 

I bought the sourcebook bundle when they had the roaring 20s discount since so far all of my current games are online. It's just easier at this point to access my books wherever I am as opposed to carrying one or two with me. This way even if I am on a work trip and have a planned session that night I can easily play online and reference my books as needed.

The adventure books I'll just buy as I need since so far I've only needed LMoP. Having all the monsters would be great I guess but it isnt absolutely needed. I do like that as you buy books it knocks down the price of the bundle. Who knows, maybe next year if they have another big sale on the bundles I might go ahead and get the legendary bundle.

me and my group bought the Legendary bundle.  It was like 50$ a person to have every thing unlocked for everyone.  Well worth it.