Private Stock
I know the state of 4th-edition D&D isn’t as bad as today’s comic suggests but we all know that at some point support will taper off, and the discount bins will swim in marked down 4e product. Such is the nature of the edition beast. 4e is fun to be sure and for some, it will be their line in the sand (consumer-wise). Again, such things have occurred with every new edition of the game. I reserve my Grognard tendencies for campaign settings *cough* fucking bring back Greyhawk *cough*.
Speaking of old school, this weekend brings another opportunity for me to take the role of a player with my dwarven wizard Gerta Emberhelm and along with my brave companions, continue to plumb the depths of the Lost City. I am all of the excited. All of it.
Next week sees my normal weekly group beginning the module Against the Cult of the Reptile God (one of my personal favorites).
Great strip! But, there is some irony in 4E material being discounted while many treasure older material (like Cult of the Reptile God)! I’ve actually been buying up 4E material I didn’t have – especially adventures. I’m a collector, but I also like to periodically page through older material for ideas.
I haven’t sold a single 4E product in a month. Not that I’m agressively advertise or anything, but prior to the announcement I did manage to sell an item or two every now and then.
With my plans to release at least one major 4E product coming out in the near future, I am somewhat concerned.
See. This is what seriously pisses me off.
20 copper is MORE than reasonable. WTF Sam?!
Anyone who pays full price for anything 4E now, is a moron. Got to Half Priced Books, and there’s a ton of it there. I’ve been secretly snatching stuff up because we use the 4E engine in our Super Heroes and Gamma World games.
Also, I know it’s pixelated… But 4e has mad sack drop.
lmao.
There aren’t enough pixels in the world to hide that.
That happens when you get old. Or so I’m informed.
I went to Half Price Books for that very reason but didn’t find anything. I never bought the Dungeon Delve book, and I really need to get that. I’m definitely seeing my 4e campaign through to the end, and we’re only in mid-Paragon at the moment.
In theory, shouldn’t the Essentials stuff be available at *less* of a discount? 😉
Just another example of your liberal anti-Essentials bias!!!
Yeah, WotC has basically dropped physical support for the game, which really sucks, as I’m a big 4e fan (having played all the previous editions except White Box, I might add). All they are publishing now is the digital stuff and what was in the pipeline before the announcement. If they were worried about cash flow, they’re only damaging it more.
Amazon always has the books for less than full price. Half-Price, at least by the one in Skokie, has a tier of 4e books but none of the newer stuff. The strip above is great by the way. Especially that last panel. Truly humorous. Poor Sam getting the weird at full strength now!
Oh what you go through for us Brian. Because we all know you had to draw that dong and ball sack before pixelating it for our sanity rolls.
4E was so bad, it killed Gary Gygax…