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Physical Quality of D&D 5E Books

Started by Apparition, July 26, 2017, 03:52:58 PM

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Apparition

#15
July 30, 2017, 08:16:41 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;979567Duct tape has been utilized. Even on the relatively new Volo's.

To be fair, the books have seen a lot of play. But still...

On the new Volo's as well?  Well, that's worrying.

Omega

#16
July 31, 2017, 05:16:42 AM
Quote from: Celestial;979657On the new Volo's as well?  Well, that's worrying.

Mines a pre-order and was actually one of the few Ive gotten not warped. Its also held up fine to extensive use.

So the situation isnt so much worrying as puzzling as to why some prints are a mess and some arent.

RunningLaser

#17
July 31, 2017, 06:15:32 AM
Quote from: Omega;979649Superior binding style and probably paper quality too. Theres an old thread somewhere here or elsewhere enumerating the process. I recall they are stitch-bound.
Theres a similar thing with the Palladium books. They used a superior binding and paper (but sometimes not so grand lamination of the covers)

I've read the same thing about early AD&D books- stitched binding.  Palladium's bindings are pretty much bomb proof.

Coffee Zombie

#18
July 31, 2017, 06:40:24 AM
My PHB has some pages that feel looser than I'd like. I'll probably end up doing some repair work on it sometime soon. Believe it's a 1st printing. Comparing it against the 3E books I had, the binding doesn't feel quite as solid (and the AD&D 1E books I have sitting on my shelf are, as many have mentioned here, bombproof). No real problems with either my DMG or MM, and they're both 1st printing.
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danskmacabre

#19
August 02, 2017, 07:30:10 PM
I have 2 copies of the PHB, MM and DMG.
the original PHB in particular is a mess, pages loose all over.
The 1st print run MM is pretty bad too.

All the other 5e books (and I have most of them) are ok.
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