D&D 2E A bunch of 2e PDFs seem to have bumped up in price

[Echohawk]

IIRC, the Palace of the Vampire Queen reprint is being currently sold by Precis Intermedia.

Yes, DMsGuild transferred the title across to the current rights holder once alerted to the fact that it doesn't belong to WotC.

 

[Alzrius]

IIRC, the Palace of the Vampire Queen reprint is being currently sold by Precis Intermedia.

It is, but there was an extremely brief window where WotC was selling it (presumably because someone there didn't realize it wasn't theirs to sell).

I made a thread about it at the time.

 

[Nikosandros]

Today I've noticed that some other PDFs have also gone up in price. The adventures updated in Infinite Staircase and the two Raveloft modules are $6.99 or $7.99. However, you can get (at least for now) the Staircase modules in a bundle.

 

[cbwjm]

Yeah, seems like price hikes over most (all?) of the classic titles. I'd have to go back to check my purchases to see how much but it is definitely noticeable

 

[Maccwar]

In addition to price hikes previous purchasers are no longer automatically entitled to updated scans as had been customary before.

I purchased this a while ago:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Greyhawk | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - *Please note that a portion of the full-spread map (at the center near the seam) is obscured/missing due to the scanning

www.dmsguild.com

However there is now another listing available:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - REDISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADVENTURE! The year is 591 CY. The World of GREYHAWK has changed a lot, as nations topple

www.dmsguild.com

Exactly the same book but the new listing looks to be an updated scan with POD available. When I contacted customer support I was told:-

These products are differing versions as opposed to updates. If a product is updated with errata, etc. then it will be automatically updated in your Library, but if a different version is available, then that version must be purchased separately.

Some of my older purchases have been updated several times over the years so it was a shock to see that they now seem to have a different policy in place. If there is a new scan available than this makes me a little unhappy at not getting the new version as the old scan is not very good.

 

[Micah Sweet]

In addition to price hikes previous purchasers are no longer automatically entitled to updated scans as had been customary before.

I purchased this a while ago:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Greyhawk | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - *Please note that a portion of the full-spread map (at the center near the seam) is obscured/missing due to the scanning

www.dmsguild.com

However there is now another listing available:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - REDISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADVENTURE! The year is 591 CY. The World of GREYHAWK has changed a lot, as nations topple

www.dmsguild.com

Exactly the same book but the new listing looks to be an updated scan with POD available. When I contacted customer support I was told:-



Some of my older purchases have been updated several times over the years so it was a shock to see that they now seem to have a different policy in place. If there is a new scan available than this makes me a little unhappy at not getting the new version as the old scan is not very good.

Profit-mongering marches on.

 

[Echohawk]

In addition to price hikes previous purchasers are no longer automatically entitled to updated scans as had been customary before.

I purchased this a while ago:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Greyhawk | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - *Please note that a portion of the full-spread map (at the center near the seam) is obscured/missing due to the scanning

www.dmsguild.com

However there is now another listing available:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - REDISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADVENTURE! The year is 591 CY. The World of GREYHAWK has changed a lot, as nations topple

www.dmsguild.com

Exactly the same book but the new listing looks to be an updated scan with POD available. When I contacted customer support I was told:-

That particular product is infuriating. The latter release is a much, much cleaner scan with the booklet and the maps as separate files. But the earlier scrappier, single-file version has the advantage of being OCRed.

 

[Voadam]

In addition to price hikes previous purchasers are no longer automatically entitled to updated scans as had been customary before.

I purchased this a while ago:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Greyhawk | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - *Please note that a portion of the full-spread map (at the center near the seam) is obscured/missing due to the scanning

www.dmsguild.com

However there is now another listing available:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - REDISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADVENTURE! The year is 591 CY. The World of GREYHAWK has changed a lot, as nations topple

www.dmsguild.com

Exactly the same book but the new listing looks to be an updated scan with POD available. When I contacted customer support I was told:-

These products are differing versions as opposed to updates. If a product is updated with errata, etc. then it will be automatically updated in your Library, but if a different version is available, then that version must be purchased separately.

Some of my older purchases have been updated several times over the years so it was a shock to see that they now seem to have a different policy in place. If there is a new scan available than this makes me a little unhappy at not getting the new version as the old scan is not very good.

I would follow up with them once more and point out it is not a differing version such as a different edition or printing of the same book with some differing content (such as the old OD&D stuff with Hobbits, Ents, and Balrogs instead of the later printing version of the same OD&D stuff with Halflings, Treants, and Balors), it is the same book.

Can you download your old version?

 

[Alzrius]

In addition to price hikes previous purchasers are no longer automatically entitled to updated scans as had been customary before.

I purchased this a while ago:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Greyhawk | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (2e) - *Please note that a portion of the full-spread map (at the center near the seam) is obscured/missing due to the scanning

www.dmsguild.com

However there is now another listing available:-

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - Wizards of the Coast | AD&D 2nd Ed. | Dungeon Masters Guild

Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins - REDISCOVER THE BIRTHPLACE OF ADVENTURE! The year is 591 CY. The World of GREYHAWK has changed a lot, as nations topple

www.dmsguild.com

Exactly the same book but the new listing looks to be an updated scan with POD available. When I contacted customer support I was told:-



Some of my older purchases have been updated several times over the years so it was a shock to see that they now seem to have a different policy in place. If there is a new scan available than this makes me a little unhappy at not getting the new version as the old scan is not very good.

That is unbelievably crappy. I hope you're continuing to argue with them about this, because they're 100% in the wrong.

 

[Maccwar]

That particular product is infuriating. The latter release is a much, much cleaner scan with the booklet and the maps as separate files. But the earlier scrappier, single-file version has the advantage of being OCRed.

Albeit some of the worst and most garbled OCR you will come across.

I would follow up with them once more and point out it is not a differing version such as a different edition or printing of the same book with some differing content (such as the old OD&D stuff with Hobbits, Ents, and Balrogs instead of the later printing version of the same OD&D stuff with Halflings, Treants, and Balors), it is the same book.

Can you download your old version?

I've messaged them back to clarify my point just in case it was missed. Yes, I can download the old version and it is still available for sale on their site.