Just received the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Deck 5 and 6 today (after an extended headache of a lost shipment and replacement) from an online retailer. I guess it was a fitting end to have the replacement decks be from the first print run (it's a popular marketplace, the replacement shipment was from the distributor, not from the initial seller). I was just surprised to still see copies from the China run floating around.
I'm certain this has been beaten to death an all. But why didn't Paizo attempt to differentiate the print runs more in their marketing/labeling? I can't not notice the difference and it's an issue for at least one other player in my group (ran into a similar issue with a LotR Card game expansion that was cut short).
I guess I'm just venting here. Not frustrated at Paizo. Just a frustrating end to a couple weeks of hurdles/seeming reliefs in getting these. I'm going to subscribe through here for the third set, it'd equalize the price/shipping costs enough to make it worthwhile. But I also want to get through Runelords and Shackles before I jump into it. It's a pretty lengthy trip to my FLGS and their stock isn't exactly reliable... my next trip out I'll see what I can find.
A warning I guess. The first print runs are still out there :/ but then I guess having to deal with the transition into the new prints was just as much of a headache for some of you a couple years ago.
If you buy direct from Paizo you will get second printing.
Sorry that advice is too late for you.
Well, the first printrun is here in Germany more worth than the second print run.
So you were a lucky man.
If you buy direct from Paizo you will get second printing.
Sorry that advice is too late for you.
Wouldn't have taken it anyway. The cost with shipping makes them each about $8 more expensive than they're available from other places. That's a silly premium to pay to go directly to the source.
Well, the first printrun is here in Germany more worth than the second print run.
So you were a lucky man.
I wish their worth in Germany made them less worthless to me :\
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We've been out of our first-printing products for a long time, but it's very easy to imagine that there are lots of retailers and even distributors who still have 1st-printing products in their warehouse. And unlike, say, the grocery business, our industry doesn't generally have a lot of reasons to ensure that the oldest products are sold first. So a distributor might put 2nd printings on the shelf in front of 1st printings, meaning that they might ship 1st printing for a bit, then 2nd printing for a bit, then 1st for a bit...
In short, I can only make guarantees about our own stock: we are only shipping 2nd printing RotR to customers and distributors (with the exception of any items sold as non-mint—those could be either printing).
I have everything from RotRL and some of it I ordered recently (not from Paizo), and it was all from China. I'm OK with it, especially given the quality of the errata cards.