Does anyone know if Paizo has any plans to do Pocket editions of Starfinder (and any other hardbound rulebooks that may follow). I am loving the game but the core rulebook feels like it weighs about 3 kilos and as the system grows the books are only going to get heavier. I got to use a mates pocket copies of the Pathfinder Core Rules and Bestiary 1 for a recent game (I borrowed them purely due to the weight factor) and I fell in love with them. I have bad eyes, so I thought I would have trouble reading them, but that wasn't the case. A Starfinder Core Rulebook would be of great use, at least to me.
I would happily buy at least two of them if they do.
They haven't announced any but given the popularity of the Pathfinder pocket editions (and their announced plans to get to every one in that line) I'm confident it will eventuate sooner or later.
It wouldn't surprise me if they wait until the Starfinder Core Book has had an errata/re-edit run (ie until they're ready to produce a nominal "third printing"). I'm sure it will happen eventually though.
I thought the spines plus duct tape was how you got a pocket edition?
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I'd like to necromance this thread to life again. I am planning for GenCon and I would so love not to have to bring my big book and just bring a pocket edition with me
Pretty please?
I brought this exact idea up to Erik Mona at PaizoCon, and his reply was "That seems like a good idea for a as-yet-unannounced product, yeah." So I wouldn't be surprised if we have one (or it's at least announced) within a year.
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I brought this exact idea up to Erik Mona at PaizoCon, and his reply was "That seems like a good idea for a as-yet-unannounced product, yeah." So I wouldn't be surprised if we have one (or it's at least announced) within a year.
I would imagine it's a no-brainer considering how well the 1e pocket editions did (or seemed to do). But I want to keep up the drumbeat to remind them that there's definitely interest.
definitely want to add that I would love this as well.
Like the Pathfinder pocket edition books, I love the idea, but probably will never get around to actually buying them.
Hard to rationalize spending the money on something I essentially already have, especially when phones and tablets work much better at saving weight and all our regular gaming locations have ready access to the internet.
A pocket edition of the Starfinder Core Rulebook and the PF1 Campaign Setting hardbacks would definitely be a good idea.
Whether the same would be true of smaller hardbacks such as the other Starfinder hardbacks or the PF2 Lost Omens books is another issue entirely.
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Like the Pathfinder pocket edition books, I love the idea, but probably will never get around to actually buying them.
Hard to rationalize spending the money on something I essentially already have, especially when phones and tablets work much better at saving weight and all our regular gaming locations have ready access to the internet.
I get this, but I'm still a physical copy sort of guy, so I relish having the actual book to leaf through. I think eventually the tide will turn so most people will embrace electronic, but today there's still enough of us bibliophiles to support.
I get this, but I'm still a physical copy sort of guy, so I relish having the actual book to leaf through. I think eventually the tide will turn so most people will embrace electronic, but today there's still enough of us bibliophiles to support.Like the Pathfinder pocket edition books, I love the idea, but probably will never get around to actually buying them.
Hard to rationalize spending the money on something I essentially already have, especially when phones and tablets work much better at saving weight and all our regular gaming locations have ready access to the internet.
I will admit, navigating a physical book is a little easier and faster for me, but I don't know that, that will be true for younger/future generations.
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Here's the thing: I absolutely know we won't get it any time soon but I personally would love it if Paizo gave up on the hardcover entirely and just did some thing like a pocket edition only.