Hello,

I am a little leery of the $20 price tag on the BETA copy of the book.  Is there going to be a discount given to participants on the final product when it becomes available in PDF?

-=Brother Praetus=-

I share this gentleman's concerns. I was extremely fired up when I saw the open beta advert! But with a $20 tag?

That's no open beta I recognize!

Unless there is some benefit to dropping $20, for a beta no less, then I shall stay clear. Which is a great shame as I'm extremely keen on 40k, have all the other 40k RPG's and have been an active(ish) member of the DW community and provided player and gm aids free of charge and in my own time.

An open beta is a great notion, regardless.  Mayhap the spelling shall improve at release

-Durandal

That makes three of us, so far.  Why on earth would I fork over $20 for an incomplete and possibly flawed version of the core rules?  Will this follow with a $20 discount on a future purchase of the completed core rulebook?  Or better yet, a free upgrade to the completed core rulebook (as compensation for playtesting and providing feedback to FFG)?  I love DH and DW, but I am not hard core enough to dive in blind for $20.

I troll'd too. 

 If your goal is to get as much feedback as possible, make the beta free.  Like every other beta.

If your goal is to make pre-sales, be clearer about the fact that we will get a $20 credit (minimum) towards the final book.

If your goal is to charge people for a beta, then you are sadly misguided.

Hello all,

We understand your concerns regarding the cost of the Only War beta, and would like to clarify a few important points:

• The Only War beta is a complete, 256-page playable version of Only War; the only difference is that it omits certain art pieces and background “flavor” that will be present in the final version. This product has already undergone extensive development, playtesting, and refinement, and we have no doubt that it’s ready to provide hours of enjoyment.
• Of course, you should also bear in mind that Only War beta test participants have an opportunity to experience the game months before they otherwise would.
• Finally, as an added benefit, anyone who downloads the Only War beta from drivethrurpg.com or rpgnow.com will receive a $20 discount on the pdf version of the Only War Core Rulebook when it becomes available in the fall. Simply download the beta, and when the electronic version of the full rulebook goes live in a few months, you’ll receive the necessary coupon code for use on drivethrurpg.com or rpgnow.com.

As always, thanks for your support!

 Sounds fair to me, off to buy my copy.  I'm sure it's great work as always, love your 40k series!

Durandal7 said:

You must have missed the part where they said to not try to proofread every paragraph. I guess that's what their paid proofreaders are for!

ffgMark said:

Good news!  You really should have made this point much more clearly on the download page over at drivethrurpg.com in order to avoid these very questions.

 Naaaaaaah. Count me out.

 drive thru rpg often dose bundle deals where you purchase the hard copy and a pdf copy at a reduced price on the pdf, if this 20$ off was also applicable to that bundle deal it would be a very nice bonus, given the book+pdf is often around 20-25$ more than just the book it would get you the pdf for more or less free with purchase of the hard copy through drive thru rpg.

Bearcat89 said:

Alpha Chaos:

Not to try and read every paragraph? Well that explains much! I chuckled to myself when I saw Asdrubael Vect's name spelt Asdrubael Vest in Black Crusade!  (Page 344, Column 2, Paragraph 1, Line 5)

ffgMark said:

This is exactly the response I was hoping.  Now to grab it up, read through it so I am at least familiar with any changes, and then see if I might convince one of my non-40K groups to give it a try.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Durandal7 said:

His clothing is so evil, it is referred to as a seperate entity! You don't want to see the stats for Asdrubael Boxer-briefs! Scary.

Looking at all this, does this mean that Only War will not be available for purchase at GenCon this year?