Awaiting a complete 5th Printing?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:23 am
It can have some sense to delay buying classic monsters and the newly-branded of gods and monsters? To await a complete re-editing of existing CKG and monster manuals?
Only if you're SUPER patient, because that might not happen for quite some time. Keep in mind that the "5th Edition" (really, the 5th printing) is not an edition of the game. It's not like 1st or 2nd Edition AD&D, or 3rd and 4th Edition D&D. This is just the 5th printing of the Player's Handbook (same "edition" as the one before it). There's only 1 edition of C&C so far, though subsequent printings of the books have had changes and corrections, this by no means suggests the game has been significantly revamped between them.
Long story short - you might as well get the other books now because they're totally compatible with each other as is, and their version/edition/printing is not dependent upon a particular version/edition/printing of the PHB.
I knew that but I was in a hurry. Anyway, CKG can have soon the full color treatment I suppose, don't know the others. I was about to buy classic monsters but I was in doubt (in these hard timese every euro must be spent wisely). Anyway, as you say, classic monsters will be printed in full colour late in future, so for now I think I can buy it. And obviously the 5th PH printing is going to come in my hands as soon as it is avalaible.