There haven't been any good sales recently imo, more specifically, D&D sales, and since I'm in a difficult financial situation I was wondering how often do they put up D&D sales in here?

Considering we got a Baldur's Gate remake announced, hell, anything's possible, right GOG?

I think they will not have one that soon because, not so long ago they had one that you bought one game and they give you one for free and on top of that also received Temple of elemental evil. So I guess that anytime soon they will not have a sale on the D&D games.

I have cast the bones. They have fallen in the pattern of the lone dromedary.

There will be a sale at a time when the world flows in the pattern of small squirrel.

Hope that helps :)

To me it sure helped, I let go of a very needed laughter on the midst of the sorrow of my thesis writing :P

Buy one now, play it until the summer sale, buy the rest on sale then. You can't claim that they don't have the 10 USD play value, because they do, in spades.

Good idea, I'll get BG2 now and Planescape Torment later.

BTW, just so I don't have to start another thread, would you guys recommend playing D&D after having enjoyed games like Baldur's Gate thoroughly? (I mean the AD&D 2nd edition)

Umm it's a different experience. Also, I'd just play the current edition, were I you, the odds of finding a non-nutcase group of people playing AD&D 2nd edition is low, they're bound to be rules lawyers and snobby. Besides AD&D was better:)

But seriously, play any pen and paper. Most of them are pretty fun with the right group (yep, it's 98% about the group).

Ok, now, I love the concept of role-playing and I'm already reading up on how D&D works (so far it's pretty good), but I hear a lot of bad stuff about the current edition (4th) and people say the 3.5 edtion is better.
Which one would you personally recommend? (Not the one that's easier to get into, but rather the one that offers the most complete package.)

Haven't played tabletop in a while, but from my previous experience 3.5 was a bit deeper, but 4th Edition is definitely eassier to just get into and go. And I'd imagine finding a decent group playing 4th Edition is a lot more likely. As for games beyond the scope of D&D, I got nothing.

I've been playing 3rd/3.5 for seven years now.

I would say that finding a good group to play with is more important than what edition you choose, but to answer your question, I think 3rd/3.5 offers you more choices as a player than 4th does (or at least did on the several attempts I made to play it).

There are more books for 3rd/3.5 (especially if you factor in third party material), and you should be able to find a lot of stuff cheap on the second hand market (although I hear prices have been climbing recently). Heck, I've got some spare stuff if you want to shoot me a PM.

I won't ever be able to find a group here in Brazil so i'm actually looking forward to starting one as a DM.
And from what you all said, 3.5 seems like my best bet.
Thanks, you guys helped me out a lot.

Collecting 3.5 is a losing investment at this point. I personally don't like it because rules lawyers seem to like it so much, that and combat with a group of kobolds can take 4 hours. It's no fun.

Now, 4th ed still has power creep and there is a load of abilities of which you must keep track, but overall it's not bad, especially at low level, it's terribly simple and fun. You can get by with just the one book (as a player, not a DM). If you want a slightly more expensive book and a more "3.5 type" experience, minus some of the suck, just buy the Pathfinder book and play that instead. Again, one book, and it's more dense but still not terrible.

Again, don't consider 3.5 at all, if you really prefer that style of rules, Pathfinder is better. Also, their map piece sets are awesome.

As a ruleset, Pathfinder is worse than 3.0/3.5. Essentially, it's "some guy's (bad) house rules" collected in books with full-color illustrations - which is why it's highly marketable to new players (look! shiny!)

If you aren't planning on marketing shinies, get 3E and use <span class="bold">this sourcebook (public domain)</span>. Really, read it even if you're going full Pathfinder, that book is really awesome on all counts (rules, fluff, humor, price).

As for the official books, get these:
1-3. Player's Handbook + Dungeon Master's Guide + Monster Manual - however, most of the content is in the free System Reference Document.
4. Spell Compendium
5. Tome of Battle
6. Frostburn

Vampire: The Masquerade / Shadowrun / Call Of Cthulhu