Hey everyone. So, the pages of my core rulebook are coming loose from the glue in the spine. Only the string used to bind all the pages together is still holding the book together. I am thinking of buying a second core rulebook, as I am a bit of a bookophile when it comes to RPGs. However, before I go out and buy a second copy, I just want to make sure that this is not a common problem. Do a lot of you have core rulebooks with bindings that are falling apart, or did I just happen to be unlucky enough to buy a lemon?
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Binding quality of the core rulebook...
Thu, 2012-03-01 19:32
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Cyber-Dave
Binding quality of the core rulebook...
Thu, 2012-03-01 23:07
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rfmcdonald
Re: Binding quality of the core rulebook...
I think that it may be a problem common to them all.
Thu, 2012-03-01 23:12
#3
Decivre
Re: Binding quality of the core rulebook...
I think it all depends on the print run you're getting it from. My book from the original printing came fine, but I had some ink bleed problems with my second book in the second or third printing.
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Thu, 2012-03-01 23:54
#4
NewAgeOfPower
Re: Binding quality of the core rulebook...
I find all modern large published materials to have weakened covers.
EP's publisher uses the same methods. However, if you take good care of the book, it should easily last you a decade. And I just love the smell and feel of EP paper :D
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Fri, 2012-03-02 11:33
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bRA1N-b0X
Re: Binding quality of the core rulebook...
When I received my copy, it arrived here in its cardboard box delivered by UPS or whatever, and I live in the Midwest. It was a little cold at the time. In my haste to unpack and gaze upon the treasures within, I opened the book while it was still a little chill. So, the glue was probably a little extra chilled, too, and was more fragile. I had believed it was just my own unrestrained eagerness and temperature and physics that were the problem, the key factor being my haste, that I passed it off and vowed to take care of future books I'd receive (which I since have). The binding cracked a little and came off from the actual cover and is much in the condition as the original poster described. It is heartening, despite the tragedy of it all, to know that I may have less blame in the situation. :) It won't make me love it any less, but I'll treat it like I might a more fragile, beloved child. Which is what my wife doesn't understand why I can't treat everything with such tenderness, but what can you do?