Hi folks. I'm new to these parts of the forum so apologies if this is already a well hashed topic. I've just recently started into a campaign and cannot for the life of me seem to get my hands on a copy of the core rulebook anywhere, short of paying the guts of $100 for it. Right now, it's not hurting too much as we have resources among the group and I got lucky finding a Beginner Game box by chance for a rough rules reference, plus we have resources among the group. However I've never played an RPG in my life so it'd be nice to be able to reference things without relying on group resources or a heavily trimmed text. I do, at least, have my character built and set already.

Is the shortage just a straight print delay issue, or is it generally in short supply? I notice it's listed as "at the printer"; what's the usual lead time on these (presumably it's the usual 4-8 weeks on the boat, too).

I'm having the same issue with finding many of the sourcebooks at non-scalping prices, too, though I think that's more to do with where I'm living rather than stock shortage.

There was a major production issue that decimated FFG's ability to renew their stock of the books for the majority of 2017, so unfortunately we're still feeling the effects of that. Thankfully, it appears to be mostly taken care of, and a lot of the sourcebooks are being reprinted so they can be sold at reasonable prices again .

The Force Core Book went to the printer on 10/06, and generally it's three to four weeks for most books to get printed. Core books are bigger and so take a tad bit longer, but I would expect it to go On the Boat here in a week or two.

After that, it's generally 6 weeks on the boat, and then two more shipping to the FFG warehouse. So right around the first of the year, I'd expect. And the other books that are currently out of print will likely follow suit soon after.

Hope that helps!

It does, thanks! Good to know it's a manufacturing issue rather than a general "forced rarity" issue from production being in small numbers. Guess I'll just stick in a pre-order with the local store and wait (im)patiently for the book to arrive in the new year some time.