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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4406480" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>You know the one thing I'm kind of lost on is the Basic Set... why are they waiting until November to release this. I mean if the point of 4e was to attract a new market, you'd think this would have been a priority to at least be released before or with the actual core rulebooks. In fact I would argue they should have made one big boxed set that included the basic rules/the KotS adventure/counters (or even better, minis) and maps as a first release... and it would have sold like hot cakes. I think this would have even made the reprint maps in KotS more understandable.</p><p></p><p>Instead KotS released to pretty "meh" reviews, and pretty poor reviews as quality goes, and now that the basic set won't even have minis in it like the 3.5 set (which actually got me too buy it for that and the tiles), I wonder how this item is really going to do as far as sales. IMHO, this is one of those things that could really help WotC generate more revenue, by bringing in more gamers, yet they continuously treat this product (throughout all the editions under their watch) as a second rate release.</p><p></p><p>SIDE NOTE: My fiancee's sister and her boyfriend came by our apartment and saw some of my gaming stuff on a table. Both her and her boyfriend asked me about it... After a conversation both asked me if I would run a game that included them and they're son. Now I would have loved to have been able to point them to a good introductory product for their son who they would love to see "Do something besides playing video games" but instead I'm going to start running a game for them (not sure if it will be Castles & Crusades or D&D). . So by the time November comes out the usability of this product will be nill for them. Wasted opportunity WotC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 4406480, member: 48965"] You know the one thing I'm kind of lost on is the Basic Set... why are they waiting until November to release this. I mean if the point of 4e was to attract a new market, you'd think this would have been a priority to at least be released before or with the actual core rulebooks. In fact I would argue they should have made one big boxed set that included the basic rules/the KotS adventure/counters (or even better, minis) and maps as a first release... and it would have sold like hot cakes. I think this would have even made the reprint maps in KotS more understandable. Instead KotS released to pretty "meh" reviews, and pretty poor reviews as quality goes, and now that the basic set won't even have minis in it like the 3.5 set (which actually got me too buy it for that and the tiles), I wonder how this item is really going to do as far as sales. IMHO, this is one of those things that could really help WotC generate more revenue, by bringing in more gamers, yet they continuously treat this product (throughout all the editions under their watch) as a second rate release. SIDE NOTE: My fiancee's sister and her boyfriend came by our apartment and saw some of my gaming stuff on a table. Both her and her boyfriend asked me about it... After a conversation both asked me if I would run a game that included them and they're son. Now I would have loved to have been able to point them to a good introductory product for their son who they would love to see "Do something besides playing video games" but instead I'm going to start running a game for them (not sure if it will be Castles & Crusades or D&D). . So by the time November comes out the usability of this product will be nill for them. Wasted opportunity WotC [/QUOTE]
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