Jester David
Hero
Once a season has become redundant with new content and is less played, I can see the adventures going onto DnDClassics.com for purchase.
But print? No way.
But print? No way.
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D&D 5E What if WotC published D&D Expeditions adventures as a standalone product?
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pkt77242
Explorer
I would love to see a product like the 1st Ed. Lords of Darkness.
Every year they could release a new theme
1. Undead
2. Goblinoids
3. Underdark
etc.
Remathilis
Legend
I could see three options, and they aren't mutually exclusive per se...
1.) Release them on DnDClassics for a few dollars each. (I'm thinking a dollar if unedited, maybe three if they go back and edit). The passwords and pdfs are already out there, they might as well make a buck off them.
2.) Release a few to the wider audience for free (much like how they did for Harried at Hillsfar) as teasers for AL. Maybe one every Dragon+ issue (Dungeon+)?
3.) Take the best of them, re-edit and expand them, and release them as a compilation (either softcover or PDF via DnDClassics) like how TSR Jam did. I'd pay $20 for a softcover of 4-5 scenarios, edited, expanded as needed, and given some recycled art and a few decent maps...
Certainly, I could see the ToD stuff becoming available sometime next year (when season 4 starts).
1.) Release them on DnDClassics for a few dollars each. (I'm thinking a dollar if unedited, maybe three if they go back and edit). The passwords and pdfs are already out there, they might as well make a buck off them.
2.) Release a few to the wider audience for free (much like how they did for Harried at Hillsfar) as teasers for AL. Maybe one every Dragon+ issue (Dungeon+)?
3.) Take the best of them, re-edit and expand them, and release them as a compilation (either softcover or PDF via DnDClassics) like how TSR Jam did. I'd pay $20 for a softcover of 4-5 scenarios, edited, expanded as needed, and given some recycled art and a few decent maps...
Certainly, I could see the ToD stuff becoming available sometime next year (when season 4 starts).
graves3141
First Post
They should make previous seasons available on DnDClassics. I've see a few of them and they are good quality for what they are... making them available to a wider audience only makes sense and I think many people would be interested in buying a digital copy as an alternative to the big AP hardcovers.
This isn't going to happen though. Wizards would see it as a product that competes with their bread and butter hardcover APs (and it would, at least somewhat). From their perspective, it makes more sense for them to have people put into an all or nothing scenario... you either buy the hardcover or nothing.
It is weird that there aren't other, smaller adventures being sold by WotC to at least cover the gap between AP releases. They should make some shorter adventures and target their release to be in between the AP releases. Plus, not everyone wants a hardcover AP. Maybe their strategy will change in the future? I feel like it won't for a long time, if it ever does.
This isn't going to happen though. Wizards would see it as a product that competes with their bread and butter hardcover APs (and it would, at least somewhat). From their perspective, it makes more sense for them to have people put into an all or nothing scenario... you either buy the hardcover or nothing.
It is weird that there aren't other, smaller adventures being sold by WotC to at least cover the gap between AP releases. They should make some shorter adventures and target their release to be in between the AP releases. Plus, not everyone wants a hardcover AP. Maybe their strategy will change in the future? I feel like it won't for a long time, if it ever does.
delericho
Legend
Oops. I realised that in my posts in this thread I actually didn't answer the OP's question:
Yes, I would be interested in buying a compilation of adventures. Whether those are AL adventures or otherwise doesn't really matter to me. I would, however, wait to hear if it was a good compilation of adventures.
Yes, I would be interested in buying a compilation of adventures. Whether those are AL adventures or otherwise doesn't really matter to me. I would, however, wait to hear if it was a good compilation of adventures.
halfling rogue
Explorer
Everyone who is wanting shorter/standalone adventures has the opportunity to say so in the most recent survey!
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...ell-em-what-to-publish!&p=6698354#post6698354
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...ell-em-what-to-publish!&p=6698354#post6698354
Bayonet
First Post
I'd buy a finished adventure path of the AL stuff, despite having access to them already.
I can agree with your customers on this. I think that a series of cheap, soft-cover, 1-5 level adventures would be a great seller. With all the feedback out there on Lost Mine of Phandelver being a hit, you'd think that WoTC would think, 'hey, why don't we do more of these?'
WoTC, if you make Lost Mine of Phandelver-quality booklets for the Adventurers League campaigns, I WILL buy them. With money.
I can agree with your customers on this. I think that a series of cheap, soft-cover, 1-5 level adventures would be a great seller. With all the feedback out there on Lost Mine of Phandelver being a hit, you'd think that WoTC would think, 'hey, why don't we do more of these?'
WoTC, if you make Lost Mine of Phandelver-quality booklets for the Adventurers League campaigns, I WILL buy them. With money.
As individual products? Sadly, they're not really feasible. I know Bill Webb of Frog God Games is putting out the hardcover Quests of Doom series (generally about 6 adventures in one volume) because it is far more economic than doing small 32-page adventures. Paizo have given up on them (we get a very few 64-page adventures).
I think Print-on-Demand and PDF is likely the way to go for the smaller adventures. By the time you add in shipping costs, storage, and a generally smaller pool of purchasers for these items, it just doesn't make financial sense - the margins are just horribly thin.
Wizards have the best chance of doing it, but it's very, very easy to flood the market. Having unsold product is extremely problematic, and you need to raise the overall price as a result to cover those that don't sell... which means fewer sell!
Cheers!
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