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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 3178433" data-attributes="member: 1645">I assume WotC wants to move toward the more profitable model of selling tangible products, like miniatures.I assume they also want to move toward a game that's easier to play -- not necessarily in the rules-complexity sense, but in the sense that you can get together and play a card game or a board game without worrying about continuity.I think that would make sense.&nbsp; Remember, the randomized packaging isn't simply to attract collectors; it reduces the monstrous -- pardon the pun -- inventory problem of stocking the right miniatures in the right amounts at each store.&nbsp; If almost everyone is going to want a dozen goblins and a dozen dire wolves, then you can package them in a starter set and still make money.I personally would enjoy a more &quot;classic&quot; style of art, and I'm surprised WotC didn't try to ride on Lord of the Rings' coattails a bit more, but I strongly suspect they see their market responding well to World of Warcraft imagery.I've thought for some time that the PHB should be a bit more like the Rules Cyclopedia (or the early 3E PHB), with monsters, etc. -- enough to play the game -- but with the vast lists of spells pulled out into another book, which would also include all the magic items from the DMG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 3178433, member: 1645"] I assume WotC wants to move toward the more profitable model of selling tangible products, like miniatures. I assume they also want to move toward a game that's easier to play -- not necessarily in the rules-complexity sense, but in the sense that you can get together and play a card game or a board game without worrying about continuity.I think that would make sense. Remember, the randomized packaging isn't simply to attract collectors; it reduces the monstrous -- pardon the pun -- inventory problem of stocking the right miniatures in the right amounts at each store. If almost everyone is going to want a dozen goblins and a dozen dire wolves, then you can package them in a starter set and still make money.I personally would enjoy a more "classic" style of art, and I'm surprised WotC didn't try to ride on [i]Lord of the Rings[/i]' coattails a bit more, but I strongly suspect they see their market responding well to [i]World of Warcraft[/i] imagery.I've thought for some time that the PHB should be a bit more like the Rules Cyclopedia (or the early 3E PHB), with monsters, etc. -- enough to play the game -- but with the vast lists of spells pulled out into another book, which would also include all the magic items from the DMG. [/QUOTE]

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