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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5267279" data-attributes="member: 996">Have you ever worked in 'Corporate America?'&nbsp;&nbsp; For those who don't speak corporate Obfuscese, here are some translations:&quot;The Essentials consist of 10 key products that will form the baseline experience for the roleplaying game moving forward.&quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; 4e just isn't selling well enough, so we're trying something desperate to goose sales. &quot;The Essentials are NOT a new game or a new edition. &quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; We can't admit that Essentials are a new edition, because people are still mad at us over releasing 3.5 so soon after 3e.&quot;The Essentials are NOT replacing the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, or Monster Manual. &quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; Essentials are effectively re-printing the basic things you need to play the game from the PH, DMG, and MM, with existing errata - and some major changes that we hope will bring back some of the fans we've lost over the last two years.&nbsp; But, hey, if you want to lug around 3 hardcover books and a reem of errata printed out at your own expense, we can't stop you.&quot;The Essentials are providing a better framework and starting point for new players while also providing new options for existing players to add to their games. &quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; We really hope we can move more units with these cheaper boxed sets and softbacks.&quot;The Essentials products work with all other Dungeons &amp; Dragons roleplaying game products, from Player’s Handbook to new products releasing in 2011 and beyond—just like all other D&amp;D products we release.&quot;&nbsp; =&nbsp; Please, please, please, buy these things.&nbsp; We've lost too many customers already with 4e.&nbsp; We're really sorry.&nbsp; Don't hate us.&nbsp; Please buy Essentials or Hasbro will transfer us all to Siberia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5267279, member: 996"] Have you ever worked in 'Corporate America?' For those who don't speak corporate Obfuscese, here are some translations: "The Essentials consist of 10 key products that will form the baseline experience for the roleplaying game moving forward." = 4e just isn't selling well enough, so we're trying something desperate to goose sales. "The Essentials are NOT a new game or a new edition. " = We can't admit that Essentials are a new edition, because people are still mad at us over releasing 3.5 so soon after 3e. "The Essentials are NOT replacing the [I]Player's Handbook[/I], [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I], or [I]Monster Manual[/I]. " = Essentials are effectively re-printing the basic things you need to play the game from the PH, DMG, and MM, with existing errata - and some major changes that we hope will bring back some of the fans we've lost over the last two years. But, hey, if you want to lug around 3 hardcover books and a reem of errata printed out at your own expense, we can't stop you. "The Essentials are providing a better framework and starting point for new players while also providing new options for existing players to add to their games. " = We really hope we can move more units with these cheaper boxed sets and softbacks. "The Essentials products work with all other [B]Dungeons & Dragons[/B] roleplaying game products, from [I]Player’s Handbook[/I] to new products releasing in 2011 and beyond—just like all other D&D products we release." = Please, please, please, buy these things. We've lost too many customers already with 4e. We're really sorry. Don't hate us. Please buy Essentials or Hasbro will transfer us all to Siberia. [/QUOTE]

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