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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6348444" data-attributes="member: 37579">The thing is, WotC has apparently clung to the $20 price point since the 3e boxed sets. Their starter set is increasingly becoming less valuable as inflation devalues what you can purchase for $20. In five more years, the starter set will be a box with four dice, and a flier with a code for DnDClassics..I'm not sure they've done more research, and are just sticking to the assumed price point of the last generation. Eventually they will have to increase the price. $20 is cheap. A blu-Ray costs more. Fast food for two costs more. A couple Starbucks coffees and a slice of lemon poppyseed loaf costs more. I spend more when I go to the grocery store for milk, bread, eggs, and other essentials. $20 is a fine price for an impulse purchase. But not for something of value. I worry about the durability of anything that costs less than $25.Something you can buy for $20 is disposable. You buy it, consume, and chuck. It's not meant to last. Which doesn't necessarily get people to continue playing the game. Yes, the Pathfinder box is pricey, which makes things a slightly unfair comparison. But what else should we compare the Starter Set with? The $30 Edge of Empire boxed set, the $30 DragonAge boxed set, or maybe the $80 L5R boxed set?If we only compare D&D Starter Sets with other D&D a Starter a Sets it seems like comparing Denny's with McDonalds.</blockquote>