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<blockquote data-quote="The Big BZ" data-source="post: 7427596" data-attributes="member: 6872504">I'm not sure it's competitiveness they're trying to avoid rather than complexity.&nbsp; DMing for 7 strangers isn't easy and the Phb+1 streamlines the process.&nbsp; Added to that is that our AL community, for example, has 200+ members varying from people who are playing their very first session to people who have been playing 30 years, Phb+1 agains limits the complexities of organisation with rules and rulings etc.AL isn't aimed at the guy or gal who owns every book and wants to play an Eladrin Forge Cleric/Swashbuckler with Elven Accuracy, the Haunted One background and Spells from 4 different books.&nbsp; It wants to avoid complexity and barriers to entry.&nbsp; Ultimately companies don't support organised play for virtuous reasons any more than drug dealers who give the first one free do, they're looking to develop customers, drive sales.&nbsp; They want to turn the player who turns up with the free basic rules into the committed customer who owns everything.&nbsp; They can't do that if the Organised Play is too complex for players or organisers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Big BZ, post: 7427596, member: 6872504"] I'm not sure it's competitiveness they're trying to avoid rather than complexity. DMing for 7 strangers isn't easy and the Phb+1 streamlines the process. Added to that is that our AL community, for example, has 200+ members varying from people who are playing their very first session to people who have been playing 30 years, Phb+1 agains limits the complexities of organisation with rules and rulings etc. AL isn't aimed at the guy or gal who owns every book and wants to play an Eladrin Forge Cleric/Swashbuckler with Elven Accuracy, the Haunted One background and Spells from 4 different books. It wants to avoid complexity and barriers to entry. Ultimately companies don't support organised play for virtuous reasons any more than drug dealers who give the first one free do, they're looking to develop customers, drive sales. They want to turn the player who turns up with the free basic rules into the committed customer who owns everything. They can't do that if the Organised Play is too complex for players or organisers. [/QUOTE]

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