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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9332761" data-attributes="member: 11760">This new policy has been in place since the beginning of the year with their only book published so far in 2024, the Book of Many Things, and they've steadfastly refused to answer questions about what's going on.So, they're at least four months into this experiment. But I suspect this isn't an experiment so much as the latest galaxy brain move from the brains behind the OGL crisis -- i.e. someone who doesn't particularly understand D&amp;D gamers but, damn it, they've got an important title and they will be listened to.I used the a la carte functions extensively, buying player-facing content and individual adventures out of compilations. The idea that I would spend $30 for all of Bigby's Big Book of Giants, rather than $5 or whatever it was for the player-facing content, when I was disappointed by Fizban's (yes, yes, I know other people loved both books) is pretty optimistic on WotC's part. Are there people who will make the bigger purchase instead? Probably, but I suspect folks who don't care about the $25 difference weren't their big a la carte purchasers to begin with.As a PR move, this doesn't really rise to the self-owns of 2023 -- I suspect lots of people won't notice nor care about this change -- but it certainly doesn't endear me to WotC during their anniversary year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 9332761, member: 11760"] This new policy has been in place since the beginning of the year with their only book published so far in 2024, the Book of Many Things, and they've steadfastly refused to answer questions about what's going on. So, they're at least four months into this experiment. But I suspect this isn't an experiment so much as the latest galaxy brain move from the brains behind the OGL crisis -- i.e. someone who doesn't particularly understand D&D gamers but, damn it, they've got an important title and they will be listened to. I used the a la carte functions extensively, buying player-facing content and individual adventures out of compilations. The idea that I would spend $30 for all of Bigby's Big Book of Giants, rather than $5 or whatever it was for the player-facing content, when I was disappointed by Fizban's (yes, yes, I know other people loved both books) is pretty optimistic on WotC's part. Are there people who will make the bigger purchase instead? Probably, but I suspect folks who don't care about the $25 difference weren't their big a la carte purchasers to begin with. As a PR move, this doesn't really rise to the self-owns of 2023 -- I suspect lots of people won't notice nor care about this change -- but it certainly doesn't endear me to WotC during their anniversary year. [/QUOTE]

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