I would like to purchase that 5th Ed semi-finalised book they're releasing at Gencon.
This D&D Encounters season uses the Murder in Baldur's Gateadventure product that is sold through your store. Instead of providing an adventure in the kit, Dungeon Masters now use the for-sale product as the play experience! The quality and breadth of the adventure experience is greatly improved, and as the group plays along, they'll have the ability to go wherever they want, and act upon whatever motivates them to aid the city!
from http://www.wizards.com/wpn/News/Article.aspx?x=2013_06_10_DDEBaldur[h=2]Kit Contents[/h]This season, the kit contains the following contents. One kit has enough materials for 2 Dungeon Masters. As a reminder, the kit does not contain the adventure – it is the Murder in Baldur's Gate adventure that's purchasable at your store!
- A poster promoting Murder in Baldur's Gate, Launch Weekend, and D&D Next
- 2 packs of non-player character cards for the DM
- 20 exclusive player maps
- 20 exclusive Murder in Baldur's Gate d20s
- Instructions document
I think they want someone to pay for it.Do we have official word that DMs are meant to pay for it? It would make a bit more sense if stores were meant to give a free copy to the DM as a reward for advertising the game, bringing people into the store, etc.
Same here.I think they want someone to pay for it.
I'm actually happy that it will be available for sale, though a lack of poster maps is a down-side for me. Encounters happens to be on my standing D&D night, so I don't go.
How many sessions are encounters? They are supposed to be two hours vs the four so it would need to be about 18 sessions? I think mine have run about 8 or 9?
I don't know much about D&D encounters but Pathfinder Society Scenarios are $3.99 each and there are 2 released a month. If this is a one shot adventure that you are supposed to play in one sitting, I would thing this too high.
Same here.
If they're offering me some nice bonuses to take home (maps, NPC cards, etc.), I'd love to run Encounters. But if they want me to pay for it, I might as well just buy it and run it for my group. And, honestly, I'd rather pay an extra $5 to get the maps and cards in the box.