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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9157741" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>No, I don't think it is. It would be fair to describe it as you just did, if those are the facts (and listing those employees doesn't necessarily mean they were involved in the production of this product, it could well mean that they are being credited for their work that was adapted or reprinted). In any case, a licensed product is not a WotC product, and if you're doing a review, these sorts of facts matter.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, it is misleading when you write, "They are standees. That is a different thing! WOTc have spent years selling miniatures, they know this." This is not a WotC product, but your words again imply that it is, and secondly WotC have not sold miniatures since 2011; I believe this magazine company has a deal with Wizkids, as mentioned above (who also produce under license from WotC but are actually a subsidiary of collectables giant NECA).</p><p></p><p>As for the value: a set of cheap but, looking at the photograph, okay dice, a decent quality cardstock map (going by your description) and some standees (were these actually included?) along with a short adventure for five bucks is objectively a very good price compared by what else is on the market - those WK standees by themselves are about a buck apiece. Compare to the Wizkids encounter sets which are six times that price and don't include that much more (e.g. <a href="https://shop.wizkids.com/products/pre-order-wizkids-encounter-in-a-box-wagon-ambush" target="_blank">WizKids Encounter in a Box: Wagon Ambush</a>).</p><p></p><p>Truth matters in journalism. If your point is that WotC should be more careful with their licensing because some of the products released under it are sub-par, misrepresentative, or overpriced, then write that; you'll get no argument from me. But I'll be straight with you: being slippery with the facts, especially after you've taken them to task for being misleading, makes your article read as biased, so when you finish with a plug for your own competing product, it's not a great look.</p><p></p><p>That said, I followed the link to check out your kickstarter...and it looks really good! I think your pocket-sized games look ingenious, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9157741, member: 7035894"] No, I don't think it is. It would be fair to describe it as you just did, if those are the facts (and listing those employees doesn't necessarily mean they were involved in the production of this product, it could well mean that they are being credited for their work that was adapted or reprinted). In any case, a licensed product is not a WotC product, and if you're doing a review, these sorts of facts matter. Similarly, it is misleading when you write, "They are standees. That is a different thing! WOTc have spent years selling miniatures, they know this." This is not a WotC product, but your words again imply that it is, and secondly WotC have not sold miniatures since 2011; I believe this magazine company has a deal with Wizkids, as mentioned above (who also produce under license from WotC but are actually a subsidiary of collectables giant NECA). As for the value: a set of cheap but, looking at the photograph, okay dice, a decent quality cardstock map (going by your description) and some standees (were these actually included?) along with a short adventure for five bucks is objectively a very good price compared by what else is on the market - those WK standees by themselves are about a buck apiece. Compare to the Wizkids encounter sets which are six times that price and don't include that much more (e.g. [URL='https://shop.wizkids.com/products/pre-order-wizkids-encounter-in-a-box-wagon-ambush']WizKids Encounter in a Box: Wagon Ambush[/URL]). Truth matters in journalism. If your point is that WotC should be more careful with their licensing because some of the products released under it are sub-par, misrepresentative, or overpriced, then write that; you'll get no argument from me. But I'll be straight with you: being slippery with the facts, especially after you've taken them to task for being misleading, makes your article read as biased, so when you finish with a plug for your own competing product, it's not a great look. That said, I followed the link to check out your kickstarter...and it looks really good! I think your pocket-sized games look ingenious, as well. [/QUOTE]
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