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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6762271" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>I agree. It's a great book. I love it so much that I shifted my longstanding homebrew campaign to the Realms because of it. Hadn't been a huge Realms fan prior to that, despite checking out some of the novels and maybe a module or two.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Largest number of consumers. They are selling the book, so their goal is to sell to as many as possible. I can't say for sure, this is pure speculation on my part, but I am guessing that they decided it wasn't smart to market to the hard core audience only...people already invested in the Realms. They need to attract new players to te game, not just continue to cater to folks my age. In order to do that, they needed something of a clean slate....a jumping on point for folks who don't know the Time of Troubles from The Scouring of the Shire.</p><p></p><p>I hope that they are worried about a lot more than message boards when it comes to their market research, and I am sure that they are. Message boards don't necessarily mean anything. I don't know if it's fair to use 4th Edition as a basis of comparison for much. But I don't think that they tried the same thing with the Realms in 4th. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they do a full campaign guide and then they followed that with a player's guide? Aren't you complaining about the lack of a campaign guide now? </p><p></p><p>I find what they've released so far to be a nice balance of material from all editions, although I think it leans more toward the 2E/3E era. Which is when I really got on board, so I'm fine with that. </p><p></p><p>But that's just me. Others are not happy with it. I get that. I think you have valid points at times. I just think that they get lost when you go a bit too far and say that the book is useless, or that you can't even imagine why they made it. That kind of hyperbole just hurts your argument.</p><p></p><p>The book is not perfect. Nor is it useless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6762271, member: 6785785"] I agree. It's a great book. I love it so much that I shifted my longstanding homebrew campaign to the Realms because of it. Hadn't been a huge Realms fan prior to that, despite checking out some of the novels and maybe a module or two. Largest number of consumers. They are selling the book, so their goal is to sell to as many as possible. I can't say for sure, this is pure speculation on my part, but I am guessing that they decided it wasn't smart to market to the hard core audience only...people already invested in the Realms. They need to attract new players to te game, not just continue to cater to folks my age. In order to do that, they needed something of a clean slate....a jumping on point for folks who don't know the Time of Troubles from The Scouring of the Shire. I hope that they are worried about a lot more than message boards when it comes to their market research, and I am sure that they are. Message boards don't necessarily mean anything. I don't know if it's fair to use 4th Edition as a basis of comparison for much. But I don't think that they tried the same thing with the Realms in 4th. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they do a full campaign guide and then they followed that with a player's guide? Aren't you complaining about the lack of a campaign guide now? I find what they've released so far to be a nice balance of material from all editions, although I think it leans more toward the 2E/3E era. Which is when I really got on board, so I'm fine with that. But that's just me. Others are not happy with it. I get that. I think you have valid points at times. I just think that they get lost when you go a bit too far and say that the book is useless, or that you can't even imagine why they made it. That kind of hyperbole just hurts your argument. The book is not perfect. Nor is it useless. [/QUOTE]
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