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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5601820" data-attributes="member: 6957">Yes we have. I did not change my opinion then and I will not change that opinion now.The preview books were an outright money grab with people paying for the advertising. Taken as a whole they were a second rate con job that should never have been run by a first rate company.The books attempted to paint previous editions of the game in a poorly fashion, dismissed styles of play that did not fit the limited paradigm of their forthcoming edition, and the time spent writing them could have been more profitably spent on a conversion guide.And they charged the same amount for the advertising brochures for 4e as they had for the first printing of the 3e core books.The books are not something that I consider in any guise to be the best of anything. And given that I am not the only person that they alienated I would have to say that they did rather badly at their intended goal - that of an advertisement for the new edition, paid for by the consumer.I am being more direct this time, because you seem to feel that trying to change my mind is somehow something that I might welcome.It is not.The Auld Grump*EDIT* I did not take perverse pleasure in reading those books - instead I felt angry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 5601820, member: 6957"] Yes we have. I did not change my opinion then and I will not change that opinion now. The preview books were an outright money grab with people paying for the advertising. Taken as a whole they were a second rate con job that should never have been run by a first rate company. The books attempted to paint previous editions of the game in a poorly fashion, dismissed styles of play that did not fit the limited paradigm of their forthcoming edition, and the time spent writing them could have been more profitably spent on a conversion guide. And they charged the same amount for the advertising brochures for 4e as they had for the first printing of the 3e core books. The books are not something that I consider in any guise to be the best of anything. And given that I am not the only person that they alienated I would have to say that they did rather badly at their intended goal - that of an advertisement for the new edition, paid for by the consumer. I am being more direct this time, because you seem to feel that trying to change my mind is somehow something that I might welcome. It is not. The Auld Grump *EDIT* I did not take perverse pleasure in reading those books - instead I felt angry. [/QUOTE]

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