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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5304977" data-attributes="member: 22779">I regularly spend a heck of a lot more than 6 bucks on a product I know about as much about as a new RPG - it's called movies.  You can read reviews, you can watch previews, but, until you pony up your money (where I live now, a movie is 20 bucks at the theater), you have no idea if you're going to like the movie or not.Where's the difference?  You have exactly the same amount (and quite possibly more) information regarding a new RPG as a new movie.  At least you get a souvenir from your game day, even if you hate the game.I guess that's my real issue here.  "Know nothing about"?  Really?  If I know enough to go to a FLGS for a game day, I'm probably not some schlep off the street.  I've probably done at least a little bit in the hobby.  Or, I'm coming with someone who knows something about the hobby.  Fresh in off the street and willing to sit down and play cold for two or three hours is probably a pretty small minority.The notion that I'm going to be totally unprepared for a game demo is a bit of a stretch.  Most likely I've either come with friends who have some knowledge of the game and have sold me on the idea, or I've heard about it on the web or whatnot and have some basic idea of what the game is about.As I said, it would be like expecting people to go see movies without knowing more than the movie's title.  Sure, I'm sure some people do, but, I doubt strongly they are anything other than a small minority.</blockquote>

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