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<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5433823" data-attributes="member: 98255">Saying one thing (to deflect valid criticism, in this case), and then turning around and doing exactly what they said they wouldn't - hypocrisy, lying, whatever you want to call it - that's what may be happening here.Clearly, they're meant to be collected. It has been indicated further up thread and by the fact that they include &quot;deck building&quot; guidelines, that they are collectible. M:tG makes WotC buckets of money. D&amp;D does not. Hasborg is likely asking them difficult questions as to why this is. This may be an attempt to answer those difficult questions.Many people feared (and rightly so, it seems) that when WotC acquired TSR, and hence, D&amp;D, that they would turn D&amp;D into a CCG. There was much bad press about this, and much poo-pooing of the idea publicly by WotC.If this sells well, count on it being &quot;core&quot; in 5e. Count on it. If it flops, it will be yet another forgotten add-on, which, at worst, they break even on (hence the price).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5433823, member: 98255"] Saying one thing (to deflect valid criticism, in this case), and then turning around and doing exactly what they said they wouldn't - hypocrisy, lying, whatever you want to call it - that's what may be happening here. Clearly, they're [I]meant[/I] to be collected. It has been indicated further up thread and by the fact that they include "deck building" guidelines, that they are collectible. M:tG makes WotC buckets of money. D&D does not. Hasborg is likely asking them difficult questions as to why this is. This may be an attempt to answer those difficult questions. Many people feared (and rightly so, it seems) that when WotC acquired TSR, and hence, D&D, that they would turn D&D into a CCG. There was much bad press about this, and much poo-pooing of the idea publicly by WotC. If this sells well, count on it being "core" in 5e. [I]Count on it.[/I] If it flops, it will be yet another forgotten add-on, which, at worst, they break even on (hence the price). [/QUOTE]

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