I Miss Boxed Sets

[Arnwyn]

I prefer the box sets over hardcovers. Much more utilitarian (can store related products in the boxes, better separation and organization of info, and "goodies" (like cards).

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

My fantasy

My fantasy:

Boxed Set
Adventure that takes characters through level 1-20.

Stats and numbered tokens for all NPCs.
Poster sized battle maps for all possible hostile locations.

Information about nearby towns, NPCs, monster motivations, city politics, all desired stats.

oh yea... IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A HUGE DUNGEON CRAWL!

50% city adventure, 25% overland adventure, 25% dungeon crawl

What ever happened to role-playing in modules?

Cost? Probably about $60. It would be worth it though.

 

[MEG Hal]

Re: My fantasy

What ever happened to role-playing in modules?

Have you seen Mystic Eye Game's "theme boxes" they are in Interludes: Sands of Pain, and Interludes: Brief Expeditions to Bluffside but will appear in more adventures as we go, like the Dragonstar adventure Heart of the Machine. Check 'em out. We like them a lot and you will see more of them used as we go.

 

[Orias]

The Adventure Game box set is... uh... a box set.

At the time that came out, I wasn't that in the loop with D&D news. I had recently gotten out of playing D&D, & I was just a little interested in 3rd Edition, but not enough to check up on the news. So, I was at the comic book store, & that was there, & it looked like the only 3rd Edition stuff they had (they sold out of alot of that stuff). So, seeing that it's a box, I immediately think that it's the standard thing because of all the 2nd Edition boxed sets. So I buy it, & it comes out to be what you all know it is, which I was dissapointed on, but fortunately I was able to give it to my little brother & go find the Players Manual a couple days later.

Arnwyn - is that an EVA icon you have there?

 

[Aaron2]

I liked them. I think necromancer is putting some of the Wilderlands stuff in a boxed set with a ton of maps.

Yep. There's going to be a smaller book released sooner (kinda like the player's book) and a box set with all the poster maps released around GenCon (IIRC).

I'm getting one.

Aaron

 

[Arnwyn]

Arnwyn - is that an EVA icon you have there?

Yes, indeed it is. IIRC, it's the symbol of SEELE (and also the mask on Lilith).

 

[Decado]

I like the box sets as well. After reading a few posts in this thread I dug out my Night below boxed set. I bought this many years ago but have never used it. Looking through it I found it very well done and I was quite happy to discover Tactical Maps that can be used with minis. I may have to adapt this to my Greyhawk Campaign. I wish I had bought the Rod of Seven parts boxed set.

Decado

 

[Sanackranib]

boxed sets

I think the problem with a box set is that the box costs a bit more money compared to a book. But yes, the advantage is that you could include a lot of goodies in it that could enrich the game. I suppose you can produce a "web enhanced" version that includes the goodies as a download. Even so, it's kinda interesting that aside from Chainmail, 3E has not generated ANYTHING in a box in the three years it's been around. Perhaps the time is right.

you hit it right on the head with the cost to produce boxed sets. I am a printer by trade and I could never understand how TSR ever made ANY money on those. of course that didn't stop me from buying quite a few of them!

 

[HellHound]

NOT a fan of boxed sets.

When I dig through my research library, the books from the boxed sets don't have a visible spine (since they are all saddle-stitched) and the boxes themselves are mangled messes.

 

[Kilmore]

Now to my other point, the one thing box sets were good for was including maps, tokens, pictures, and other goodies for whatever the set was made for. Now a lot more people have better computers with printers and internet than they did in the heyday of the box set.

How many people think that these "handouts" or whatever are better served by online downloads now?