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<blockquote data-quote="hbarsquared" data-source="post: 6312461" data-attributes="member: 4550">Kind of an interesting &quot;argument,&quot; especially considering we are positing most of the same thngs that developers were in their cubicles....First, &quot;replayability&quot; only twice of a Starter Set at 8 hours a game is equivalent to playing Settlers 8-9 times.Second, the (primary, assumedly) purpose of a Starter Set is to introduce new players.&nbsp; With this perspective, the same DM could &quot;replay&quot; the same Box for multiple groups, over and over again.Third, incorporating the sandboxy/extendibility nature into the Starter is genius/obvious.&nbsp; Creating a Box that can be used as a reference, or a basis, for future adventures, sessions, games, is a great way to have &quot;replayability.&quot;Finally, WotC's goals seem to be getting clear, imo, from my perspective.&nbsp; To teach people who are just picking up the game, possibly with the Starter Set, to be DMs.&nbsp; The Starter Set provides the basics to get started, plus the adventure (in and of itself worth the $20 pricetag!), plus how to expand and create adventures on your own.&nbsp; Stimulating the imagination.&nbsp; Whetting the appetite.&nbsp; I see this as the biggest &quot;innovation.&quot;. How to create new, longterm players of D&amp;D?In this sense, the replayability of the 5e Starter Set far outstrips the 4e red box and the 3e basic sets.&nbsp; (IMO!).&nbsp; Give burgeoning DMs a taste of adventure/campaign creation, give players a concrete taste of interactive roleplaying, and you're creating a whole new generation of gamers that will only crave more.To me, this is exciting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hbarsquared, post: 6312461, member: 4550"] Kind of an interesting "argument," especially considering we are positing most of the same thngs that developers were in their cubicles.... First, "replayability" only twice of a Starter Set at 8 hours a game is equivalent to playing [i]Settlers[/i] 8-9 times. Second, the (primary, assumedly) purpose of a Starter Set is to introduce new players. With this perspective, the same DM could "replay" the same Box for multiple groups, over and over again. Third, incorporating the sandboxy/extendibility nature into the Starter is genius/obvious. Creating a Box that can be used as a reference, or a basis, for future adventures, sessions, games, is a great way to have "replayability." Finally, WotC's goals seem to be getting clear, imo, from my perspective. To teach people who are just picking up the game, possibly with the Starter Set, [i]to be DMs[/i]. The Starter Set provides the basics to get started, plus the adventure (in and of itself worth the $20 pricetag!), plus how to expand and create adventures on your own. Stimulating the imagination. Whetting the appetite. I see this as the biggest "innovation.". How to create new, longterm players of D&D? In this sense, the replayability of the 5e Starter Set far outstrips the 4e red box and the 3e basic sets. (IMO!). Give burgeoning DMs a taste of adventure/campaign creation, give players a concrete taste of interactive roleplaying, and you're creating a whole new generation of gamers that will only crave [i]more[/i]. To me, this is exciting. [/QUOTE]

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