Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="thewok" data-source="post: 6270563" data-attributes="member: 60907">Technically, with Shadowrun, the $60 rule book is the &quot;basic game.&quot;&nbsp; The core (or standard game, to use DDN terms) for Shadowrun also includes other books.&nbsp; For 4E, the core for the game was the Players Handbook, Runner's Companion, Augmentation, Unwired, Street Magic and Arsenal.&nbsp; We Shadowrun players tend to know that off hand, though, and go in expecting to buy those extra books for a &quot;complete&quot; game experience, even if the basic rulebook is complete in itself.FFG's Star Wars line is a different set-up as well, with three separate, complete games that can then work with each other.&nbsp; So, Edge of the Empire has a $60 core book (with GM section and Example enemies), but they also release splatbooks for the careers at $30 each.&nbsp; Age of Rebellion and Force and Destiny will follow the same scheme.With D&amp;D, though, we generally expect to have to get three books for a complete experience (at least as DMs).&nbsp; $150 is a lot for a complete game when every other game is $60 for a &quot;complete game.&quot;&nbsp; Part of me wonders if someone at WotC leaked the info as a kind of trial balloon (&quot;Can we get away with it?&quot;).&nbsp; Then, they'll gauge reactions and announce a price point that maximizes profit and customer satisfaction.I think Marvel has dropped the price of their titles to $2.99 again.&nbsp; I know DC has, but they also dropped page count to compensate.&nbsp; Smaller publishers (Dark Horse, and the like) all tend to be around $3.50-3.99, though.Now, if $50 includes a PDF version at no additional cost, I'm sold on that price point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thewok, post: 6270563, member: 60907"] Technically, with Shadowrun, the $60 rule book is the "basic game." The core (or standard game, to use DDN terms) for Shadowrun also includes other books. For 4E, the core for the game was the Players Handbook, Runner's Companion, Augmentation, Unwired, Street Magic and Arsenal. We Shadowrun players tend to know that off hand, though, and go in expecting to buy those extra books for a "complete" game experience, even if the basic rulebook is complete in itself. FFG's Star Wars line is a different set-up as well, with three separate, complete games that can then work with each other. So, Edge of the Empire has a $60 core book (with GM section and Example enemies), but they also release splatbooks for the careers at $30 each. Age of Rebellion and Force and Destiny will follow the same scheme. With D&D, though, we generally expect to have to get three books for a complete experience (at least as DMs). $150 is a lot for a complete game when every other game is $60 for a "complete game." Part of me wonders if someone at WotC leaked the info as a kind of trial balloon ("Can we get away with it?"). Then, they'll gauge reactions and announce a price point that maximizes profit and customer satisfaction. I think Marvel has dropped the price of their titles to $2.99 again. I know DC has, but they also dropped page count to compensate. Smaller publishers (Dark Horse, and the like) all tend to be around $3.50-3.99, though. Now, if $50 includes a PDF version at no additional cost, I'm sold on that price point. [/QUOTE]

Verification