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<blockquote data-quote="PinkRose" data-source="post: 6271409" data-attributes="member: 6694492">I find a few things interesting here in this thread.1. The B&amp;N announcement only spoiled it for those that frequent the news sites like EN World. Shockingly, us geeks here are not the only target audience for D&amp;D.So there is a huge HUGE section of people that have not been spoiled and will be surprised and excited when the official announcement is made. And there is probably a HUGE group that will just as surprised when they walk in to their FLGS and find a new version of D&amp;D in July.2. I find the argument interesting that the PHB costs too much and the Starter set doesn't cost enough. What if the Starter set contained half the info from the PHB? And you save more than half the money. Now people are buying both because one they can show their friends and relatives and the other is for all the details we crave. Now WotC is getting $70 bucks from us.4. If the playtest and the L&amp;L are any indication, aren't we getting more classes and races in the PHB than any other version of D&amp;D PHB ever? More than 8 classes and more than 8 races. So that adds additional value.3. COnsidering the very few products I have purchased in the last 2 years from WotC, and the massive amount of fun I already had with the FREE playtest, I feel like my $50 (or $70) is more of a back tax for this whole period of time, 2012-2014, that I will happily pay. Kind of a Reverse Kickstarter, if you will.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PinkRose, post: 6271409, member: 6694492"] I find a few things interesting here in this thread. 1. The B&N announcement only spoiled it for those that frequent the news sites like EN World. Shockingly, us geeks here are not the only target audience for D&D. So there is a huge HUGE section of people that have not been spoiled and will be surprised and excited when the official announcement is made. And there is probably a HUGE group that will just as surprised when they walk in to their FLGS and find a new version of D&D in July. 2. I find the argument interesting that the PHB costs too much and the Starter set doesn't cost enough. What if the Starter set contained half the info from the PHB? And you save more than half the money. Now people are buying both because one they can show their friends and relatives and the other is for all the details we crave. Now WotC is getting $70 bucks from us. 4. If the playtest and the L&L are any indication, aren't we getting more classes and races in the PHB than any other version of D&D PHB ever? More than 8 classes and more than 8 races. So that adds additional value. 3. COnsidering the very few products I have purchased in the last 2 years from WotC, and the massive amount of fun I already had with the FREE playtest, I feel like my $50 (or $70) is more of a back tax for this whole period of time, 2012-2014, that I will happily pay. Kind of a Reverse Kickstarter, if you will. [/QUOTE]

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