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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adlon" data-source="post: 1821811" data-attributes="member: 1972">I saw the game at Waldenbooks, and read the whole box. From what I can tell, the product looks good, and essentially plays out like the old HeroQuest, with a mapboard, figs, adventure book, and dice. To what extent of the 3.5 system is involved, well, most of you all know better than me.I'm replying to this thread, however, to say that I think the product is a boon for the game. It's getting a warm reception at my local Waldenbooks. For those who may not follow the Mortality Radio show, the Waldenbooks in Ft. Myers, florida, was the chainwide lead in d20 product stock/sales for a long time. It may still be.What this product will do for me, as a DM, is help indoctrinate new players. Many potential players look at the table top game, see all the books, and get a bit daunted, tough they may not say so. They just never come around. This type of player are those that us DM's actively recruit, of course. I'm constantly recruiting, and NOT necessarily for MY game, but for other local games, and hopefully, future games in my locality.Of course, it's also the way to go for younger kids, either as a trainer, or intro to the real game, as most younger kids usually embrace the game after one session, IME.I have a very good candidate. A friend of mine, in his mid 20's. He's a salesman. NOTE: salespeople are the number one mining pool for gamer recruits. I say that after 16 years of recruiting. Trust me. Under every salespersons exterior, is a gamer wanting to break out. They just don't know it. Those of you who ARE sales people, you cannot deny that playing D&D has helped with overcoming objections spontaneously.Ok, back to my friend. He came over, mildly interested. Then he saw my library, and turned white as a sheet. I still have yet to get him back to my house. I KNOW I can get him to sit at the board game. I also know he'd be hooked after the first night, and can then go on to spend hundreds of dollars on gaming products, as he has the income to do so. Sales people are also impulsive, especially on a good week, eh? I speak from experience, being in sales all my working life.I like the premise of the product. Playwise, if it plays out at LEAST as smoothly as HeroQuest (not a perfect game, by no means, but was fun, none the less), it will be my new 'hook', 'gaf', or whatever, to get new players playing.</blockquote>

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