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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6074668" data-attributes="member: 6688937">While it does sound like everything may not be in the first box/product, its very unclear what will or won't be in the second. It may very well be that the Standard Box/Book has all the rules inclusive of what is in the Base set. (Yet another good reason for the 16 pages thing, IMO.) I would think that would make sense, looking at the intended purpose of the products in question. The Basic Box is for people to pick up and try the game (maybe without investing near $100 first.) Those that like it, and want to join all us &quot;serious&quot; D&amp;D-ers will pick up the Standard Box, as will most of us. The Advanced box will include all the rest of the options, I would guess for those who really want to bash the game around. I really like this idea from the perspective of getting young/new people into the hobby. Especially since they are taking care to avoid having &quot;more advanced&quot; rules re-write what you learned in the earlier steps (although I suspect some of that may happen in the &quot;Advanced&quot; set.....and I still think &quot;D&amp;D&quot;, &quot;Expert D&amp;D&quot;, and &quot;Advanced D&amp;D&quot; sound better than Basic, Standard, and Advanced. &quot;Standard&quot;, to me, implies that the simple boxed set is somehow sub-standard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6074668, member: 6688937"] While it does sound like [I]everything [/I]may not be in the first box/product, its very unclear what will or won't be in the second. It may very well be that the Standard Box/Book has all the rules inclusive of what is in the Base set. (Yet another good reason for the 16 pages thing, IMO.) I would think that would make sense, looking at the intended purpose of the products in question. The Basic Box is for people to pick up and try the game (maybe without investing near $100 first.) Those that like it, and want to join all us "serious" D&D-ers will pick up the Standard Box, as will most of us. The Advanced box will include all the rest of the options, I would guess for those who really want to bash the game around. I really like this idea from the perspective of getting young/new people into the hobby. Especially since they are taking care to avoid having "more advanced" rules re-write what you learned in the earlier steps (although I suspect some of that may happen in the "Advanced" set. ....and I still think "D&D", "Expert D&D", and "Advanced D&D" sound better than Basic, Standard, and Advanced. "Standard", to me, implies that the simple boxed set is somehow sub-standard. [/QUOTE]

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