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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8523567" data-attributes="member: 86653">My understanding is that this Kickstarter is setup like the previous boxed sets they've put out. The Basic Box is only the B/X stuff in multiple volumes. Basic Rules (dice, stats, hit points, levels, cleric, fighter, magic-user, thief, etc), Cleric & Magic-User Spells, Genre Rules (basic classes plus dwarf, elf, halfling, gear, vehicles, etc), Monsters, Rogues Gallery, and Treasures. The Advanced Box is only the AD&D additions in multiple volumes. Druid & Illusionist Spells, Genre Rules (classes, stand-alone races, multiclassing, etc), Monsters, and Treasures. So there's no or minimal overlap between the Basic Box and the Advanced Box.But yeah. Some people prefer slimmer hardback books to beefy door stops. They're more expensive to produce, hence the Kickstarter.Yeah. It's a quality of life thing. You have the Basic classes in one book so if a few players need that they have them in their own book. Likewise the Advanced classes. Not everyone at the table will need the same book at the same time. Anyone playing a straight B/X character? Here's the Basic Genre Rules. Anyone playing an AD&D character? Here's the Advanced Genre Rules. You have two books with different info that your group can share. It's not everyone's style, sure. But it makes things easier, I think.If nothing else they will last a lot longer than staple-bound softcovers.</blockquote>