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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5270880" data-attributes="member: 50895">Why a necessity?I don't meant to suggest this is what you are implying, but are the only players of D&D today, those who started at the 'red box' when things were simple back in 1974-79, so that all the customers over the last 30+ years were those same guys? Of course not, millions have joined the game since, yet it has always been more complex since the beginning and with each new iteration.What I am implying is that those millions who've joined the game since the beginning didn't need a 'red box' or an intro set to get into the game - they jumped in at whatever its current complexity was.If the only way to get 'new blood' is creating a red box, then the hobby would be much smaller than it is today.I've got the opinion that many of the brand new 4e players didn't need a red box to join the game either. (I'm talking brand new to RPGs here.)So I don't see a 'baby step' version as necessary at all - and my opinion is the same with 4e's red box. I am sure it might attract some new blood, but highly unlikely to drive millions to join.While a 'red box' PF version could attract new business, I don't see it as a necessity, and believe that the community will grow with its current level of complexity and not suffer because of it - in my honest opinion.GPPS: you are implying that the 4e's red box is a tremendous success and Paizo needs to review their line to reflect that, but I don't think there's any success to measure yet, it just came out. Paizo doesn't need to play 'copycat' for WotC's marketing ideas, they've got their own ideas, and so far its only spelled success.</blockquote>

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