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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 7905562" data-attributes="member: 518">This review made me upset/sad.I think the current Chaosium, like with the new version of RQ, is making CoC more complicated and harder to engage with than it needs to be by having multiple books, stressing pretty books over functionality and then feeling the need to produce a starter set such as this- like it was D&D or PF. It's not needed and detrimental IMO..Thousands and thousands of CoC gamers have been made with the classic and excellent "The Haunting" which has been in every edition. That, some pre-gens and the basics of the system in one small booklet/PDF has been available as the free Quickstart for years. It doesn't take lots of prep time, and it's easy to run, play, and it's a FUN adventure. Then you are directed to a single volume book that is aesthetically pleasing , fun to read, and a useful at the table resource without a massive price tag. This has been the way up until 7th.IOW- Don't try to fix what isn't broke- The new Chaosium is trying too hard. The game sells itself without all the "bling" and extraneous page counts. It's become intimidating (AND EXPENSIVE) for new people. I'm still not sure even which books I would need to buy to run the game. I have stuck with my 3rd edition hardcover. It's still gives off a creepier vibe than the 7th edition volumes and all the fancy art and layout. Same with  the new Runequest- two (three if you include the cut down setting book they also released) massive expensive tomes that make it more difficult to get into RQ and Glorantha than ever before.I highly suggest you go download one of the previous free PDF Quickstarts- I think the 6E version is still around as well as 7th is available on the Chaosium page,  Give your friends the pre-gens, stick to the rules in the PDF and have at "The Haunting" like so many people have before.</blockquote>

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