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<blockquote data-quote="BMF" data-source="post: 389149" data-attributes="member: 3149">I only skimmed the thread, so this may have been pointed out already, but when I first learned about this book, I thought, &quot;well, it's for the people who didn't buy the campaign setting. Those people can get this book instead, and have the races without all the other information. &nbsp;I know SKR has talked about the drive from management at WotC to make products &quot;more crunchy.&quot; This seems to be an excerpt of &quot;crunchy bits&quot; from the campaign book with some (that is, VERY LITTLE) new material. &nbsp;Personally, I was surprised at how much they plan to reprint in this book. I don't plan to buy it, because I have the campaign setting.&nbsp; This book has nothing of interest in it for me beyond the material I already have. &nbsp;My impression of it is that it is a very weak product (because it has only a few new races and reprints old material, some of which has also appeared in Dragon Magazine). &nbsp;WotC has really gotten some milage out of those races, eh?? Who would have thought that you could write up one-page descriptions of various elves, dwarves, genasi, etc. and sell them to the same group of people 3 times over in less than 2 years, and make money every time! &nbsp;Sorry guys. Buying them twice is enough for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BMF, post: 389149, member: 3149"] I only skimmed the thread, so this may have been pointed out already, but when I first learned about this book, I thought, "well, it's for the people who didn't buy the campaign setting. Those people can get this book instead, and have the races without all the other information. I know SKR has talked about the drive from management at WotC to make products "more crunchy." This seems to be an excerpt of "crunchy bits" from the campaign book with some (that is, VERY LITTLE) new material. Personally, I was surprised at how much they plan to reprint in this book. I don't plan to buy it, because I have the campaign setting. This book has nothing of interest in it for me beyond the material I already have. My impression of it is that it is a very weak product (because it has only a few new races and reprints old material, some of which has also appeared in Dragon Magazine). WotC has really gotten some milage out of those races, eh?? Who would have thought that you could write up one-page descriptions of various elves, dwarves, genasi, etc. and sell them to the same group of people 3 times over in less than 2 years, and make money every time! Sorry guys. Buying them twice is enough for me. [/QUOTE]

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