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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5732720" data-attributes="member: 22424">Which is awesome, and madness, in equal measure.I don't like being so negative, but it seems the Red Box is mostly useful as an example of how not to do it. Instead, I suspect they took their inspiration from the starter sets of old - that is, from the last time the starter sets were actually successful.(The topic of the starter set has been something of a hobby horse of mine for a good long time now. Somewhere or other there will be posts by me detailing how I feel it should be done. There may even be posts decrying the Red Box from before it was released. One reason I find the Pathfinder box so intriguing is that it matches what I thought should be done very closely.)The single biggest weakness of the PF BB is availability. Perhaps the best course of action for WotC would be to just clone it, switch it to 4e mechanics, and put that out there. Get it into all the bigger stores, and the job's done.I'm not directly familiar with Encounters. However, I have noticed that the board games (Ravenloft, et al) make for a far better intro to the game than does the game itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5732720, member: 22424"] Which is awesome, and madness, in equal measure. I don't like being so negative, but it seems the Red Box is mostly useful as an example of how not to do it. Instead, I suspect they took their inspiration from the starter sets of old - that is, from the last time the starter sets were actually successful. (The topic of the starter set has been something of a hobby horse of mine for a good long time now. Somewhere or other there will be posts by me detailing how I feel it should be done. There may even be posts decrying the Red Box from before it was released. One reason I find the Pathfinder box so intriguing is that it matches what I thought should be done [i]very[/i] closely.) The single biggest weakness of the PF BB is availability. Perhaps the best course of action for WotC would be to just clone it, switch it to 4e mechanics, and put that out there. Get it into all the bigger stores, and the job's done. I'm not directly familiar with Encounters. However, I have noticed that the board games (Ravenloft, et al) make for a far better intro to the game than does the game itself. [/QUOTE]

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