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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5733533" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Sure, at 3.5x the shelf price... I don't think the two products are entirely comparable. WotC decided to go with a tiered approach where the RB is only the most basic introduction and some useful game aids. The advantage being if you're interested in playing all you need is a cheap HotF* book, which with the RB adds up to less than the cost of the BB. The proper comparision IMHO would be between the BB and the DMK plus a HotF* book. Now you see that each of these has a somewhat similar amount and kind of stuff, but the Essentials product gives you 30 levels of play (and may cost a few bucks more). Clearly in either case you're still going to want a couple more books, either an MV and another HotF* book or the PF core books to have the 'complete' game. </p><p></p><p>Now, maybe the way Paizo has factored things up into different products is going to work better, I don't know. I suspect it has more to do with the current catalog of each company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5733533, member: 82106"] Sure, at 3.5x the shelf price... I don't think the two products are entirely comparable. WotC decided to go with a tiered approach where the RB is only the most basic introduction and some useful game aids. The advantage being if you're interested in playing all you need is a cheap HotF* book, which with the RB adds up to less than the cost of the BB. The proper comparision IMHO would be between the BB and the DMK plus a HotF* book. Now you see that each of these has a somewhat similar amount and kind of stuff, but the Essentials product gives you 30 levels of play (and may cost a few bucks more). Clearly in either case you're still going to want a couple more books, either an MV and another HotF* book or the PF core books to have the 'complete' game. Now, maybe the way Paizo has factored things up into different products is going to work better, I don't know. I suspect it has more to do with the current catalog of each company. [/QUOTE]
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