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Message: <blockquote data-quote="village6" data-source="post: 2699831" data-attributes="member: 10351">Somewhat true.  I'm quite sure that many of the item and ability cards were patterned after some of the many certs from the Living City campaign.  However, many of the cards give access to special races, classes, etc that are not able to be accessed in any other manner. The important this is that the contents of the cards, whether they be 'new' or 'recycled (LC) living campaign goodies' are only available on and with the cards.  These goodies and powers are a limited resource, and therefore are valued by those who give a flip about the campaign(s) in question.  If WotC goes in this direction with 4E (and I'm not saying they will) then my assumption is that the contents of the 'cards' will probably be handled a lot like the contents of the various 'builder' and 'complete' books in 4E.   $1-$2 per card doesn't appear to be a rich bounty, until it is examined in context.  $1 or $2 isn't much, until you compare that to the amount of content in a 'builder' or 'complete' book, and then break out that content as individual cards...multiply it by factor 'x', the number of boosters that you have to buy to get that rare Feat access or Race ability.  If a normal book contains 40-60 new Feat/Item/Class/Race options, a case can be made that  it might easily be worth imore than the $20-$30 currently charged for a book.  From WotC's point of view, their content might be predicted to be worth significantly more in 'collectible card' format.You are correct that the current model is only targeted at RPGA and its small niche of customers, but WotC views (rightly or wrongly) that RPGA niche as a slice of the gamer demographic whose behaviors are indicative of the market as a whole.  In their mind, collectible card-based goodies and powers have already been proven to work.I'm not endorsing, in truth or principle, the idea of collectible D&D in any form.  I'm simply offering up what I know of experiences that WotC views as marketing data.  The initial poo-pooing and disbelief over this idea was not merited, as it has already been tried and 'proven' in WotC's R&D 'lab'.  I'm skeptical too, just not as much so as most on this thread, as I've seen it in action.Just because someone posts something on an April Fool's thread doesn't mean that it isn't and can never be true.  No more so than posting it as a 'rumor' automatically makes it true.</blockquote>

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