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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9508509" data-attributes="member: 4348">Perhaps, but those companies which have had sets which have had character creation have done better overall with their RPG sales than those that have not.Granted, it may just be that they are bigger players, or their appeal in general is better, but a prime example of Paizo and their Beginner Boxes have their gamebooks selling relatively well.&nbsp; After their PF1e Beginner Box came out they even started to top the charts over WotC's 4e D&amp;D at the time (of course, there are multitudes of other factors to consider in this, such as 4e not even printing new books at the time..etc).I'd say that printing a set that has character creation and the first few levels with a subset of rules so people can try it out to see if they prefer that type of system, at a minimum, does not hurt sales.&nbsp; I, of course, would say it actually helps sales more than anything else, but of course there are many variables to account for that could influence such things.&nbsp; Anecdotal for me, I don't buy starter sets unless I'm already intensely interested in a system already.&nbsp; I'm already biased at that point.&nbsp; If it has character creation rules, that's a much more likely experience for me to try.&nbsp; That's the entire reason I finally started with PF1e and finally got into it.&nbsp; I wasn't really interested in PF (I already had 3.X and was playing 4e, no real interest in trying PF), but with their beginner box I was willing to give it a shot as it had everything to truly try the system out, even if it was just for the first few levels and a few classes.&nbsp; Ended up really enjoying it.&nbsp; If it had been a starter set&nbsp; with pregens and not much else for the game except an adventure like most of those that come out instead, I probably would not have really gotten into PF1e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9508509, member: 4348"] Perhaps, but those companies which have had sets which have had character creation have done better overall with their RPG sales than those that have not. Granted, it may just be that they are bigger players, or their appeal in general is better, but a prime example of Paizo and their Beginner Boxes have their gamebooks selling relatively well. After their PF1e Beginner Box came out they even started to top the charts over WotC's 4e D&D at the time (of course, there are multitudes of other factors to consider in this, such as 4e not even printing new books at the time..etc). I'd say that printing a set that has character creation and the first few levels with a subset of rules so people can try it out to see if they prefer that type of system, at a minimum, does not hurt sales. I, of course, would say it actually helps sales more than anything else, but of course there are many variables to account for that could influence such things. Anecdotal for me, I don't buy starter sets unless I'm already intensely interested in a system already. I'm already biased at that point. If it has character creation rules, that's a much more likely experience for me to try. That's the entire reason I finally started with PF1e and finally got into it. I wasn't really interested in PF (I already had 3.X and was playing 4e, no real interest in trying PF), but with their beginner box I was willing to give it a shot as it had everything to truly try the system out, even if it was just for the first few levels and a few classes. Ended up really enjoying it. If it had been a starter set with pregens and not much else for the game except an adventure like most of those that come out instead, I probably would not have really gotten into PF1e. [/QUOTE]

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