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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 6310547" data-attributes="member: 19857">As a big fan of 4th edition (my group enjoys 4th edition so much that we have no intention of changing to 5th any time in the next few years), I have to say I disagree entirely.&nbsp; If the aim of the D&amp;D team is to produce a game that gets away from the tactical combat of 3e/4e and get back to the verbal jousting across a table then they have to commit to that entirely for the starter set.&nbsp; You can't half-ass that commitment - if the game is meant to be played without minis and minis are &quot;just an option&quot; then you have to commit to that and show people that you can make that game and that it's fun to play on its own.And again - if Wizards commits to getting this starter set into big box stores the way it should be - next to Clue and Battleship and Munchkin and Settlers of Catan - then the nature of who their competition is changes completely.&nbsp; And a $20 price point is perhaps perfect for an impulse purchase game down the toy aisle.&nbsp; (If Wizards doesn't do that then I will again be stumped by their entire &quot;Starter Set&quot; philosophy - as I admittedly have pretty much since the second starter set for third edition hit the shelves...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 6310547, member: 19857"] As a big fan of 4th edition (my group enjoys 4th edition so much that we have no intention of changing to 5th any time in the next few years), I have to say I disagree entirely. If the aim of the D&D team is to produce a game that gets away from the tactical combat of 3e/4e and get back to the verbal jousting across a table then they have to commit to that entirely for the starter set. You can't half-ass that commitment - if the game is meant to be played without minis and minis are "just an option" then you have to commit to that and show people that you can make that game and that it's fun to play on its own. And again - if Wizards commits to getting this starter set into big box stores the way it should be - next to Clue and Battleship and Munchkin and Settlers of Catan - then the nature of who their competition is changes completely. And a $20 price point is perhaps perfect for an impulse purchase game down the toy aisle. (If Wizards doesn't do that then I will again be stumped by their entire "Starter Set" philosophy - as I admittedly have pretty much since the second starter set for third edition hit the shelves...) [/QUOTE]

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