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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 7706422" data-attributes="member: 413">Yes.&nbsp; Most.&nbsp; Most current active players have not played most of the adventures in TftYP.&nbsp; It's an opinion.&nbsp; I'm not going to go looking up hard sales numbers.&nbsp; Mr Mearls sums it up nicely when he observed that he didn't own more than a handful of 2e products and WotC's market research indicated that's the norm.&nbsp; It certainly matches my experience.&nbsp; There were so many products available for 1e, 2e and 3e, only the most hardcore groups could have come close to playing them all.&nbsp; It is unlikely that any currently active individual DM owns more than a couple of these. You seem to be suggesting that the market of current active players who would consider buying WotC products is comprised mostly of old school grognards with vast libraries of old adventures.&nbsp; That seems unlikely to me. I'm guessing that WotC/Hasbro believes the same thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; CoS is anything by lazy.&nbsp; It took one of the best adventures ever written (and really the first actually well polished adventure module) and made it better.&nbsp; I see no reason not to expect more of the same from WotC with this product.&nbsp; Sure, copies of all of these could be obtained and updated to 5e by anyone.&nbsp; But I have no interest in doing that.&nbsp; I updated G1 to D&amp;D Next.&nbsp; It was fun...but I'm much more curious to see WotC's take on it.&nbsp; They did a far more thorough job with CoS than I ever would have and I can discuss CoS with folks in the community.&nbsp; I'm about to run my group through the Castle Ravenloft portion of it and the advice I have found within the community is invaluable.&nbsp; A big part of the fun of published official adventures is the shared experience of the community.&nbsp; Now people in the community that never would have experienced any of these adventures will get to experience them and those of us who have experienced them before will get to experience them again but with a new take by new players and new writers and artists.&nbsp; WotC is betting that that is the case.&nbsp; I guess we'll see if it's true.I get that it's not for everyone.&nbsp; If you happen to have played through all these before and many of the people in your group have played even a few of them they are probably useless to you.&nbsp; They aren't going to hit 100% of the market every time.&nbsp; Hopefully next time will be more to your liking.&nbsp; For me, this product is very interesting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 7706422, member: 413"] Yes. Most. Most current active players have not played most of the adventures in TftYP. It's an opinion. I'm not going to go looking up hard sales numbers. Mr Mearls sums it up nicely when he observed that he didn't own more than a handful of 2e products and WotC's market research indicated that's the norm. It certainly matches my experience. There were so many products available for 1e, 2e and 3e, only the most hardcore groups could have come close to playing them all. It is unlikely that any currently active individual DM owns more than a couple of these. You seem to be suggesting that the market of current active players who would consider buying WotC products is comprised mostly of old school grognards with vast libraries of old adventures. That seems unlikely to me. I'm guessing that WotC/Hasbro believes the same thing. CoS is anything by lazy. It took one of the best adventures ever written (and really the first actually well polished adventure module) and made it better. I see no reason not to expect more of the same from WotC with this product. Sure, copies of all of these could be obtained and updated to 5e by anyone. But I have no interest in doing that. I updated G1 to D&D Next. It was fun...but I'm much more curious to see WotC's take on it. They did a far more thorough job with CoS than I ever would have and I can discuss CoS with folks in the community. I'm about to run my group through the Castle Ravenloft portion of it and the advice I have found within the community is invaluable. A big part of the fun of published official adventures is the shared experience of the community. Now people in the community that never would have experienced any of these adventures will get to experience them and those of us who have experienced them before will get to experience them again but with a new take by new players and new writers and artists. WotC is betting that that is the case. I guess we'll see if it's true. I get that it's not for everyone. If you happen to have played through all these before and many of the people in your group have played even a few of them they are probably useless to you. They aren't going to hit 100% of the market every time. Hopefully next time will be more to your liking. For me, this product is very interesting. [/QUOTE]

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