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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5079919" data-attributes="member: 48965">So you agree this boxed set is geared towards people who have played D&D, and not necessarily towards new blood. If so then maybe it should be judged on the merits of whether it will convince current players and lapsed players to dish out for it?  Which is great as long as they have internet access, a netbook or computer along with the game... but not much of an argument for the product that is actually being sold... (I'm also wondering that since this set doesn't appear to have full PC creation rules... how feasible is using the character generator to advance the characters you can create with this set.)  Well the "Black Dragon" 3.5 set came with painted minis, numerous reversible tiles (not a poster map), dice, pre-gens, character creation rules, an adventure, rules for 3 levels, monster cards, and so on... if anything this seems like a stepback as opposed to a step forward in basic set design.  Again, I feel that the one thing WotC won't experiment with is expanding the levels of play to give these basic/starter sets more re-play value. I mean allthe cool gidgets and gadgets in the world don't make a good rpg game... only a good DM with a good adventure and players can do that... It is my oppinion that 2 levels really isn't enough (in the modern incarnation(s) of D&D) to give the average brand new DM or Players a chance to get over their growing pains with the game and get into a rhythm with the game. Again, all IMO.</blockquote>

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