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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 5066996" data-attributes="member: 53">I missed something.  Which "basic box sets" are you referencing?For the most part yes.  However, these were promotional, and free.  If WotC were to sell these I could see a lot of resistance to linking an adventure that isn't supposed to last more than 4 hours (including set up) to a miniature set that would likely run at least $20 (based on the miniatures in the ones I remember running).But these games aren't D&D.  There is a different sort of expectation with D&D.  Honestly, if these are sufficient for you than the Heroscape sets would probably be sufficient2 sets of Dungeon tiles would be about $20.  Set of 20-25 common miniatures would be about $20.  A couple of boss miniatures, probably about $10 or slightly less (depending on the size and detail of the creatures).  Book with 5-10 short adventures would probably be about $10 (the cost of the Dragonborn book).  A set of dice (you know these would be included), probably $10.  PC miniatures and stat cards (pretty likely WotC would include them in this sort of product) would be another $10.  A discount for packaging them together and I can see WotC getting this out for $75 or slightly less.That being said, I doubt demand would be enough for that price point.  Your only target would be DMs who want everything in the set.  The common miniatures would be a huge sticking point with many.  DMs who use a lot of miniatures already have lots of the common miniatures.  Even a unique sculpt (very unlikely, as that adds a lot more to the cost of production) wouldn't draw them in.  It will also cut out much of the "I don't use canned adventures" crowd.  After you cut out those turned off by the price point, you don't have a lot of demand left for that specific product.  You would likely have to move the price point up further (closer to $100 I would imagine).</blockquote>

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