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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7527116" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Right. An this is more perplexing considering that they are owned by Hasbro.&nbsp; If they did it right, they could cross marked this.&nbsp; For example, they already have board games with interlocking titles and unpainted or painted (for premium sets) that are based on the current adventure paths.&nbsp; But the tiles are not matched to locations in the actual AP.&nbsp; Couldn't they come up with a boxed set that had paper battlemaps and cardboard tokens (painted minis for premium sets), but also include some D&amp;D boardgame style rules and scenarios--like the current board games--so that they could be sold as an independent game/toy, but also be useful to groups running the D&amp;D AP?I'm sure that they *have* thought of this and I'm completely underestimating the cost and demand for such a product. Kinda like the Microsoft Surface.&nbsp; I love the idea of a table-top, family-game sized tablet that can run games and be used as a battlemap, but the mass-market potential is low. Most people are not going to want a display they have to lay flat, taking up table space. In-person VTT and digital tabletop is a small subset of a small market and will likely continue to be a DIY solution for quite a while.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7527116, member: 6796661"] Right. An this is more perplexing considering that they are owned by Hasbro. If they did it right, they could cross marked this. For example, they already have board games with interlocking titles and unpainted or painted (for premium sets) that are based on the current adventure paths. But the tiles are not matched to locations in the actual AP. Couldn't they come up with a boxed set that had paper battlemaps and cardboard tokens (painted minis for premium sets), but also include some D&D boardgame style rules and scenarios--like the current board games--so that they could be sold as an independent game/toy, but also be useful to groups running the D&D AP? I'm sure that they *have* thought of this and I'm completely underestimating the cost and demand for such a product. Kinda like the Microsoft Surface. I love the idea of a table-top, family-game sized tablet that can run games and be used as a battlemap, but the mass-market potential is low. Most people are not going to want a display they have to lay flat, taking up table space. In-person VTT and digital tabletop is a small subset of a small market and will likely continue to be a DIY solution for quite a while. [/QUOTE]

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