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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3287048" data-attributes="member: 22882">The basic concept is excellent.&nbsp; The $60 price point is not.By pricing it so high, you're basically relegating it to game and hobby stores, and the end result would be lower sales and lower profits than if you were to sell it for $40 ($25 or $30 for supplementary sets) in toy stores.Looking at the components involved, you have:Miniatures.&nbsp; Assume plastic prepainted minis, ala D&amp;D Minis.&nbsp; Now let's say you have two starter sets worth - that's about 24 minis (6 PCs, 1 boss, 17 mooks of various types?).&nbsp; In D&amp;D Minis terms, only the boss monster would be a rare; the mooks and PCs would be commons and uncommons anyway.&nbsp; Also, they'd all be the same miniatures, so you could do this cheaper than two actual starters.Books.&nbsp; The books shouldn't cost too much to print; it's in a box, the rules short be short and simple, so you don't have to do a hardcover.&nbsp; Author costs are going to be negligible on any mass-market product.&nbsp; Probably two booklets should do it, one for the rules and one for the included adventure, neither significantly longer than the booklet that comes with every D&amp;D Minis starter.A board.&nbsp; I have no idea how much a nice board costs.Cards.&nbsp; Minor costs for a company that could do something on this scale.Basically, the only thing that could push it out of the range of 'two D&amp;D Minis starters' is the board.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3287048, member: 22882"] The basic concept is excellent. The $60 price point is not. By pricing it so high, you're basically relegating it to game and hobby stores, and the end result would be lower sales and lower profits than if you were to sell it for $40 ($25 or $30 for supplementary sets) in toy stores. Looking at the components involved, you have: Miniatures. Assume plastic prepainted minis, ala D&D Minis. Now let's say you have two starter sets worth - that's about 24 minis (6 PCs, 1 boss, 17 mooks of various types?). In D&D Minis terms, only the boss monster would be a rare; the mooks and PCs would be commons and uncommons anyway. Also, they'd all be the same miniatures, so you could do this cheaper than two actual starters. Books. The books shouldn't cost too much to print; it's in a box, the rules short be short and simple, so you don't have to do a hardcover. Author costs are going to be negligible on any mass-market product. Probably two booklets should do it, one for the rules and one for the included adventure, neither significantly longer than the booklet that comes with every D&D Minis starter. A board. I have no idea how much a nice board costs. Cards. Minor costs for a company that could do something on this scale. Basically, the only thing that could push it out of the range of 'two D&D Minis starters' is the board. [/QUOTE]

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