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<blockquote data-quote="Bert the Ogre" data-source="post: 3292561" data-attributes="member: 47816">D&amp;D, The Board GameI've been seeing that a lot, and it seems like it might be a good idea. To keep the hobby going, you have to have ways of getting new people interested. Walking into a game store and seeing hundreds of books, all at $25 and up is a little daunting to a 12 year old, AND his parents. Seeing a game at the toy store for $35, and that the game can grow, or not grow, based on the budget of the individual gamer seems like a good concept. It certianly worked for CCGs. I always liked the Moldvey/Cook and Menzer editions because you got everything you needed in a single box, but you could always upgrade from the &quot;game&quot; version to the &quot;hobby&quot; version whenever you wanted, and you got much more depth with the upgrade. The current iterations of the Basic Set are just too thin, although they do include a few tasty items.The SRD is a good concept, but it's more than a tad unweildy. I think that is probably by design. Good enough to design a game/adventure/etc with, but far too much of a pain in the nect to actually &quot;play&quot; with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bert the Ogre, post: 3292561, member: 47816"] [b]D&D, The Board Game[/b] I've been seeing that a lot, and it seems like it might be a good idea. To keep the hobby going, you have to have ways of getting new people interested. Walking into a game store and seeing hundreds of books, all at $25 and up is a little daunting to a 12 year old, AND his parents. Seeing a game at the toy store for $35, and that the game can grow, or not grow, based on the budget of the individual gamer seems like a good concept. It certianly worked for CCGs. I always liked the Moldvey/Cook and Menzer editions because you got everything you needed in a single box, but you could always upgrade from the "game" version to the "hobby" version whenever you wanted, and you got much more depth with the upgrade. The current iterations of the Basic Set are just too thin, although they do include a few tasty items. The SRD is a good concept, but it's more than a tad unweildy. I think that is probably by design. Good enough to design a game/adventure/etc with, but far too much of a pain in the nect to actually "play" with. [/QUOTE]

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