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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6379749" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I completely agree, although would take it a step further - the adventure paths and subscriptions are important but <em>secondary </em>reasons for Paizo's success. The <em>primary </em>reason they are so successful is that they run their business well, particularly when it comes to their relationship to the fan-base.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, it seems that the "Adventurer's Handbook" is taking this approach.</p><p></p><p>I would only add that while I think WotC should learn from Paizo, I don't think they should try to copy their formula out-right. They need to do their own thing, find their own "signature line." Story arcs, yes, but they need to find something that differentiates what they do from Paizo.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to throw in yet another plug for something I hope WotC does: Sandbox box sets. Imagine a box set called "the Silver Marches Adventure Set" or something like that. A big, thick box set with:</p><p></p><p>- <strong>Gazetteer </strong>(~96 pages) - includes detailed locations with encounters, usable for hexcrawling or just exploring.</p><p>- <strong>DM's Guide </strong>(~64 pages) - Guidelines for running a campaign in the Silver Marches, sandbox or otherwise - including meta-plot threads and guidelines. </p><p>- <strong>Adventure Book </strong>(~64 pages) - a few short adventures and tips for longer adventures.</p><p>- <strong>Monsters & Treasures </strong>(~32 pages) - loot, monsters and other gizmos.</p><p>- <strong>Maps </strong>- and perhaps other doodads.</p><p></p><p>Or something like that. That's a lot of meat there - about 250 pages with maps in a box set makes for an expensive product. But what fun would it be? They could do one for all the major, classic settings - each starting with an iconic location.</p><p></p><p>But the point here is that this is a way to combine not only their three pillars, but story <em>and </em>setting, as well as serve both adventure paths <em>and </em>sandboxing. Perhaps in addition to that box set, they could offer an adventure path book(s).</p><p></p><p>Just dreaming...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6379749, member: 59082"] I completely agree, although would take it a step further - the adventure paths and subscriptions are important but [I]secondary [/I]reasons for Paizo's success. The [I]primary [/I]reason they are so successful is that they run their business well, particularly when it comes to their relationship to the fan-base. Yeah, it seems that the "Adventurer's Handbook" is taking this approach. I would only add that while I think WotC should learn from Paizo, I don't think they should try to copy their formula out-right. They need to do their own thing, find their own "signature line." Story arcs, yes, but they need to find something that differentiates what they do from Paizo. I'd like to throw in yet another plug for something I hope WotC does: Sandbox box sets. Imagine a box set called "the Silver Marches Adventure Set" or something like that. A big, thick box set with: - [B]Gazetteer [/B](~96 pages) - includes detailed locations with encounters, usable for hexcrawling or just exploring. - [B]DM's Guide [/B](~64 pages) - Guidelines for running a campaign in the Silver Marches, sandbox or otherwise - including meta-plot threads and guidelines. - [B]Adventure Book [/B](~64 pages) - a few short adventures and tips for longer adventures. - [B]Monsters & Treasures [/B](~32 pages) - loot, monsters and other gizmos. - [B]Maps [/B]- and perhaps other doodads. Or something like that. That's a lot of meat there - about 250 pages with maps in a box set makes for an expensive product. But what fun would it be? They could do one for all the major, classic settings - each starting with an iconic location. But the point here is that this is a way to combine not only their three pillars, but story [I]and [/I]setting, as well as serve both adventure paths [I]and [/I]sandboxing. Perhaps in addition to that box set, they could offer an adventure path book(s). Just dreaming... [/QUOTE]
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