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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7989628" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I used to be gung-ho about boxed sets back in the 2000s. Nostalgic for getting the cool boxes for 2e. </p><p>They are a nice way of getting a protected softcover book, and it's neat for adventures: a softcover adventure in one booklette and a gazetteer in the second. Plus other odds and ends like hand-outs and cards.</p><p></p><p>But, really, they're best used for delivering pretty minor bonus items. Stuff that could be sold separately in a dice box or a map pack. Or the Tarokka cards for Ravenloft. But having these sold separately allows those items to be of higher quality. </p><p></p><p><em>Baldur's Gate: Descent to Avernus</em> is probably the best example of something that <em>might</em> have worked better as a boxed set. An adventure book and a separate guide to Baldur's Gate book plus the cards and poster map. But even in this case, the cards and the like are really just a nice perk and bonus to the dice and dice tray and not something you really care about having for the adventure. </p><p></p><p>The only product I really think <em>only</em> worked as a boxed set and wouldn't have functioned just as well as a hardcover is <em>Madness at Gardmore Abbey</em>, and that's because the <em>deck of many things</em> is a vital part of that adventure. But it's not like free printable cards or a separate product would have broken things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7989628, member: 37579"] I used to be gung-ho about boxed sets back in the 2000s. Nostalgic for getting the cool boxes for 2e. They are a nice way of getting a protected softcover book, and it's neat for adventures: a softcover adventure in one booklette and a gazetteer in the second. Plus other odds and ends like hand-outs and cards. But, really, they're best used for delivering pretty minor bonus items. Stuff that could be sold separately in a dice box or a map pack. Or the Tarokka cards for Ravenloft. But having these sold separately allows those items to be of higher quality. [I]Baldur's Gate: Descent to Avernus[/I] is probably the best example of something that [I]might[/I] have worked better as a boxed set. An adventure book and a separate guide to Baldur's Gate book plus the cards and poster map. But even in this case, the cards and the like are really just a nice perk and bonus to the dice and dice tray and not something you really care about having for the adventure. The only product I really think [I]only[/I] worked as a boxed set and wouldn't have functioned just as well as a hardcover is [I]Madness at Gardmore Abbey[/I], and that's because the [I]deck of many things[/I] is a vital part of that adventure. But it's not like free printable cards or a separate product would have broken things. [/QUOTE]
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