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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6274095" data-attributes="member: 22424">Ideally, $0. The best way for a new player to get started remains for them to join an existing group. So, they can play with no materials, decide they like the game, and then invest in the $50 PHB if they like it. (And $50 for a game you know you like really isn't unreasonable.)Failing that, it would be good if companies would put QuickStart materials on their websites for free use. These don't need to be elaborate - a pregen adventure, some pregen characters, and a rules primer, just enough to get started. Of course, not all companies are able/willing to do that.But failing that, I think the $35 Paizo have set as the RRP for their Beginner Box is very reasonable. (The $20 WotC set for their 4e Red Box was also quite reasonable, but I really don't rate that as a product. The 5e box would appear to have the same price point, which is good... providing it is good.)A 300+ page hardback is a poor entry point for a new game, be that at $50, $40, or even $20.</blockquote>