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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3835665" data-attributes="member: 22424">There might be a riot... but I'm starting to think this is probably the right way to go.I can't shake the feeling that the 'buy in' for D&D is just far too high: to get the complete game, someone has to buy three core rulebooks at $30 each, then read through 1,000 pages of text, and then prepare an adventure (before they even get to start having fun!). Efforts to bring new players in through a "Basic Set" seem to have largely failed - I suspect a lot of people get to the end of the boxed set, look at the 1,000 pages that represent the 'next step', and give up.So, I'm wondering if the way forward isn't actually to produce a single rulebook (perhaps even reducing that to 160 pages and $20-25) presenting the complete game (perhaps up to 12th level or so), including a sampling of feats, monsters and spells, but also including advice for beginner DMs, a sample world, town and adventure (all in brief, of course).The game would then be expanded over the next twelve months or so with a "High Level Companion" (expanding to 20 or 30 levels), a Grimoire, Bestiary, and various classbooks (or PHB2, or whatever).</blockquote>