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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5379643" data-attributes="member: 3586">I didn't actually say Essentials is a failure; I believe that Wizards' handling of its marketing has caused a lot of confusion and has occasionally been counterproductive.In particular, I think that the Red Box is greatly flawed due to the major discrepancies between it and Heroes of the Fallen Lands. I believe that the changes to the thief in HotFL are excellent and should have been made, but they've made the Red Box into a product that is much, much less than it should have been - and one I have trouble recommending to new players as a result. This is not how it should have been.In addition, there has been great confusion over whether the D&D Player's Handbook will be reprinted - confusion caused (I believe) by Wizards themselves not yet knowing if they will reprint it. At one point, I believed that after Essentials was out and on shelves, we'd have both it and the core three available for purchase. However, the announcement of the [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Class-Compendium-Dungeons-Dragons-Accessory/dp/0786958588]Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spells[/ame] muddies the water drastically. With that release, it leads me to believe that the Player's Handbook will not be reprinted - although I quite admit I could be wrong about that.There's a very good reason that Wizards is having trouble with its marketing of Essentials: the spectre of D&D 3.5E hanging over their heads. As a set of products, D&D Essentials is far more compatible and excellent than 3.5E was, but the mistakes of the past are causing new mistakes in the future.Cheers!</blockquote>

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