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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Whiskers" data-source="post: 1430187" data-attributes="member: 6941">I find it interesting that the basic set - targeted at new players - will include 16 mini's. On the one hand, this means new gamers should have everything they need to start play, and mini's can be a good addition to a game session.OTOH, it raises the price of the basic set to $24.95. Take out the mini's, and the price could probably drop to the $9.95 - $12.95 range, which is easier for kids/teens to afford. Also, while many players in a group will want to have the rules, not every player needs the mini's. I suspect a lot of buyers will copy the short rulebooks at Kinko's, rather than buy multiple copies of the basic set.Of course, WOTC's idea is surely to drive gamers to buy the core books (and  more mini's), not multiple copies of the basic set. Which suggests that the basic set will be good for only a few sessions, before the players run out of material and are forced to upgrade. Purely on a dollar-value basis, it may not be a very good buy. But as an introduction 3E, it's certainly cheaper than the $90 cost of the core books, so we'll see if it fulfills its purpose and brings in new blood. (As an aside, I wonder how many basic sets will be purchased by those who already have the core books?)Note: this is not a rant against WOTC wanting to make money on DnD. It's just a series of observations and guesses concerning their apparent strategy with the basic set.</blockquote>

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