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Originally Posted by Maxwell Luther
1. $150 is a lot of money to spend on books, especially as gas prices and food prices are skyrocketing. There isn't some magical age where money suddenly grows on a tree in your backyard. Most 'grognards' are just working joes, many of whom are lucky enough to have a family to put before their gaming needs, not millionaire playboys with time and money to waste.
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Where are we getting $150? SRP for each book is $34.95.
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And you think a kid with even less disposable income is going to buy 3 books when he can get three games for his game console or 10 months on his favoutire MMO? The odds are slim, at best, and not enough to plan a profitable demographic around...
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Sight unseen, no. But the idea that every potential player is going to need to buy all three books right at once doesn't actually fly.
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2. Again, you and other's miss the whole point of what I wrote (must be a millennial thing). It isn't anywhere near as easy or affordable as the OD&D starter sets we started with back in the day. If anything, it's only slightly less difficult than 3e (which is more like AD&D amped), but with tons more exceptions and it's a hell of a lot more expensive.
I'll say this for the last time, because , frankly, the assinine attacks on anyone who doesn't immediately pull out pom poms and go 'YAY WoTC!' is getting old, the MMO crowd WON'T WANT TO DO ALL THE WORK REQUIRED TO PLAY A PEN AND PAPER MMO WHEN THEY CAN LET THE COMPUTER DO IT FOR THEM.
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And if they were only aiming for the MMO crowd that would be a problem. And it's not a Pen and Paper MMO, or a board game, or a miniatures wargame, it's AN RPG. It's no less of an RPG than ANY RPG on the market, period. Arguing that D&D is not a proper RPG because it focuses on combat and uses minis is getting the definition of an RPG wrong right off the bat.