Exactly my point. It's not about the money; I just plainly don't have the time - or the inclination - to read phone-book style publications in gaming literature. Maybe it's because I learned to DM with 32-96 page adventures, but building on little and filling the frame is part of the fun for me. Those novel-sized adventures are just more than I will ever use in any of my games.Jester of the FoS wrote:It's not that bad. [...] It's arguably better than Paizo with it's six $20 AP volumes, the related campaign expansion book, the map folio, and pawn set. To say nothing of the dozen books or so expected to run a campaign.
Now, not to sound a grouch, I like what they seem to be doing with "Curse": One of big issues I had with I6 was always that it was difficult to run a game from 1st level in village Barovia without either extending the original scenario, or cutting away a lot. If this version offers entry-level adventures in Barovia, and, extends the map a bit more, then that can be a real improvement to the original.
I don't think that's the case, actually - I think there are less random releases, yes, but, at the same time, more articles released that serve as satellites to a mothership title, like with the "Adventure Path", or "Storyline" concepts, as opposed to rather generic splatbooks. - I'd wager, nobody's 3e game suffered because he or she didn't include, what, "Weapons of Legacy". For a Paizo AP, you need six books, at the minimum, however, and regardless of which additional supplements you later use in the actual game. - Which, if you play the game as a sandbox, like I am used to do, will sit on your bookshelf, and collect dust, forevermore.hidajiremi wrote:Which embrace of consumerism? Because the hobby's always been oriented toward sales, what with it being a business. The modern movement away from the perpetual supplement treadmill is actually way better than it used to be, as far as I'm concerned.
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Naah. I'm old and grumpy. I'll wait for the DVD.alhoon wrote:You said it yourself Raf.You don't HAVE to spend 200$ and like 300 hours. The adventures are standalone. I assume the books and audio and apps are also standalone.
Out of the Abyss was very good by itself.
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