There will be another 64-page book in the box with the DM rules / adventure. Mike Mearls said on the Escapist is that the Starter Set is "almost like a board game. You read a few rules, pass out the characters, and you start playing. You think of a game like Settlers [of Catan] or Ticket to Ride: You open it up and within an hour you could be playing it. There's also an element there too with the characters, the pre-gens, a guide into the story of the adventure. Your flaws, your bonds, your traits, are all tied into the story of the adventure. We built those characters so that they have ties that link into the adventure." http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/tabletop/11554-Inside-the-Launch-of-the-New-Dungeons-Dragons-With-Designer-Mike-Mearls.2
It's 32 pages? WTF? Obviously there was space for printing the OTHER 32 pages. Grmbl grmbl grmbl...
ReplyDeleteThere will be another 64-page book in the box with the DM rules / adventure. Mike Mearls said on the Escapist is that the Starter Set is "almost like a board game. You read a few rules, pass out the characters, and you start playing. You think of a game like Settlers [of Catan] or Ticket to Ride: You open it up and within an hour you could be playing it. There's also an element there too with the characters, the pre-gens, a guide into the story of the adventure. Your flaws, your bonds, your traits, are all tied into the story of the adventure. We built those characters so that they have ties that link into the adventure." http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/tabletop/11554-Inside-the-Launch-of-the-New-Dungeons-Dragons-With-Designer-Mike-Mearls.2
ReplyDeleteI do see a flaw in his analogy, though. Those other games are highly replayable, whereas it doesn't sound like the Starter Set will be.
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