Re: [HoE] Box Sets

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>> I don't know about the rest of you but I was never really impressed with
the
>> box sets.  The little books that they came with were kinda nice.  You
didn't
>> have to lend the whole book to someone if they wanted to be a martial
artist
>> or buy some Cyberware.  
>
>Unfortunately, you're in a minority... many people were annoyed they had
>to buy an expensive box set to get a flimsy little 20-page booklet with
>Martial Arts rules.  

Ah. . . perception.  Instead of treating the martial artist rules for what
they were - a bonus item thrown into the boxed set that is supposed to be
focused on the California Great Maze, folks started thinking that it was
the martial artist boxed set. . . 

Same thing happened with the cardboard specials they tossed into the boxed
set.  They had leftover cardboard from the box creation process and decided
to use it as an added bonus.

>> But I'm sure it costs a lot less money just to print
>> those as chapters in the book then printing them as seperate books. Overall
>> I'd rather pay 20 bucks for a book then 30 for a box set.
>
>All those little booklets are going to be reprinted in Hexarcana, which
>should be coming out Very Soon Now (tm). So instead of buying 2-3 box
>sets (what's that, $80-100 or so?), you can get the Martial Arts rules,
>Thaumaturgical Diffusion, and that proto-cyberware stuff in one single
>book for $20... more bang for you buck, so to speak.

Of course, if all you are interested in was the martial artists, then you
are forced to buy a full sized book to just get one small section of it.  

It's all a matter of perspective.


And - I've heard from Shane that you can order the martial artist booklet -
by itself -  from PEG for $5.


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