tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post1093567412601333660..comments2024-03-28T15:43:54.125+00:00Comments on Reviews from R'lyeh: Mongoose Misfirepookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521454715536568847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post-89432864757773087002023-02-21T12:22:13.602+00:002023-02-21T12:22:13.602+00:00The review clearly does not fail to mention the fa...The review clearly does not fail to mention the fact that the PDF costs $1. It clearly states this in the penultimate paragraph and is a point of discussion in the review. I will however, quote it for the benefit of the commentator.<br /><br />“Then there is the matter of the price. This varies wildly depending upon format and retailer. As a PDF, the Traveller: Explorer’s Edition is less than a pound or a dollar, but in print, it costs £15 ($19.99) direct from the publisher, and a wallet gouging £25.99 ($24.99) in retail. The PDF than, can at best, be seen as a bargain—an attractive rules reference if you will. In print, the exact opposite is the case. The purchaser is simply not getting enough content for the money that he paid for it.<br /><br />The fact that I do not mention that there are free scenarios available is because that fact is not directly relevant to the product itself. As is clearly stated in the review, the product completely lacks pointers as to what the purchaser should purchase next or where to look for further support.<br /><br />I fail to see the difference between an introductory product and a low-cost entry point. Again and again, I keep coming back to the word ‘newcomer’ that the book’s blurb clearly states it is intended for and when I examine the book from the point of view of a newcomer, the book’s failings are obvious. So then yes, it may very well need that introduction to roleplaying and it definitely needs the rest of the support and advice that it lacks, because otherwise it is not a book for the newcomer. Thus it fails its remit.<br />pookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521454715536568847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post-66417782418477685092023-02-20T17:18:30.987+00:002023-02-20T17:18:30.987+00:00This review fails to take note that the PDF costs ...This review fails to take note that the PDF costs $1 and there are free scenarios available. It isn’t an ‘introductory’ set as much as it is a low cost entree point for gamers to try it out. There isn’t a requirement to present an elaborate ‘What is a RPG?’ section when most people buying it already know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post-75316896491042307172023-01-08T05:45:58.627+00:002023-01-08T05:45:58.627+00:00I thought the same! I got the $1 PDF and it sort o...I thought the same! I got the $1 PDF and it sort of felt like someone at Mongoose was tasked with making a lower-price entrypoint rulebook by any means possible, with the least amount of effort, and this is what they came up with. Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.com