{"id":1204,"date":"2008-07-06T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/06\/how-much-is-too-much\/"},"modified":"2009-10-31T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T14:56:35","slug":"how-much-is-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/06\/how-much-is-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"How much is too much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/misc\/dnd\/dnd_4th_corerules_slipcase.jpg\" alt=\"D&D 4th Edition Rules Splicase\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/>Every once in a while I check out what is going on in the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wizards.com\/default.asp?x=products\/dndacc\/222127600\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.wizards.com\/default.asp?x=products\/dndacc\/222127600', 'Dungeons and Dragons');\" target=\"new\">Dungeons and Dragons<\/a>.  I am not sure why.  I guess it is sort of a trip down memory lane, and in the back of my mind I think maybe my kids will take this stuff up one day.  I digress.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, \u201cevery once in a while\u201d must have been a very long time ago, because I had no idea that a new edition was on the way (or already out).  Total sticker shock of MSRP $104.95.  Sure, amazon.com and the like will discount the core rules, but seriously, this game is no longer for kids.<\/p>\n<p>I remember back in the day when a highly anticipated new rule book would cost $12.00 \u2013 Fiend Folio, Unearthed Arcana, Greyhawk Adventures, etc.  None of this $34.95 per book BS for the core rulebooks \u2013 Player\u2019s Handbook, Dungeon Master\u2019s Guide, and Monster Manual.<\/p>\n<p>Actually I am surprised that a new edition made it out the door.  I figured that all the new computer games (i.e. WoW) pretty much put an end to the old pen and paper days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while I check out what is going on in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. I am not sure why. I guess it is sort of a trip down memory lane, and in the back of my mind I think maybe my kids will take this stuff up one day. I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/06\/how-much-is-too-much\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How much is too much?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}