Scary thought for 4th ed revenue enhancement...

On Mar 2, 2:05 pm, Kyle Wilson <UsenetMess....TakeThisOut@wilson.mv.com> wrote:
> I wonder if WOTC has considered selling colectable card 'splat decks'
> as part of 4th ed.  It struck me recently that they could make some
> real money by selling randomized card decks with extra good
> feats/maneuvers on them and adding these to the rules set for 4th ed.
>
> This would combine their CCG marketing with the RPG line and posibly
> make real money from power-gamers buying dacks looking for
> uber-abilities.  They could even combine this with the online game
> table by adding unique activation codes to each card (like those that
> go with my Daughter's web-kinz) and thus allow one-time addition of
> these splats to a web game.
>
> In some ways, this might even work out well for the more serious
> role-playing community as it would probably reduce the pressure to
> release more high-powered splat-books to satisfy the revenue stream
> and power-gamers.

c.f. Changeling 1st ed.

Didn't work then, doubt if it would work now.
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They would need to print the cards with special foil watermarks that
each player would scan before the session. That way people couldn't
use pirated feats. Thay would just need to sell a special bundle, the
three core books, a starter deck of feat/manuever cards, and the
Authentication Kiosk for the center of the table.
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number six <mister.gerbik.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>They would need to print the cards with special foil watermarks that
>each player would scan before the session. That way people couldn't
>use pirated feats. Thay would just need to sell a special bundle, the
>three core books, a starter deck of feat/manuever cards, and the
>Authentication Kiosk for the center of the table.

One of the things that brought this to mind was seeing the decks of
cards that my daughter buys for web-kinz stuffed animals. The Web-Kinz
base product is a stuffed animal with a web-site tie-in where you can
register the stuffed critter and play with an online version of same.

They have enhanced this site (and their revenue) by selling foil
wrapped packs of cards where some cards have a unique code printed on
them that can be entered (once) on the web site to obtain critter
clothing or furniture on the site (all virtual of course). Once a
code has been used, it can't be reused so you and your firends need to
keep buying cards if everyone wants a given item.

It seems as if this would work pretty well with the D&D online site
and game table if they sold similar cards with special splat feats and
abilities in random packs. Each special card would have a unique
number printed on it that would work once for one character. If you
wanted the death splat feat for several characters then you'd better
keep buying decks until you've got enough copies...

As I suggested in my original post, this shouldn't have any real
effect on normal table-top games as the DM can simply disallow such
things... But it might help to stem the tide of power-inflating splat
books by giving folks who want to go muchkin the ability to get their
fix. They could even support munchie table top games by allowing the
DM to verify that a particular code has been registered on the DDI
site for a given character.
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Kyle Wilson
email: mynameasoneword at wilson.mv.com
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On Mar 2, 3:05 pm, Kyle Wilson <UsenetMess... RemoveThis @wilson.mv.com> wrote:
> I wonder if WOTC has considered selling colectable card 'splat decks'
> as part of 4th ed. It struck me recently that they could make some
> real money by selling randomized card decks with extra good
> feats/maneuvers on them and adding these to the rules set for 4th ed.
>
> This would combine their CCG marketing with the RPG line and posibly
> make real money from power-gamers buying dacks looking for
> uber-abilities. They could even combine this with the online game
> table by adding unique activation codes to each card (like those that
> go with my Daughter's web-kinz) and thus allow one-time addition of
> these splats to a web game.

If they do this, I am OUT. In a "constructed" format, it would create
friction between players with different budget levels (because poor
players wouldn't be powerful enough to do their part at a table of
rich players). And in a "limited" format, it would be a more expensive
way of doing what DMs can already do.
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On Mar 3, 5:33 pm, SeaHen <seahen....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> If they do this, I am OUT.

You do realize this entire thread was a joke, right?
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UsenetMessage.DeleteThis@wilson.mv.com wrote:

>I wonder if WOTC has considered selling colectable card 'splat decks'
>as part of 4th ed. It struck me recently that they could make some
>real money by selling randomized card decks with extra good
>feats/maneuvers on them and adding these to the rules set for 4th ed.

Collectible card games are SO 1990's!

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Ubiquitous wrote:
> UsenetMessage.DeleteThis@wilson.mv.com wrote:
>
>>I wonder if WOTC has considered selling colectable card 'splat decks' as
>>part of 4th ed. It struck me recently that they could make some real
>>money by selling randomized card decks with extra good feats/maneuvers
>>on them and adding these to the rules set for 4th ed.
>
> Collectible card games are SO 1990's!

Spellfire! The box of decks somewhere in my room speaks to my true
level of DnD nerdity. Though it's just a shoe box, and it feels quite odd
that I say that to save face on the DnD newsgroup.

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