What happened to the box set.
All of you avid roleplayers out there may recall the box set.
These were nifty little game boxes with several bits of materials with in that expanded upon the different game settings of TSR and FASA games (a few other companies had the practice).
TSR was the champion producer of box sets.
Nearly every campaign setting had at least two or three box sets, if not several.
Inside you were garanteed a book or two (or three or four) maps, cards, inserts and the occassional random bit.
It was like a geeky christmas opening up a new one.
Box sets weren't without their problems though.
You'd lose stuff out them quite easily, missing books, cards, maps or pages.
Then there was the problem of storage, the boxes tended to be slightly more problematic to store than books were, not to mention the fact that they would get beat up and fall apart.
But all that aside.
The box set definitely had it's own flair and flavor. And while not an industry standard (if you looked beyond TSR), they were really fun.
Sadly though it appears that the box set has gone the way of the dodo.
Which is too bad.
Because I for one would definitely look forward to see the idea re-instituted.
Despite the hassle, box sets were fun.
posted by F.G. Shaw @ 5:46 PM
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