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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Nickel and Diming
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:24:50 +0200
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I recently was in a game store while on holidays, and came across the 
new 6th edition Pendragon Core Rules, wrapped in plastic of course, so I 
couldn't look into them. But I had looked into Pendragon before and 
decided that maybe this would be finally the point where I actually 
would take the plunge.
Imagine my surprise when the really pretty Core Rules book contained no 
DM section whatsoever. It's all on really thick paper, with a layout and 
illustrations that harken back to theme-appropriate medieval 
illustrations. They even have marginalia in there that look quite fun 
and appropriate. But despite being physically thicker than previous 
editions the contents also have been cut down to only player-facing 
rules, with only slight hints towards the background.

It turns out I will have to buy a not yet published GM's book to make 
use of these "Core Rules". Or buy a previous edition, because Pendragon 
never changed so much that I can't use the previous edition for this.
I find this quite annoying. Core Rules in my opinion are supposed to 
contain the actual core rules of a game that you need to actually play, 
not just a small subsection.

It doesn't help that other publications for Pendragon also get the 
treatment. It turns out the Great Pendragon Campaign, which started as a 
78page supplement in first edition, now will be published in multiple 
books (I assume at least 5). And yes, it most likely will have a lot of 
content more, but still it will split up one book into five parts.

And outside of Pendragon I recently learned that the new edition of 
Cthulhu by Gaslight also will be split into a Players' and a GM's book. 
That also used to be a single book. Something that already annoyed me 
with the 7th ed. Call of cthulhu rules.

I know they want to make money, but Chaosium is lately overdoing it 
somewhat.