Rich H wrote:Getting out a revised format means that players that are going to be attracted to the game, especially when Rivendell comes out and we get the options to play Dunedain and high elves, can get a cleaned up edition at the same time as these new products.
There's also the point that a hardcover book will fit on store shelves more easily than will the (very tall) slipcase: I've been in bookstores that stocked
TOR but had it filed away from the other RPGs because it wouldn't fit on the shelf. (And I have to keep my slipcase copies on a shelf for tall items in my gaming room.)