tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post5404219707458217711..comments2024-03-24T19:08:45.014-07:00Comments on Old Guard Gaming : Dungeons & Dragons Super Edition!E.G.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-57036444097700382922011-07-10T06:55:14.273-07:002011-07-10T06:55:14.273-07:00D&D is all (except maybe 4ed) too similar.
I&...D&D is all (except maybe 4ed) too similar.<br /><br />I'd rather see a book include other systems HARP, FUDGE, Savage Worlds, etc. Maybe split up into light/fast, detailed/"realistic" volumes.<br /><br />But, honestly other than organization (which happens in my head) I already have that that "book" it just happens to be in several volumes taking up 15 or so linear feet on my bookshelf.<br /><br />btw using OGL you can probably mash together your own book of 0 through 3.5 editions.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-50231149857552973712011-07-07T13:36:22.359-07:002011-07-07T13:36:22.359-07:00Heh, Ragnorakk, "Beware of the Grognard!"...Heh, Ragnorakk, "Beware of the Grognard!"<br /><br />I know it would be huge and unwieldy and unlikely to have appeal to anyone who isn't interested in the history of the game. I just like to spitball ideas here at the blog. <br /><br />I just don't look forward to the perpetual diminishment of the game as WOTC attaches its name to edition after edition with each one having less and less to do with the idea of the original.<br /><br />I enjoy a good natured edition brawl as much as the next guy. But I do think of it as a brawl, where after the dust settles, and the barmaids patch everybody up, we all hoist a stein together. Rather than as a scorched earth life or death edition war. <br />But, really, knowledge broadens the mind and I think direct comparisons would make it more obvious that variations on the game arn't neccessarily a threat to each other.<br />And also, of course, the inherent superiority of AD&D would be that much more obvious. heh..E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-14280758916799336782011-07-07T07:55:03.046-07:002011-07-07T07:55:03.046-07:00At the risk of raining on a parade, I'd point ...At the risk of raining on a parade, I'd point out that this product would be as long as at least any two editions put together (assuming you find some way to save a lot of space in covering the five or more editions of D&D that would go in this book). Since almost no one cares about editions that they aren't playing or planning to play, any given reader will find 60-80% of its text to be useless and mock-worthy (since that's how edition wars work).<br /><br /><i>If</i> I accept that younger games are less likely to create their own rules hacks (and I'm skeptical of this), it would be entirely logical: they're still exploring what their game system of choice does natively. They don't yet need to knock over a section of the rules and rebuild them. 3.x and 4e have such a vast base of published content that it takes time and experience to want something they don't provide. Dissatisfaction, in this case, is the mother of invention, and that comes from being jaded.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333781524640845035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-54499494548041964242011-07-06T22:06:42.642-07:002011-07-06T22:06:42.642-07:00"I can’t tell anyone to get off my lawn if th..."I can’t tell anyone to get off my lawn if they never jump fences. Dagnabit."<br /><br />You can always post a sign instead. This may lure some of them over, and then you can yell at them.Ragnorakkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812860633134547618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-91052050444771872202011-07-06T21:09:23.958-07:002011-07-06T21:09:23.958-07:00Just a side comment...
Young people are by and la...Just a side comment...<br /><br />Young people are by and large dogmatic in their beliefs. I don't think you'll find much wild experimentation. Youth is when you play 'by the book' and sneer at people who don't.Rob of the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970111441532206496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986545310967925199.post-7873758946247326442011-07-06T20:32:51.987-07:002011-07-06T20:32:51.987-07:00I think if you look at their actions this year alo...I think if you look at their actions this year along with the tidbits that are getting out I think they are going for a boardgame approach.<br /><br />Look who is leaving, then look at who is staying.<br /><br />Look at what is getting scheduled and not canceled.<br /><br />Minis are gone.It's hard to pirate a boardgame and they can add extras to it as they go for free or pay as pdf content like they are doing now.<br /><br />This is updated by the hour and it tends to stay this way:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/16211<br /><br />Store owners have lost faith in the product and players I speak with are happy playing Pathfinder or some other 3x system. Then there is the OSR, etc. I think they have pretty much buried a blade in its heart.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.com