D&D 5e Announced

[Lorizael]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/video-games/dungeons-dragons-remake-uses-players-input.html?_r=2

WOTC is also announcing 6e now, to quell the fans outraged by the quick turn over between 4e and 5e.

[KrazyHorse]

SPORTS FORUM

[Guynemer]

NERDS

[Main_Brain]

Is it about the Facebookgame thingie?

[ColdWizard]

Much like Civilization, I stopped paying attention after the third version.

[Lorizael]

SPORTS FORUM

What really depresses me is that the New York Times' article on this is posted in its video games section.

[Dinner]

They're a publishing business so the only way to make money is to keep publishing. Switching editions is a good way to boost sales as it means all the players have to go out and buy all of the basic books (Player's Guide, DM's Guide, Monster Manual, etc...) all over again.

[Lorizael]

There should be some law against preying on the weak-minded. My gaming group has ~3 of everything from AD&D on.

[Dinner]

I haven't played since about 1993-1994 but I did read some news articles when 3rd edition and 4th edition came out. It sounded like both of them were lame munchkin's paradise games and I'd expect 5th edition to be even worse.

[Lorizael]

You ever use AD&D's Player's Option books? AD&D was plenty munchkiny.

[ColdWizard]

Unearthed Arcana ftw.

[Dinner]

You ever use AD&D's Player's Option books? AD&D was plenty munchkiny.

The basic four weren't that bad as the bonuses (with penalties) were pretty small and balanced but as time goes on they had to offer ever more powerful combos to keep people buying. The result was the stuff which came out towards the end of 2nd Ed was pretty munchkin but the original stuff was balanced and not bad. In my old group (back in the early 90's) we would only allow kits from the original 4 basic books but not the other later books.

[Dinner]

Wow, 4th edition came out in 2008? So it only lasted three years? I had heard a lot of people didn't like 4th edition because it was too much like WoW and not enough like D&D but a three year product cycle is ridiculous. Either sales really did suck or they really are just trying to churn through the books quickly so people have to buy everything brand new.

[Lorizael]

Having played 4e, I think the criticism that it is too much like WoW is pretty retarded. But the game was not without its faults, and certainly not my favorite edition.

[Felch]

Dude, at-wills rock.