DnD Next Progress as I see it, 4th Edition Memories, I lament my game.
DnD Next Progress
The "BASE" System is good and will over shadow the "other addition editions" and will hilariously show how the old school gaming style is superior as it gives the players ALL the options and less restrictions.
The game will also show how the new school options are superior to the old school restrictions.
Only complete dumbass sticks in the mud will e unhappy. That is until they play.
DnD is back and it has evolved for everyone.
Many players and DMs that have been playing that way for years anyway will go NO DUH!
IMHO DnDNext may/will be the best version of DnD ever made. Their problem is they have burned all their customers one way or another BUT DnD next will be a slow cure.
Something unheard of may happen.
Old and New school players and DMs will sit at the same table STFU and just go back to playing and having a good time.
Gaming may actually become fun again and that will mean more gaming for everyone!
4th Edition Memories
Sadly 4th Edition ended in my life when I decided I could not stand it anymore. The game had just gotten too repetitive and some of the players were story gamers and not rules gamers and they were NOT having a good time AND the rest of the group would only play 4th NOTHING ELSE.
There were serious design flaws. Way too much monster HPs or way too little damage from the players. I think if someone would amp up the damage and shit would die in 4th I might just go back and play it.
You have to put yourself in the game designers seat for a second. They did not make 4th Edition to hurt you okay.
They thought they were doing the right thing.
They are games just like you. They were hard headed and ignored ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS from their playtesters but they were most likely one of us.
I was talking to some people online and they basically were saying IF they met the 4th edition designers thy would kick their ass. Really is it that serious for them? I live eat breath RPGs (and sadly don't get to play much) and I don't get that stupid about it.
For me 4th Edition has lots of good and fun memories AND it has a few sucky memories. SO the question is IF you could have "repaired" 4th Edition what would you have changed?
I lament my game.
Well all the work and deletion all these years has brought me to this point. My game originally called CFRPG but now called BttDRPG has fell flat on it's face. Very few if any responses.
Throughout the years my coolness is slipping. I am getting old and outdated.
I basically came out with what DnD Next is going to be way ahead of the curve but my presentation obviously sucked.
Very few to nobody is biting, caring, giving a shit, loving it, or hating it.
Ah realization! I have made a Fantasy Heartbreaker! Now I truly know what that term means.
I lament my game. But at least I have only spent time on it and not money.
The elves sing songs but I do not have the heart to say what they are singing.
Showing posts with label DnD Next. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DnD Next. Show all posts
Friday, October 19, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Who will control the destiny of D&D Next?
Who will control the destiny of D&D Next?
Well I would have to say when D&D Next was announced I could give a flying fudge what the hell they did. BUT! They changed my mind when I heard their Gen Con seminar.
It seems that Mike wants the game to go back to story. I like what they want to do with the Forgotten Realms. It just looks kick ass. The last play test release was very simple yet impressive.
Is it going to be the munchkin players who over inflate the rules and think HEY that is good stuff! Every character is a 10 page novel. OR are the Old Schoolers going to come en mass and put their opinions onto how and what this game will turn into?
So far the game is keeping a steady course of simpleness reminiscent of Basic with a small twist of 3rd edition.
The opinions are stacking up quickly by many who want the game to go in more complicated directions.
Unneeded complicated directions. They know not what they do.
SO what are you bloggers going to do? Or dare I say this is what you need to do.
First take a look at the play test packets. See what I am talking about. Like or dislike give you opinion. Let them know.
Let WotC know.
They have all but admitted their mistakes. Help form this game that we all love or at least the simple core of the game into something cool.
The renaissance has become a revolution and much of the revolution was influenced by the OSR kid not yourself.
SO who is with me?
What say you?!?
Well I would have to say when D&D Next was announced I could give a flying fudge what the hell they did. BUT! They changed my mind when I heard their Gen Con seminar.
It seems that Mike wants the game to go back to story. I like what they want to do with the Forgotten Realms. It just looks kick ass. The last play test release was very simple yet impressive.
Is it going to be the munchkin players who over inflate the rules and think HEY that is good stuff! Every character is a 10 page novel. OR are the Old Schoolers going to come en mass and put their opinions onto how and what this game will turn into?
So far the game is keeping a steady course of simpleness reminiscent of Basic with a small twist of 3rd edition.
The opinions are stacking up quickly by many who want the game to go in more complicated directions.
Unneeded complicated directions. They know not what they do.
SO what are you bloggers going to do? Or dare I say this is what you need to do.
First take a look at the play test packets. See what I am talking about. Like or dislike give you opinion. Let them know.
Let WotC know.
They have all but admitted their mistakes. Help form this game that we all love or at least the simple core of the game into something cool.
The renaissance has become a revolution and much of the revolution was influenced by the OSR kid not yourself.
SO who is with me?
What say you?!?
Friday, August 24, 2012
So is the OSR kinda DEAD? I keep hearing the QUESTION! Is D&D Next the answer for everybody?
SO I have actually read over the D&D Next Playtest rules and I have to say the voices screaming out in the wilderness of the OSR either have been heard or D&D has organically returned to it's roots kinda.
D&D Next looks like it's going to be a really cool game so far. I would say a tiny bit more complicated than 2nd edition AD&D but it will flow slightly quicker. I have printed out the latest playtest material and I am going to whip up a few characters.
Like it's mostly failed predecessor it does have that get you playing real quick that 4th edition had. Lots of premade equipment list and such for a class or backgrounds.
It is kinda a combination of all the editions past but it seems to have it's heart in basic and 3rd edition mixed kinda.
The best part of it all is according to Mike Mearles the game is going to be about STORY! If that is the focus then it is going to kick ass. If it is only sales then they will fail!
You roll your D20 attributes all six of them 4d6 take away the lowest and then place them. Thank god that is back. Point buys make such dumbass characters.
Pick your race! Damn they did some really good write ups on the races. I get that funny feeling in my gut I got 33 years ago when I started playing.
Pick your class. Just four opps I mean six classes.
Pick a background (optional) Your character could have a background, a story
that describes where he or she came from, his or her original occupation, and the character’s place in the D&D world. Okay I like this alot. It makes people role play and think of story.
Pick a Specialty (optional) Just as your class tells you what you can do, your specialty tells you how you do it. A specialty further defines your character’s preferred combat tactics and investigative methods, arising from particular studies, inherent talents, or focused training.
The one thing about D&D Next is it is expandable with more sourcebooks to come but if they are careful it won't break this version of the game like 3rd edition and somewhat 4th edition.
Over all it looks easy to run and easy to play but not as easy as my RPG but as usual I have really bad timing and so far very few people are looking at my game.
The next thing with Next is the Forgotten Realms. Dammit if they ain't got me wanting to go out and buy the novels right now. The default setting will be Forgotten Realms after "the Sundering".
Some say FR is generic and boring but I think they are just mad their setting did not get published. I have never ran FR BUT I have played it and after reading many of the novels it became a real world to me.
As I get older I loose the urge (and the time) to sit back and create huge settings and worlds.
The best thing is they claim that they are going to open the adventures to the players and let them be important in the FR world actually shaping the setting. That is cool.
What am I talking about?
Watch the damn Gen Con video. Man that Ed Greenwood is cool. I bet he is a damn kickass DM.
This almost makes me want to put on my writer's hat and start writing a FR story. Hell I might just do an outline as I don't know what the hell the Sundering is.
D&D Next looks like it's going to be a really cool game so far. I would say a tiny bit more complicated than 2nd edition AD&D but it will flow slightly quicker. I have printed out the latest playtest material and I am going to whip up a few characters.
Like it's mostly failed predecessor it does have that get you playing real quick that 4th edition had. Lots of premade equipment list and such for a class or backgrounds.
It is kinda a combination of all the editions past but it seems to have it's heart in basic and 3rd edition mixed kinda.
The best part of it all is according to Mike Mearles the game is going to be about STORY! If that is the focus then it is going to kick ass. If it is only sales then they will fail!
You roll your D20 attributes all six of them 4d6 take away the lowest and then place them. Thank god that is back. Point buys make such dumbass characters.
Pick your race! Damn they did some really good write ups on the races. I get that funny feeling in my gut I got 33 years ago when I started playing.
Pick your class. Just four opps I mean six classes.
Pick a background (optional) Your character could have a background, a story
that describes where he or she came from, his or her original occupation, and the character’s place in the D&D world. Okay I like this alot. It makes people role play and think of story.
Pick a Specialty (optional) Just as your class tells you what you can do, your specialty tells you how you do it. A specialty further defines your character’s preferred combat tactics and investigative methods, arising from particular studies, inherent talents, or focused training.
The one thing about D&D Next is it is expandable with more sourcebooks to come but if they are careful it won't break this version of the game like 3rd edition and somewhat 4th edition.
Over all it looks easy to run and easy to play but not as easy as my RPG but as usual I have really bad timing and so far very few people are looking at my game.
The next thing with Next is the Forgotten Realms. Dammit if they ain't got me wanting to go out and buy the novels right now. The default setting will be Forgotten Realms after "the Sundering".
Some say FR is generic and boring but I think they are just mad their setting did not get published. I have never ran FR BUT I have played it and after reading many of the novels it became a real world to me.
As I get older I loose the urge (and the time) to sit back and create huge settings and worlds.
The best thing is they claim that they are going to open the adventures to the players and let them be important in the FR world actually shaping the setting. That is cool.
What am I talking about?
Watch the damn Gen Con video. Man that Ed Greenwood is cool. I bet he is a damn kickass DM.
This almost makes me want to put on my writer's hat and start writing a FR story. Hell I might just do an outline as I don't know what the hell the Sundering is.
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