Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition - first product released
This should be interesting for those of you who are wondering about getting on the 4e bandwagon or not.
- Chatty DM’s review of Keep on the Shadowfell
- Critical Hits’ review of Keep on the Shadowfell
- An ENWorld thread spurred by Chatty’s review
- A Gleemax forums thread about a Keep on the Shadowfell sneak peak
You might be wondering if I have any opinion on the first official D&D 4th edition product. Well, I didn’t get around to reading it yet. I was working on major Dungeon Mastering updates - looks like I’ll unleash my latest plans for world domination in time for Dungeons & Dragons Day. Soon…
Buy Keep on the Shadowfell
You can buy this adventure from our store. And while you’re there you can look up the customer reviews (6 of them last time I checked)
What do you think about the 4e hype?
If you’re on 4e hype overload you probably gave up on this article before now but I’ll ask anyway. What do you think of WotC’s job of promoting the 4th edition?
My take on it? They did a pretty good getting in everyone’s face and make us notice. However I feel like the game is marketed by D&D geeks. You’d think this is a good thing but it’s the same reason some/most gaming stores go bankrupt.
I’d be curious to know if Hasbro or WotC has community programs tied with 4e - like the get paid to start a D&D club program. Let me know if you have info on this. In the meanwhile I’ll contact Hasbro.
Over and out. Have fun playing 4e!
8 Comments
1:15 am on May 24th, 2008
I don’t really mind the mindless promotion. I’m free to ignore it, really.
And I love Chatty. Great review there. Great articles all the time, really.
2:32 am on May 24th, 2008
Chatty is awesome indeed. He really enjoys writing and it shows - his websites oozes gaming goodness.
4:01 am on May 24th, 2008
Your check is in the mail! :)
8:11 am on May 24th, 2008
To be honest, I’ve not seen much of it. A few of the guys in my local group post snippets on our group forum and I received a large, full-colour, ad sheet in the post but it’s not exactly been smacking me over the head.
Which is a good thing (IMHO) as I’m not exactly enthused with what I’ve heard/read so far. So much so that, at the beginning of the year, I made the leap to Savage Worlds! I’ll still play D&D 3.5 (I’ve spent too much money on 3.5 product to just ignore it), but any new RPG purchases will either be to fill holes in my 3.5 collection or Savage Worlds supplements/campaign settings.
8:59 am on May 24th, 2008
Keep on the Shadowfell IS marketted to D&D geeks.
They’re coming out with a basic set in the fall designed for getting new players into the fold. KotS is for people who are already into RPGs, to bring them up to speed on 4e.
9:05 am on May 24th, 2008
@Asmor: Makes sense… I really got the feeling that H1 was a primer for initiates.
1:36 pm on May 24th, 2008
Thanks for your input everyone.
7:10 pm on June 29th, 2008
The ENWorld link is now: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=226286