Comments on: Top 10 reasons D&D4E will be the best RPG ever

By: Scry

Scry — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:42:49 +0000

I have been spending the last 2 months going thru endless threads of why this is good, why this sucks, 10 reasons this will fail…it’s a pain. But I will say I found allot of useful information here. I myself am working on a new Table Top RPG, well old to me. The project has taken 7 years. i know my post is a little late but because i noticed time doesn’t matter in this thread i wouldn’t mid getting in contact with any of you via Email, to talk about what makes a Table Top a Table top, my main goal isn’t to make profit, but rather to bring back the old RPG gaming style with a few new tricks. i to played every Ed of D&D but this last one, with all my recourses going to my game it’s been a hassle to pull money out from publication costs. But if you feel like chatting you can contact me at Incarnum11@hotmail.com

Ps. this is not a post left for gamers who feel you should get endless power within one game, and think there is a mountain of gold behind every door. In fact if you don’t understand how to play a game without winning it, you and me may not find much to talk about.

By: Antipater

Antipater — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:57:06 +0000

@ rekres, yes, it was quite shameful for me to only find this article now and not a year earlier. I appreciate your quote at the end which sums up most of my point, sans player preference being the ultimate factor. I understand your passion and applaud it, I merely define an intolerant and derogatory stance as abrasive. I have found people are more likely to listen to what I say when I respect their viewpoints and argue the facts instead of ad hominem and bandwagon tactics. Maybe we’ll run into each other at a convention and get a chance to play some 4E together, I would really enjoy that!

By: rekres

rekres — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:30:09 +0000

“abrasive defense”

Well, if by abrasive you mean like a cleanser clearing away misconceptions. I was simply trying to counter some of the negative points raised with some more accurate information. I prefer the term “passionate” rather than “abrasive” but to each his own.

Oh and congratulations of responding almost a full year after my last post…. ;)

“Two of the greatest fallacies of mankind. Something is better because it is new. Something is better because it is old.”

By: Antipater

Antipater — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:31:57 +0000

@ rekres… D&D 4E has its place and is a viable role playing game like many other but your abrasive defense makes you sound like you have some vested interest in its success. 4E is NOT the end-all be-all D&D game. That game is whatever a player prefers as new D&D editions are rolled out until either the company goes under or table-top rpgs become obsolete (god-forbid!). I personally like 3.5E and 4E equally and prefer to play them with the occasional divergence to AD&D for nostalgia or another system/genre for a change.

By: rekres

rekres — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:22:35 +0000

CinnamonPixie: Have you even looked at what’s available online? DnD Insider has the Compendium… an online searchable database of the entire PHB (and hopefully the Monster Manual eventually). Both Dungeon and Dragon magazines have been putting out some rather interesting stuff… as good as or even better than the print versions from a year ago.

Of course you don’t care about 4E so you’d rather hide your head in the sands of ignorance.