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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5916622" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>I'm not sure what this means. I've recently playedx a game using MapTools and don't see that any system wouldn't "play well" on it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tourney and convention play doesn't include house rules and a lot of people think the game should work fine out of the box without needing rewrites.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some are making the point that the only "lapsed" players are those that don't play D&D at all, reqardless of edition, so calling those who don't play 4E lapsed players isn't accurate. It's a good point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Doesn't seem to be the case if one considers PF to be 3.75, and one considers that it seems to be running neck and neck with 4E, and then one considers all of the 3.XE and previous ediiton players still out there. This seems to be one of the main reasons WotC has moved on from 4E to building a 5E.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A default game with modularity, though the concrete things they are saying seem to lean in the direction of the current edition with only a bit of a nod thus far toward previous edition play. It might be that they are going to have even fewer and fewer previous edition players giving them feedback which then leads to further design decisions along the same lines, etc. I can see why you, as someone who is definitely buying in (the production values seem guaranteed given WotC budgets), might wind up getting an edition where fewer people play than ever, especially if only a portion of the current player base buys in and WotC doesn't draw much in the way of previous edition players and players who never played D&D. It would mean a reduced player pool and even getting online games going might become problematic. We'll see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 5916622, member: 10479"] I'm not sure what this means. I've recently playedx a game using MapTools and don't see that any system wouldn't "play well" on it. Tourney and convention play doesn't include house rules and a lot of people think the game should work fine out of the box without needing rewrites. Some are making the point that the only "lapsed" players are those that don't play D&D at all, reqardless of edition, so calling those who don't play 4E lapsed players isn't accurate. It's a good point. Doesn't seem to be the case if one considers PF to be 3.75, and one considers that it seems to be running neck and neck with 4E, and then one considers all of the 3.XE and previous ediiton players still out there. This seems to be one of the main reasons WotC has moved on from 4E to building a 5E. A default game with modularity, though the concrete things they are saying seem to lean in the direction of the current edition with only a bit of a nod thus far toward previous edition play. It might be that they are going to have even fewer and fewer previous edition players giving them feedback which then leads to further design decisions along the same lines, etc. I can see why you, as someone who is definitely buying in (the production values seem guaranteed given WotC budgets), might wind up getting an edition where fewer people play than ever, especially if only a portion of the current player base buys in and WotC doesn't draw much in the way of previous edition players and players who never played D&D. It would mean a reduced player pool and even getting online games going might become problematic. We'll see. [/QUOTE]
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