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[Goodman/Dancey on 4E] RPGs in the 21st Century - towards another "generational peak"
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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4836828" data-attributes="member: 83805"><p>This time around, it appears WotC may be possibly trying to avoid a repeat of the 3.5E fallout by releasing a new Player's Handbook every year. I would guess that back in the 3E era, 3.5E ended up being an accumulation of numerous rules changes over a three year period from 2000 to early 2003. This time around, the rules changes so far have been placed in the last chapter of Player's Handbook 2, and probably subsequent future PHB's will also include the accumulated rules changes over the previous year before each PHB's release.</p><p></p><p>Many of the 3.5E "Complete" books appear to be expansions of the older softcover 3E class books (ie. Sword and Fist, Tome and Blood, etc ...). I suppose some people were not fooled the second time around, and didn't bother picking up many of the "Complete" books. This time around it appears WotC is diving straight into the 4E "Power" books, in the same way the "Complete" books functioned for 3.5E. (There's even a "Martial Power 2" book planned for Feb 2010). </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't be surprised if there's at least one "Power" book for each of the 4E power sources: martial, arcane, divine, primal, psionic, shadow, elemental. Looking back into the 3.5E catalog, there were eight "Complete" books released. This time around, one "Power" book for each power source along with the upcoming release of "Martial Power 2", is already eight books.</p><p></p><p>These and other things may possibly avoid the release of a 4.5E. Sooner or later they will run out of ideas from 3E/3.5E books (and earlier editions) to "strip mine" for new 4E books.</p><p></p><p>A definite sign of the end of the life for 4E/4.5E commercially, would be when a "4E Rules Compendium" book is finally released.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 4836828, member: 83805"] This time around, it appears WotC may be possibly trying to avoid a repeat of the 3.5E fallout by releasing a new Player's Handbook every year. I would guess that back in the 3E era, 3.5E ended up being an accumulation of numerous rules changes over a three year period from 2000 to early 2003. This time around, the rules changes so far have been placed in the last chapter of Player's Handbook 2, and probably subsequent future PHB's will also include the accumulated rules changes over the previous year before each PHB's release. Many of the 3.5E "Complete" books appear to be expansions of the older softcover 3E class books (ie. Sword and Fist, Tome and Blood, etc ...). I suppose some people were not fooled the second time around, and didn't bother picking up many of the "Complete" books. This time around it appears WotC is diving straight into the 4E "Power" books, in the same way the "Complete" books functioned for 3.5E. (There's even a "Martial Power 2" book planned for Feb 2010). I wouldn't be surprised if there's at least one "Power" book for each of the 4E power sources: martial, arcane, divine, primal, psionic, shadow, elemental. Looking back into the 3.5E catalog, there were eight "Complete" books released. This time around, one "Power" book for each power source along with the upcoming release of "Martial Power 2", is already eight books. These and other things may possibly avoid the release of a 4.5E. Sooner or later they will run out of ideas from 3E/3.5E books (and earlier editions) to "strip mine" for new 4E books. A definite sign of the end of the life for 4E/4.5E commercially, would be when a "4E Rules Compendium" book is finally released. [/QUOTE]
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