D&D (2024) Have we potentially seen the end of the OneD&D Playtest?
Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
Counterpoint-
Right now would be the perfect time to re-release the Bard, and release the Elf.
Right now would be the perfect time to re-release the Bard, and release the Elf.
You misspelled "remove."
Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
Oh, I didn't misspell it! I think now is the perfect time for Hasbro to get full feedback on the Bard! Really probe people's feelings about, um,. D&D, and Bards.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
Doubt this, honestly. The rage news cycle moves on fast.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Somehow, the D&D community would be far, far more up in arms if they released a product without a signed, sealed and notarized playtest than trying to vaporize the OGL.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
I don't think so.
The D&D Next playtest was a MESS, with very few releases with big, odd changes in each, a whole secret secondary smaller-but-more-important playtest which got more releases, and with a whole tons of last-minute changes which weren't playtested at all by either group (AFAWCT), and a lot of other stuff it was far from clear WotC was following the community on (which is fine, sometimes designers know better than fan-opinions, esp. on rules-design).
But there was basically zero outrage over that. Again, that's fine, I just think it speaks against the idea they need a playtest. 3E and 4E also didn't have any public playtests to speak of.
DMZ2112
Chaotic Looseleaf
My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over.
I would hope anyone who cares about D&D conceptually would continue participating constructively in the playtest. I stand with the open gaming community, but I will still be doing so.
In fact, as a D&D fan, I am asking other D&D fans to please continue to participate constructively in the playtest. D&D is not going away. Don't throw away any opportunity to influence the game and Wizards for the better. I'm not thinking about oneD&D at all; rather I am thinking about the next 50 years of the game. D&D is an iterative part of all TTRPG design, and a bad iteration will resonate.
If the last few years have taught me anything, it is never to take anything, good or bad, for granted. Kobold Press could be publishing D&D in 2073.
Just sharing data that seems to interest people, not trying to express an opinion.
I would hope anyone who cares about D&D conceptually would continue participating constructively in the playtest. I stand with the open gaming community, but I will still be doing so.
In fact, as a D&D fan, I am asking other D&D fans to please continue to participate constructively in the playtest. D&D is not going away. Don't throw away any opportunity to influence the game and Wizards for the better. I'm not thinking about oneD&D at all; rather I am thinking about the next 50 years of the game. D&D is an iterative part of all TTRPG design, and a bad iteration will resonate.
If the last few years have taught me anything, it is never to take anything, good or bad, for granted. Kobold Press could be publishing D&D in 2073.
I've posted snapshots of polls from D&D Beyond's General Discussion forums in a couple of other threads, and the interim results suggest inconclusively that the prevailing tone there is substantially against Wizards.
Just sharing data that seems to interest people, not trying to express an opinion.
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Argyle King
Legend
At some point, there will be a generation of players which comes into the game and 1.1 OGL and sees it as normal.
