Dristram
First Post
Well, that was an unexpected comment. Where do you get the impression that I would insult anybody? The meaning of my post is that a company being able to use the name "Dungeons & Dragons" for a game that is quite changed in many of the game's core elements from the earlier editions of D&D is misusing the name IMO. The game is so different that it has finally become a different game. Other company's D&D-style rpgs are going to be more like D&D than 4e looks to be. The only reason they [the game designers] get to call it D&D is because they work for WotC.Mourn said:And if they do find that 1980s game, they'll learn to avoid it because of players like you that will insult their taste because it's different. Way to grow the fanbase!
On a side note, I can remember when D&D players were all angry about WotC buying the rights to D&D. WotC was the maker of MagicTG, aka role-playing crack, that destroyed many a D&D gaming group. WotC back then was the enemy. But Mr. Garfield was a big time D&D player and said he'd do right by D&D and so the players calmed down. Then when Hasborg took over the reigns, it all started again. But now, it seems, WotC is seen as THE makers of D&D and what ever they decide to do with the game is accepted because it's their game. IMO, I believe other game manufacturers would create a better new version of D&D that would follow the traditions of the game better and keep it feeling like D&D. Seeing what the WotC guys are doing with 4e, I wish that would happen.