WotC acknowledges 4th Edition Not for Everyone?
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I think it means more to the fact that many games can use a 1 inch gridded tile.
Do the tiles not include any indicators of terrain types like they did for DDM? No keywords on them or anything?
I think all D&D accessories should be edition-independent except for things like sheets and cards. Any map or miniature, etc should be suitable for more than D&D to get the most from the market.
I wish they map unmarked maps with just a theme like forest, that you could place tiles on and have overland areas, or cavernous background to have caverns....and stuff like that where you could lay out tiles on rather than gaping white table space or a grid piece of paper.
Do any of the tiles or tile products ever have a legend as to the distances?
Technically, it doesn't mean that WotC acknowledges anything but the fact that not everyone plays 4e.
People often make choices that are not based on any rational parameters.
Rationality is by definition a universal tool. But people often make choices that are not based on certain rational definitions. The fact that not all propositions may be decidable does not mean that people are irrational.
They did not say "games". They said editions. Davemage is right in his observation.
Jack99
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Well, it certainly gives me the impression that WOTC realise not everyone has embraced 4e. They'd be pretty ignorant (or arrogant
) to think that everyone "upgraded". They know people still hang on to 3.5 and earlier editions.By putting this on the back of a product, it enables those who play 3.5 and earlier editions to realise there are still some products WOTC are releasing that can be used for their current games. It's a chance for WOTC to reach beyond the 4e market and still make some $ from gamers who are shunning 4e.
In all honesty, they could have put "compatible with most roleplaying games," but they want to (and understandably so) concentrate solely on D&D.
There are two other possible explanations for it though.
-They want people to feel more like they don't have to play 4th or even D&D to purchase and use the tiles.
-4.5 is right around the corner so people buying tiles for use with 4th edition from the new tilesets will know that they are also good for 4.5 as well as 4th.
I also wonder if that means the tiles can be used under OGL, or something about the new GSL when/if it comes out will have something allowing for people to use images of tiles to create maps to further sales of D&D branded tiles over say the guy around here from Fire Dragon(is that the people that make those terrain paper models?)
I can speculate their message goes beyond this. They very well could have written nothing of the sort: just indicate scale. I think there is a good probability they are launching marketing for edition proof products or even products for older, hybrid or even "evolved" editions (perhaps next step is something in DRAGON or DUNGEON ???).
Perhaps the limits of purism have caught the commercial projects?
There are two other possible explanations for it though.
-They want people to feel more like they don't have to play 4th or even D&D to purchase and use the tiles.
-4.5 is right around the corner so people buying tiles for use with 4th edition from the new tilesets will know that they are also good for 4.5 as well as 4th.
As noted just above I will rather go with the second (which I include to this any edition (older or newer)).
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