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Not to fan flames, but really, everything stated could be said about any role playing game, including 3.5.
You don't need cards to play 4E, but they make things way easier. In fact, I would use spell cards in 3.5 often.
Nope, it's none of what is on the list that makes any edition of a role playing game different from a board game, it's that you are using your imagination to move a story in unexpected directions. Those who don't aren't trying hard enough to make it a non-board game. When is the last time you played any of the boardgames listed and said, no, I choose not to follow where the game is telling me to go?
I know some of these mechanics are not exclusive to DnD let alone 4th edition. But for some reason playing 4e seems more board game-like than earlier editions of the RPG. It isn’t something I can put easily into words. Maybe it’s the cards and powers I can’t quite put my finger on it. Can you?
You don't need cards to play 4E, but they make things way easier. In fact, I would use spell cards in 3.5 often.
Nope, it's none of what is on the list that makes any edition of a role playing game different from a board game, it's that you are using your imagination to move a story in unexpected directions. Those who don't aren't trying hard enough to make it a non-board game. When is the last time you played any of the boardgames listed and said, no, I choose not to follow where the game is telling me to go?