new mearls interview?

[Gundark]

"Dungeons & Dragons Next" Creators Look To Simplicity, Open Development To Regain Lost Gamers | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce
Meals is interviewed as well as some quotes by Eric Mona
Discuss

 

[Halivar]

Discuss

I think we have been. Didn't see any new nuggets of information, unless I missed them.

 

[kitsune9]

I didn't see anything new either.

 

[Dausuul]

Not about the game itself, but a little more about the thinking behind it, particularly with regard to the open playtest and the fact that after 4E and Pathfinger, out-of-print D&D is a big seller. (Probably explains why they're reprinting the 1E PHB.)

Edit: I was going to fix the above typo, but... I think I'll leave it as is.

 

[Mercurius]

[MENTION=58197]Dausuul[/MENTION], I never played Pathfinger - sounds...vaguely kinky.

 

[Walker N. Waistz]

Discuss

The part I would like to discuss is, when it says Erik Mona "wants (WotC) to succeed," in what terms is that true? How much success for WotC with 5E and its playtesting is actually good for Paizo, Pathfinder, and/or the hobby as a whole?

 

[Guest 85555]

Interesting. Though i think the opening in te article where it says there is a new edition every four to fice years is pretty miskeading. 1E and 2E were around for about ten years each.

 

[vagabundo]

The part I would like to discuss is, when it says Erik Mona "wants (WotC) to succeed," in what terms is that true? How much success for WotC with 5E and its playtesting is actually good for Paizo, Pathfinder, and/or the hobby as a whole?

If you're confident in your abilities a company then WotC succeeding will give you more potential customers.

I only see win for Paizo no matter how 5e turns out. If pathfinder declines they can release 5e pathfinder. If 5e tanks they can continue with pathfinder, etc.. I'm sure they will have contingency plans for all eventualities.

 

[Stoat]

Interesting. Though i think the opening in te article where it says there is a new edition every four to five years is pretty miskeading. 1E and 2E were around for about ten years each.

The quote is "revised or updated with a whole new edition." If you take Unearthed Arcana and Skills and Powers into account, you get close.

However, I'm of the opinion that new editions of D&D occur infrequently enough, and are instigated by sufficiently different groups of managers, that trying to suss out a larger pattern to them is fruitless.

 

[Guest 85555]

The quote is "revised or updated with a whole new edition." If you take Unearthed Arcana and Skills and Powers into account, you get close.

I always found these to be a stetch. They were purely optional supplements. They weren't revisions of the core game like 3.5 or Essentials.