Ray Winninger comments on the OGL

[Ibrandul]

Yeah, I could see this being a continuation of the “even edition curse,” which will be recovered from in whatever they call the next iteration of the rules after 1D&D.

"1" is not an even number. They tried to evade the curse.

But the gods knew the edition's truename...

 

[Haplo781]

Yeah, I could see this being a continuation of the “even edition curse,” which will be recovered from in whatever they call the next iteration of the rules after 1D&D.

Except that they're not calling it 6e, and if we're going off "every other edition" instead of the publisher's nomenclature, then 3.5 should have been cursed...

 

[GMforPowergamers]

“even edition curse,”

never heard of this before (although it reminds me of star trek although reversed)
the funny part is if I were to rank all of my favorite versions of D&D it would go 4e, 2e, 5e... so even numbers are awesome for me...

 

[Reynard]

Except that they're not calling it 6e, and if we're going off "every other edition" instead of the publisher's nomenclature, then 3.5 should have been cursed...

Oh, good, yet another thread descending into "what's an edition?" I put on the popcorn.

 

[Haplo781]

Oh, good, yet another thread descending into "what's an edition?" I put on the popcorn.

There's also like 5 different flavors of Basic.

 

[Reynard]

There's also like 5 different flavors of Basic.

oooh, the perennial question: are BECMI and RC D&D the same edition?

 

[Haplo781]

oooh, the perennial question: are BECMI and RC D&D the same edition?

What about the "New Easier To Master" box set?

 

[ilgatto]

I just don't see how it's only NOW that WotC has lost its way. Seems to me that HasbrotC has "lost its way" a number of times in the past. And heck... it's not like TSR never screwed the pooch for their game or its players either.

Yeah, what's happening now sucks for a lot of people. But let's not suggest that its the end times either-- somewhere down the line it's quite probable that D&D will return to form like it always seems to do. Heck, all you'd need to do would be to show an 'Anti-GSL' person back in 2008 where the game was in the summer of 2022 to know that turnarounds can happen and that nothing is set permanent.

Underlining by me

Or, for example, Scott Fulton way back in 1982:

 

[Dausuul]

This is the first time they've lost other people's ways.

Yeah, exactly.

If this had just been the announcement of GSL 2.0, that would have been a moment for rolling eyes, shaking heads, and snarky commentary. But everybody knew there was no guarantee that Wizards would release an SRD for 1D&D, any more than there was for 4E -- they had never made any such promises. In contrast, here they are breaking twenty years of very clear and explicit promises, and trashing peoples' livelihoods that were built on those promises.

Alhough there were a few particular companies that did get screwed over hard in the 4E transition -- and chief among them was Paizo. We all know how that turned out. Here's hoping that history rhymes.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Oh, good, yet another thread descending into "what's an edition?" I put on the popcorn.

oooh, the perennial question: are BECMI and RC D&D the same edition?

my understanding is the anywhere from 13th to 17th edition would fit... maybe that was for 5e so somewhere between 14th and 18th?

this reminds me of legacy numbering on comics...