A common refrain I hear a lot is people saying they like 4e as a game, they just hated it as D&D. If that's a true sentiment then there should be a market for it.
MCDM officially announces their RPG
Aldarc
Legend
The creators of Lancer & Icon, Gubat Banwa, Beacon, Fabula Ultima, and Strike! RPG have all cited 4e D&D as a major influence on their games. You can also see some influence of 4e on Shadow of the Demon Lord. One thing that several of the creators have said, however, is that the toxicity around 4e D&D in the hobby discouraged them from publicly naming that influence, though that has changed a lot over the past five years or so with content creators like Matt Colville being so positive about it.
aramis erak
Legend
The only shared mechanics between C&C and AD&D are hit points, levels, and the attribute names and ranges. All the resolution mechanics are different. Even the modifiers by attribute are different.
They are, simply put, using the same stats in very different ways, which, from a "Can I grab this module and convert it on the fly" sure, if you think of that as "compatible"... but I find that level to be better described as convertible.
See, as a rules oriented person, C&C is barely even a look alike. All the resolution works differently from AD&D (which is what it attempts to emulate the look and tone of), excepting Attribute generation and the basics of magic.
It's the difference between starting planning your wedding and sending out invitations.What does that even mean?
If I do something and say it's not official does that mean it didn't happen? Sounds like a recipe for the perfect crime!
An official announcement is when you announce a thing through official channels. In this case, Matt's YouTube.What does that even mean?
If I do something and say it's not official does that mean it didn't happen? Sounds like a recipe for the perfect crime!
"You stand accused of robbing Gotham City Bank!"
"I didn't rob it officially your honor."
"You're free to go!"
DarkCrisis
Reeks of Jedi
What the hobby needs is other genres. Why has no one made like a Cyberpunk RPG or a Lovecraft RPG. Heck even something like a Star Trek/Wars out in space RPG....
johndesmarais
Explorer
Not sure about this. If I had to guess based on my less than perfect view of the industry, I'd guess that there are more people playing non-D&D than there were at that time, because the market has grown - but D&D (and it's progeny) seem to have driven the majority of that growth so I'd be surprised if the actual percentage has shifted towards non-D&D.
Personally though, I think number of players is more important than market percentages.
Waller
Legend
Snark aside, so the Discord isn't 'official' but YouTube is 'official'? How do we know which channels are 'official' and which channels to ignore as not being 'official' announcements?
When they announced it back in January, this wasn't 'official' I'm assuming?
Matt Colville Announces Plans for New RPG as Dungeons & Dragons OGL Furor Continues
MCDM Productions, the popular design studio headed by game designer and YouTube personality Matt [...]
What about Twitch? Was that 'official'?
MCDM announces new RPG as Matt Colville can't imagine anyone signing OGL 1.1
On a Twitch stream yesterday, popular game designer and personality Matt Colville said he can't imagine anyone signing the leaked OGL 1.1 from Wizards of the Coast.
www.geeknative.com
(Or can we just officially agree that the word 'official' officially has no official meaning in this context? That's my 'official' opinion, anyway.)
TheAlkaizer
Game Designer
I'm unsure if sarcasm...
DarkCrisis
Reeks of Jedi
I'm unsure if sarcasm...
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