D&D (2024) Experienced DMs, how useful is the 2024 DMG to you?

[Sulicius]

I feel the game is in the book just as much as it's at the table.

Did you read the new books yet?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Did you read the new books yet?

Do you expect that the new books have taken the game more onto the table than the old ones?

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm sure I'm one of the three probably. I do like to discuss game design. So when a new edition comes out of ANYTHING not just D&D, I find it interesting to discuss the pros and cons of various design decisions. I'm definitely not trying to keep anyone from playing 5e or any edition of D&D. If I was, I failed miserably for 5e which seems to have been very successful.

A lot of game design discussion usually flourishes during the release of a new edition. Do I hold out hope that WOTC will ever come back my way? My brain says no but my heart always hopes. My brain though is a lot smarter than my heart.

You are not even close to one of the three

 

[Emerikol]

You are not even close to one of the three

Well thank you, I think.

 

[Zaukrie]

Well thank you, I think.

Definitely. I find your comments generally well laid out, constructive and interesting.

 

[Kurotowa]

It's become a fun game for me to guess how many posts into a 5e thread will pass before the one of the same three people who have repeatedly stated that they don't play 5e, haven't read the books and have no plans to do so will pop in to say how much it sucks.

I pretty much stop reading any thread that goes past 10 pages, because that's how long it takes to get derailed into the same interminable arguments with the same small handful of people. People who, as you say, hate 5e and only stick around to loudly remind everyone else of that fact in Every. Single. Thread. about a new book. Arguments where nothing new is ever said and no one's position ever shifts.

The Ignore feature only helps so much when every post I do see is people beating their heads on a brick wall trying to argue against invisible comments. Seriously now. If people aren't going to use the Ignore feature, maybe at least exercise some self-control and don't bite on the same bait every thread. It benefits no one and produces no productive conversation.

 

[Zaukrie]

I pretty much stop reading any thread that goes past 10 pages, because that's how long it takes to get derailed into the same interminable arguments with the same small handful of people. People who, as you say, hate 5e and only stick around to loudly remind everyone else of that fact in Every. Single. Thread. about a new book. Arguments where nothing new is ever said and no one's position ever shifts.

The Ignore feature only helps so much when every post I do see is people beating their heads on a brick wall trying to argue against invisible comments. Seriously now. If people aren't going to use the Ignore feature, maybe at least exercise some self-control and don't bite on the same bait every thread. It benefits no one and produces no productive conversation.

Agreed. It's too bad they are allowed to do this over and over.

 

[Sulicius]

Do you expect that the new books have taken the game more onto the table than the old ones?

That’s not an answer.

 

[Micah Sweet]

That’s not an answer.

I explained earlier that I'm not paying for the 2024 books.

 

[tetrasodium]

Do you expect that the new books have taken the game more onto the table than the old ones?

What do you mean by that bold bit? Not taking sides in this, but I couldn't get a solid grip on it by going back a couple posts in the chain.