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Then, as 5e fans have long said to 4e fans, I guess The Market Has Spoken
Feb 11, 2026
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But what all these forum and restaurant analogies miss, is that with RPGs your old books don't vanish and you can just keep playing...
Feb 11, 2026
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But suspending the D&D part of the forums would stop you talking about D&D. Publishing a new edition doesn't do anything to stop you...
Feb 11, 2026
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I've never once gone out looking for players of a specific RPG. I've only ever played in an existing group, and chosen a game.
Feb 11, 2026
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Yeah, it becomes pretty clear over time that treating knowledge skills like task skills doesn't really produce things that meet the...
Feb 11, 2026
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But does that mean you need a skill system, with a list of discrete skills? I am perfectly content with using background/class: "I was...
Feb 11, 2026
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Well, except that all your old books still exist.
Feb 11, 2026
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Maybe, maybe not. Admittedly, I was not there. But, while exposure is required, it may not be sufficient. You didn't mention any...
Feb 11, 2026
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It took you 1.5 years of play to realise that 4e wasn't built around sim priorities? This is like trying sushi in the hope it will...
Feb 11, 2026
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Don't McDonalds rotate things in and out of their menu all the time? Is that exclusionary of people who like those items?
Feb 11, 2026
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Yeah, I was also quite upset when the WotC’s agents broke into my house and burned all my 3e books. Talk about aggressive marketing!
Feb 11, 2026
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Haven't you chosen to play with those different rules by engaging with the new edition? It's not like it's an online game where the...
Feb 11, 2026
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that a game system doesn't appeal to your or someone else's tastes still doesn't mean that it was at all designed to exclude you or...
Feb 11, 2026
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Nothing you like has changed even slightly. Your books still exist. What's happened is that something new has come out. You're not...
Feb 11, 2026
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Unless you were born with those preferences, yes.
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