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Allan, why do I get the impression that 10 years from now, folks will be telling the tale about how you published your version of the Castle in 2009? :confused: Joe http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com

I could not agree with you more, Erik, and please, we're still friends (I hope). Call me Joe. My "dismissal" was not aimed primarily at your work, which I naturally own and find a terrific module as far as it goes. You were perforce building on what had been published by TSR before. Rather...

You weren't around when Star Trek: The Next Generation came on the air, were you? Joseph Greyhawk Grognard

You may well have been playing with the rules of D&D, but I guarantee you have not had the full benefit of the social experience that D&D can bring. Nothing wrong with playing RPG's online, of course. But it's most definitely not the same thing as playing across the table. I cannot help but...

I daresay that when we get to the point that the game relies on embedded monitors and holographic battlemats, we're going to be talking about something other than D&D as we know it. Part of what makes an RPG an RPG, to my mind, is the person-to-person interaction that it requires and...

Indeed, which is why I said, in the self-same post: Not mutually exclusive at all. Just one of several ways to do it. Joe

That depends. If 4E tanks, then WotC will realize it made a huge mistake by pushing all the 3E players into the hands of Pathfinder, and 5E will be a step backwards to the 3.X-style mechanics. In this scenario, 5E happens relatively quickly, say within 3-4 years. If 4E is a hit, then 5E will...

1977. You do the math. I can play 1E without miniatures or a battlemat, and have for decades (I hesitate to give a specific number, for fear that you will turn that against me). I was explicitly told by a WotC rep (and my own personal experience confirmed) that the system is infinitely easier...

I disagree. And I am not just "criticizing a new edition"; if you'll look upthread, I actually liked it from a player's POV. I looked through my posts here, and I confess I can't find a place where I "proclaimed that AD&D was superior". I said "different". I may well have missed something...

We must resolve to disagree on this point, I'm afraid. I must say this spate of 1E-bashing has been fun as far as it's gone (which isn't very), I was kinda hoping people would be happy to see a review of 4E from someone who's played it who comes from a different perspective, rather than use...

*GASP* You have pulled the wool from off my eyes after all these many decades. How can I possibly repay you for your thunderous insight? "Inches" might actually mean... "inches" on a miniatures table? In a game that was based on a miniatures game to begin with? Truly, I stand in the presence...

Absolutely! And if I want to play Chainmail, I will do so, too. And I might even throw the Fantasy Supplement into the bargain. Neither, however, is D&D. Joe

Gadzooks... That sucker would've paid for a new car on eBay. I am envious. (Where'd you do your demo, btw?) Perhaps so, but they all seem to almost be "too special", if you know what I mean. One imagines the local innkeeper, rather than simply pouring an ale and sliding it down the bar...

Indeed. I have played one or two RPG's printed after 1983. Why, I even hear there's this interesting Vampire game out there that's all the rage among the young'ns nowadays... However, to turn your snarky remark into an opportunity to make a real point, there really has been a change in the...

So it'll basically be like Castles and Crusades, is what you're saying. ;-) Joe

Huh? You can't have a 6th level thief and a 4th level cleric in the same party without being "incoherent"? Joe

I had the opportunity to play in a demo game of 4E today at Ubercon here in beautiful New Jersey. (Beforehand, I was able to observe portions of other demos, but you don't really get the full effect without a handful of dice in your hand.) Bear in mind that I'm coming at this from a slightly...

I dunno... a company that hasn't updated its website in 6 months or more, especially with something as major as having spun off a product line... I'd be cautious. Joe

So, in essence, you're saying that WotC's books are written by Oompa-Loompas. ;-) I had a lot of more serious stuff to follow up that rather frivolous observation, but in re-reading it, it seemed rather pointless. So I kept the frivolity and dumped the pointlessness. Apologies. Joe

Wasn't the whole point of this exercise to quell the out-of-control rumors? Now they're going to have a total of nearly a week of speculation and Slashdot articles. They had better pray Fark doesn't pick it up before their deign to clarify what's going on... Gotta say this is very poor...