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But D&D was played there. You just confirmed what the article said. Supported but not one of the main focuses. There is an audience there that may not play but may be receptive and that is what WOTC is aiming for. Don't forget the highly popular Acquisitions Incorporated games take place at PAX...

That's precisely the reason: the history. As a DM, I am particularly interested in seeing the monsters in their original purest form. I am very happy with 5th edition and have no intention to go Old School, but if, as this article suggests, OD&D has a unique perspective or insight of value to...

I was interested in getting the PDF but was curious to see what the poster thought were its selling points. But after reading this article, I still have no idea why OD&D is still relevant. This read like an ad for Sworrds & Wizardry which felt like it was referenced more than OD&D.

A fair point. In my mind I rationalize it that Greenwood's vision is the canon of Faerun as a fantasy world but not for Forgotten Realms the campaign world, which is based on but not confined by the former.

If they disagree, they're wrong. Forgotten Realms is a sandbox for the world's greatest storytelling game. The stories you tell cannot be superseded by any other source including official ones. If I decide that in my story, Icewind Dale is full of dinosaurs and Chult is full of yetis, Candlekeep...

I hope so. Competition in the cannon industry will bring down the price of gunpowder for Faerunian consumers. But seriously. This isn't Star Wars. Neither Greenwood nor WOTC dictate FR canon. In the world of RPGs, novels, published settings, video games and even the upcoming movie are secondary...

Finally, I know what a hammer looks like! Just kidding. Very thorough. It could have half as many weapons and I'd still consider it very thorough.

To be fair, a lot of people here wouldn't even know there was something being announced on Monday if it wasn't for the news being posted here on ENworld. I don't think I would have known. A lot of the people in these forums are biting at the chops for more information. If you think the people...

Seems likely. Given that the two promotional images that were released were described as being Tarokka cards, I'd think it likely that they represent the cards that will be coming in the new set. Possibly early versions of the finished art, but I would definitely expect them to be indicative of...

The fourth Game of Thrones novels is over 200 pages shorter than the third one and 300 pages shorter than the fifth one. Yet Amazon still sells it for the same price. I don't base my purchasing decision based on how many page signatures are contained in it. It's the content that matters . I...

True, but you have to consider three things. 1) They don't want to say "We'll never remake Mystara" because they might change their mind at some point. 2) Even if they were certain, it would upset a lot of their fans to say they have no plans to ever remake Mystara. 3) Even if they did open...

I see it differently. If they start working on other campaigns, they can and likely will add them to the SRD. What they're trying to do (I believe) is prevent another Pathfinder.

Is it honestly surprising that the titles that people are most anticipating are for systems that they know and love rather than for systems that they've never played and know next to nothing about? It shouldn't be.

I'm still anticipating the overdue update to Paranoia. I wasn't in on the Kickstarter, but I love the setting and am very excited for its release.

Oh I agree fully. Nostalgia is very powerful. I was just explaining to one of my players (who started with 4e but now plays in my 5e campaign) how most D&D gamers have a special fondness for the edition they started with. It's understandable. I just want nostalgia to be what drives the hobby...

D&D gamers have traditionally never been happy with the way things are going. They tend to want things to stay the same or drift back to what they remember of their youth when D&D was 'at its best'. I think conscientious players of the current system though appreciate what 5th edition is...

I agree that Ravenloft is feeling very likely. I just wanted to point out though that Unearthed Arcana has nothing to do with it. That was clearly to tie in with the current storyline, Out of the Abyss which is heavily demon-based.

Wow. That's amazing. Obviously this is a heavily modified Forgotten Realms. about a 50/50 mix of Realms and Homebrew it seems. But what do the inhabitants who live there call it? If the local NPCs think of the land as Faerun and call it Faerun, then I would say it's a Forgotten Realms game. If...

For those who are asking the philosophiycal question of "Is my campaign Homebrew or not?" I would pose this as a litmus test. The map used. My homebrew campaign for instance uses elements of the 4th edition setting, mainly because I liked their pantheon of deities. I used them as the baseline...

No offense taken at all. It's a valid point. And I love Eberron too, so am certainly not opposed to seeing more support for the setting. I'm just trying to point out that WotC is not going out of its way to discourage playing Eberron even with 5th edition. It's there for those of us willing to...