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They could make it somehow easier to fit in any campaign. Want a huge city in your Poland? Use Waterdeep. But then again, should just make a Poland city to begin with, just like how they are making Hammerfast instead of Mithril Hall. The more I think about it, the more I feel the 4e campaign...

Wow, SW Saga is only 3 years?

You are right about the direction and we can choose what to buy or not. But we are talking in terms of campaign setting support and the concern that FR, Eberron etc will not be preserved and decline in popularity. We all know Poland is a more popular than FR now in 4e. If not for Living...

Does any AD&D player even use the new fluff? Say a 2e player who is running Dark Sun. Will they buy the 4e Dark Sun book for new material? Yup, with Underdark book being the best so far. For those that say they are happy with the current campaign setting model, try not using any of your old...

5e won't be coming anytime soon imo. But I can expect it's even different than AD&D. Each edition is consider a "fix" to the current edition. Would you expect 5e to have an expanded skill list ala 3.5e or pure Vancian casting again? Will you expect the fighter to be back with a mundane basic...

I think the currently popular fantasy setting now is Warhammer Old World and D&D Poland. Not FR, Eberron or any old TSR worlds.. which is a shame.

Yeah, in fact I think Nentir Vale and Keep of Shadowfell will be the most memorable to all 4e players. We can consider the campaign settings of 4e to be sourcebooks for the generic implied setting of 4e. Grab a Drow from FR and let him have a Dragonmark of Healing and be sold as a slave...

You have a point there. I have seen tons of dwarf and elf cliches but never get tired of them. Put me in a party of Dr Manhattan Devas, goth Tieflings and emo Shadar Kais, and I just wanna self TPK. Not sure about 5th ed. I believe future editions of D&D will never replicate the previous...

Currently we have people screaming Dark Sun! Dragonlance! Spelljammer! It's all because of 2nd ed and the setting's products. In 10 years from now, will new 4e D&D settings be nostalgic? People will remember Eberron during the 3.5 era and FR from the 2e (to an extent 3.5e) era. It is all due to...

Runepriest n shardmind. Then I am done...

The settings were supported through modules. All the popular modules were set in either Mystara or Greyhawk. Forgotten Realms was mostly supported by novels. Sure the current model for settings is easier on our wallets, but are the current published settings getting enough attention? Seems the...

They are 6x9. Hence the 300+pages to fit the classes and races. In the long run, it is still better to go Core than Essential. Other than the two Essential books, there is no new crunch (excluding the new monsters in the Monster Vault, which might be variations of Goblinoids and other iconic...

So the 256 page book in the DM kit is the rules compendium? I like the new design covers of the Essential books and boxes except the red box seems out of place. It's like WOTC trying so hard to attract older gamers instead kids.

Pretty steep for being a DM no? Btw, is it me or have the pic of the redbox became Elmore's dragon? http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/244660000

That is what I am wondering as well. It does seem the whole red box is geared towards nostalgia (parents buying it for their kids) rather than a kid picking it up himself.

This is great. I just got the corebook and bestiary and can't wait to run a game. I do hope we can get more people into Dragon Warriors.

Will kids nowadays actually get attracted to the red box cover? I am trying to imagine being a 10year old walking along Toy's R Us and stumbling upon it.

I agree with this. I don't think the boxset is intended to be played for a long time without buying more supplements. I am not sure of the old redbox though, but imo Dragon Age boxset seems to model the old redbox closer than the new 4e redbox. We still need the Mentzer box/ Dragon Age box to...

Hmm, this makes me think of the Dragon Age boxset which goes up to 5th level...

At this point, we are better off getting the Essential DT and Monster Vault tokens. I agree about it being a teaser, but hey, we aren't the audience at all.