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I can't say as I was not that intimately involved in the design. I'll see if Mearls will come on and answer. I would suspect some of it has to do with SWSE being a different IP and that from it's design came new ideas and even more clarity of what 4e would become.

QFT. For the record I don't like either side of the war. Debate is fine but people need to be civil

I tend to agree with you. It is very rare for one to create a pet rock. Most products (including 4e) are made from a real (and sometimes perceived) demand in the marketplace. I believe we made a product a lot of people wanted. Is it for everyone? No, but my sales show me a lot of people did...

Back in the day D&D was war gaming for sure but it was a big enough change that it spawned a hole new category. Just like Magic The Gathering. When Peter asked Richard to make a game like D&D that could be carried in your pocket and played in coffeshops or in line at GenCon Richard took a month...

No you are correct, I am obviously simplifying history to make a point about the nature of creation, evolution, and market dynamics. It is the sentiment in your analogy that is at the heart of the edition wars and it is the belief that we are selling turtles that perpetuates them. This is as...

But the point still remains that prior to D&D, wargaming had a completely different status quot. D&D evolved the standard for gaming the same as happens in other product categories. Music played live progressed to music you played on acetate at home, to music played on the radio,... to music...

You can toss about the names of a million failed brand extensions to try and draw comparison to the shift from 3e to 4e and I'll throw out a million more that didn't fail (Diet Pepsi, TDK R/W CDS, Lexus, EN World, etc). D&D as a game has been evolving since day 1. Dave and Gary (and the people...

Sorry scrib, you quoted me while I was editing so this nonsense about your dentist is lost on everyone but me :lol:

That is the way the world works bro. People didn't know they wanted a game where you pretend to be an elf killing dragon until Dave and Gary made it and sold it to them. Before D&D people were happy to pretend to be Napoleon or Rommel moving little lead armies around on a map. Then Dave and Gary...

I want to thank Truename for a great post and to everyone for a lively and respectful debate. This has been one of the best threads for me on the boards in a while. I don't agree with everything said in the thread and I am not sure you can use a clinical explanation for the situation...

Not to turn this into a threadjack about weather, topography, and driving. Typical Seattle area hill: With a downtown view up on of it's many hilly streets

Canucks are a tough lot (for a bunch of socialists ;)). I have family in Calgary so I am familiar with the country there. I snowboarded once in Lake Louise in -45c, that will make your face fall off. Calgary is pretty flat and has more snow plows than women. Seattle and the surrounding area is...

The big(ger) changes were taken care of a while ago. In the process of reviewing the SRD and looking at possible interactions with the OGL these last issue came up over the past couple of weeks. Thanks!

update from my blog here

update from my blog here

Six year old's don't really understand "increasing shareholder value" and they want what they want. I do try an buy Hasbro stuff but sometimes you just have to get what the kid wants so I try and buy from companies that make quality stuff. I can't stand all the cheap toys from no name companies...

I am giving Star Wars miniatures and Lego Star Wars to my son. I am giving Pokemon TCG to my godson and picked up a Anniversary edition Axis and Allies for myself. I also donated board games and D&D RPG starters to the Toys for Tots bin at my daughters' school. I wish I had more game players...

They likely never saw it but if they did it was really no big thing compared to their own ooops moments.

Man's ruin \/

The GSL will change.