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which is absolutely impossible IMO. To reach this, the core concepts would have to be taken out or modified (healings surges for example, the boring long combats, or the new magic system) because THATS what drove those old players away, it was not D&D enough for them. So I think it is an...

not to release 5th edition would be a big mistake from WotC. Or does anybody think they still make much money with the rpg as it is now? Maybe Heroes of the shadow was sold 1 Mio times :), what do I know, but I guess a more realistic number is rather 30k. How much money this makes can everybody...

hopefully there will be soon a 5th edition. I suggest going back to the wonderful way BECMI and 1st edition AD&D was played. This was best of D&D IMO. BUT -presenting it in a modern way -streamlining the rules. Rooting out consequently the baggage of nonsense of those old editions (eg...

That remains to be seen. While the BECM boxes brought me to the hobby, the last 3x and 4 incarnations of the worlds most "beloved (and hated)" D&D game have done the opposite to me. They brought me to abandon D&D as a game system and to play Savage Worlds or RuneQuest. This is true. It does...

What really counts is if Paizo goes the way of a simplified rule system or just a teaser. THAT is important for me and nothing else. If it is just a teaser to lure people to the complex monster game Pathfinder than I am not interested. If it is really a extremely simplified but full game on its...

Atm we have only some lands described. (like Sarthil, Karkoth or Nentir Vale) This map of the boardgame is only the beginning. I am quite sure, next year we will see a 160p setting book with full description of the Nerathsetting. Its time.

I would like to see a leaflet with descriptions of all these lands on the boardgame map. This map is the closest info we have today in which direction the official Point of Light setting is heading. Finally the locations where the D&D4e modules and dungeons are settled are revealed!

I think if it is simplified enough it should be to the advantage of the whole rpg industry. Finally a rule box one can really recommend to newbies without beeing a teaser and withouth the intention to lure them into the "big" game thereafter but rather a complete self contained game. Best...

here First off, this box is designed to contain everything that a new gamer needs to begin playing the Pathfinder RPG, from dice and pawns to a simplified rules set and an exciting starter adventure. and here "I cannot see much appeal to a beginner if the content of the box is just...

At first I thought as you do here. But after closer examination of the product description the words"simplified rules" are used and one of the employees of Paizo also made a post about this. So I guess that its really more simple than standard PF. It also has only 64 pages with all rules in it...

Well as it seems now, I have to take back my initial judgement. As far as I heard today the Paizobox is indeed a SIMPLIFIED version of PF with only 64 pages with all game rules included (+96p GM stuff and modules) and not just a box with full complexity. So you have been right and I was wrong...

Iron wolf, so they released a red cheating box where you have a teaser only to lure you in order to buy the full 1000p+ product later? Do you really think the casual gamer is that stupid not to realize that this is only a teaser and not the real product? In the moment he looks at the myriards of...

Yes you are right. What you said is the MAIN REASON P&P RPGs have not much success today. Nobody who is not a number crunching supernerd but rather a casual normal guy wants to read more than a few dozen pages for just playing a game. Unfortunately the rpg publishers are to dumb and short...

Well, I dont see much advantage in introducing a HP system. SW is designed not as DnD. Each piece of the rules is stongly intereconnected. If you take out something it should be with good reason and substituted with a well thought out rule. With a HP system probably combat becomes much slower...

Of course there have been combos. I bet I can do killer combos with 1E too if I am good in the rules. (which I am not, because I dont care about rules in general) But I think this is only a cosmetic issue. First and foremost roleplaying is about acting in character in a somewhat logical and...

I doubt it. I cannot remember any group, not even those supernerds back in the days, which played the "I" or "M" box. But nobody cared. I think most players and GMs thought that the boxes are not necessary for their game and they simply ignored them. And this was ok. Because ignoring those...

After reading this, I think I get a little bit angry the more often I hear this pseudo argument. I think nothing had to be fixed because nothing was broken. The whole wizard-fighter thing was a trade-off. At the beginning the wizard was weak (Ever played a Wizard level 3 with random rolled 5 HP...

Your pendulum comparision is not really true, because it implies that both groups are equal in their numbers. I doubt this. Instead I am sure that there is greater number of players which would love a simpler rule system than those which are available today. Addtionally there are many more...

So now that we know that DnD has become more complex over the years (even 4e despite the marketing claims of the designers) do you think that going back to a simple edition would be good? Maybe a 5th edition where a combat grid is just an option and not a must and one where the dungeon boss does...

My take on this: Of couse I am in the camp of the slow food fans. I despise 3rd and 4th edition. Its not D&D anymore and I am not sure if they are roleplaying games at all. At least not more than those self styled video "rpgs". Funnily the more "video" the rpgs become the slower and tedious is...