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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 4111558" data-attributes="member: 42582">I sometimes wonder how uniform these expectations are. If WoTC have decided there is a market for a narrativist-leaning version of D&D, do you think they're doing it in ignorance/error? That is possible - but I think they might think that Ron Edwards is right, and that there is in fact more demand for non-simulationist gaming than many mainstream RPGs have traditionally catered to. Agreed to an extent on all points: it looks tricky, the 4e team seem to have thought carefully about it and tried to pull it of, and for some players (though I suspect more GMs than players in the strict sense) it does not (at least initially) feel like D&D. At the moment I'm inclined to trust WoTC's judgement about market demand, or at least what the market (who will, afterall, mostly follow the brand rather than any particular aspect of rules flavour) can be led to enjoy. After June I guess we'll start to learn for real.</blockquote>