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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3703013" data-attributes="member: 22882">To be fair, all Magic the Gathering cards are 100% compatible with those released way back in '93.&nbsp; Magic has undergone, IIRC, four major rules changes, but Wizards made extensive effort to make those rules changes backwards compatible all the way to Alpha.Which, also to be fair, is an EVEN BETTER model for 4e.&nbsp; Magic today is leaps and bounds better designed than Magic in 1993 or even Magic in 1999; D&amp;D should be just as much improved, but products like Saga demonstrate that upgrading does not have to mean abandoning backwards-compatibility.In other words, to those whose chief worry about 4e is &quot;my 3e collection is too big to switch,&quot; chances are 4e will be both an improvement AND backwards-compatible.Will it have new releases that mirror some of those 3e releases?&nbsp; Almost certainly.&nbsp; Will those be better?&nbsp; Does anyone seriously think Complete Warrior is a weaker product than Sword and Fist?&nbsp; I love some of the stuff in Sword and Fist, but it certainly isn't very well designed in comparison to its replacement.&nbsp; Nonetheless, in the only D&amp;D game I'm currently in, my character will soon acquire a level in a prestige class that was never reprinted after Sword and Fist - a class, incidentally, I would be just as happy to introduce to my Star Wars Saga game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3703013, member: 22882"] To be fair, all Magic the Gathering cards are 100% compatible with those released way back in '93. Magic has undergone, IIRC, four major rules changes, but Wizards made extensive effort to make those rules changes backwards compatible all the way to Alpha. Which, also to be fair, is an EVEN BETTER model for 4e. Magic today is leaps and bounds better designed than Magic in 1993 or even Magic in 1999; D&D should be just as much improved, but products like Saga demonstrate that upgrading does not have to mean abandoning backwards-compatibility. In other words, to those whose chief worry about 4e is "my 3e collection is too big to switch," chances are 4e will be both an improvement AND backwards-compatible. Will it have new releases that mirror some of those 3e releases? Almost certainly. Will those be better? Does anyone seriously think Complete Warrior is a weaker product than Sword and Fist? I love some of the stuff in Sword and Fist, but it certainly isn't very well designed in comparison to its replacement. Nonetheless, in the only D&D game I'm currently in, my character will soon acquire a level in a prestige class that was never reprinted after Sword and Fist - a class, incidentally, I would be just as happy to introduce to my Star Wars Saga game. [/QUOTE]

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