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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6680750" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>WotC claimed that 3.0 out-sold 2e at the time, and that 4e outsold 3e at the time, and that at launch 5e is out-selling 4e at launch. They're pretty consistent, that way. I haven't hear any claims that they're moving units like TSR did in the fad years, though.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's certainly the feel I got from late 2e. It was 5 years before I got back to D&D with 3.0, having played more vibrant games like Hero and Storyteller in the meantime. </p><p></p><p>While I don't think 'Golden Age' is appropriate for any period in the game's history (no, not even the fad years), 3.0's 'back to the dungeon' and the OGL certainly revitalized the hobby for a few years, and seem more significant, to me, than the current era of post-edition-war appeasement. </p><p></p><p> It is a decidedly inoffensive edition (even the PF fans I talk to don't have anything bad to say about 5e, just see no reason to switch to it). You just don't see the kinds of criticism that was leveled at Essentials, 4e, 3.5 or 3.0 being spewed at 5e. The 5e edition war is prettymuch between folks who feel 5e is OK for D&D, and folks who are intent on it being acknowledged the most awesomest thing ever.</p><p></p><p> It seems validation and group think are important in communities like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6680750, member: 996"] WotC claimed that 3.0 out-sold 2e at the time, and that 4e outsold 3e at the time, and that at launch 5e is out-selling 4e at launch. They're pretty consistent, that way. I haven't hear any claims that they're moving units like TSR did in the fad years, though. That's certainly the feel I got from late 2e. It was 5 years before I got back to D&D with 3.0, having played more vibrant games like Hero and Storyteller in the meantime. While I don't think 'Golden Age' is appropriate for any period in the game's history (no, not even the fad years), 3.0's 'back to the dungeon' and the OGL certainly revitalized the hobby for a few years, and seem more significant, to me, than the current era of post-edition-war appeasement. It is a decidedly inoffensive edition (even the PF fans I talk to don't have anything bad to say about 5e, just see no reason to switch to it). You just don't see the kinds of criticism that was leveled at Essentials, 4e, 3.5 or 3.0 being spewed at 5e. The 5e edition war is prettymuch between folks who feel 5e is OK for D&D, and folks who are intent on it being acknowledged the most awesomest thing ever. It seems validation and group think are important in communities like this. [/QUOTE]
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