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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6121588" data-attributes="member: 6680772">It's been my contention for a while that D&D Next's raison d'etre is not to be some Super Edition that will make all players happy, but rather to be a highly customizable game system that can be configured to emulate the play of various editions and thus revitalize the whole history of D&D.  So adventures released for Next could be easily used for B/X, 1e, 2e, 3e, or 4e.  Initially it was largely speculation on my part, based on my interpretation of some of the things they've said.  However, I think we're starting to see just this kind of movement.First, of course the playtest already includes Next versions of Keep on the Borderlands and Isle of Dread.Soon, they'll be releasing a new original module for AD&D - <a href="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/a-series" target="_blank">Danger at Darkshelf Quarry</a>.  But not only is it written for AD&D, but a Next version was run at <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4news/20130110" target="_blank">Winter Fantasy</a> and <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/feature.aspx?x=dnd/feature/paxeast2013" target="_blank">PAX East</a>.But it's not only B/X and AD&D.  The latest playtest includes conversion notes for 4e <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/event.aspx?x=dnd/4new/event/dndencounters" target="_blank">Encounters games</a> Against the Cult of Chaos and Storm Over Neverwinter.But most interesting is this.  Steve Winter, former member of TSR and one of the 2e design team, wrote the adventure <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dungeon/2013January" target="_blank">Blood of Gruumsh</a> for Dungeon #210 (January).  Winter wrote on his <a href="http://www.howlingtower.com/2013/01/wending-my-way-back-home.html" target="_blank">blog</a>, Even more interesting, he writes:This indicates to me that there is an explicit move towards adventures that can be used with any or many editions, not just Next.  That there is an explicit expectation that some players will not move on to Next, but that adventures, and perhaps other materials, will be designed so that those players can still play them in their preferred edition.My impression is that some adventures might be wholly generic -- fairly adaptable with any system.  Blood of Gruumsh seems to be an example of that.  Others might favor a particular era of D&D, like Murder at Baldur's being aimed towards WotC-era D&D, and Danger at Darkshelf Quarry being aimed more towards TSR-era D&D.More and more I'm convinced that while people have been pooh-poohing Next and saying WotC should just support all editions, WotC has been intending to do just that.  But while simply reprinting the different editions and releasing adventures meant only for those edition wold create another "many buckets" situation, doing this through Next allows them to hit a wider range of D&D demographics with each product.</blockquote>

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