D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies.

[Reynard]

That’s me!

Though more often the 3.5 DM (two campaigns on email) then 3.5e player (one rarely played campaign over Zoom). I’m also a player in a 5e 2024 game (played 8-10 times a year over Discord + Roll20).

I find 3e & the first few years of PF1 largely 3.5e compatible, but I’ll convert from anything (Harn, even Starfinder once) if I like it enough.

I mean, it seems impossible to.enclunter more 3.5 GMs than players....

 

[haakon1]

I mean, it seems impossible to.enclunter more 3.5 GMs than players....

Well, you could do a poll, but I suspect EnWorld is majority DM's?

Or at least a higher DM percentage than the 20% that's supposedly bog standard (1 GM + 4 players).

Because ENworld requires a higher degree of interest in D&D than is necessarily the case among players.

 

[Reynard]

Well, you could do a poll, but I suspect EnWorld is majority DM's?

Or at least a higher DM percentage than the 20% that's supposedly bog standard (1 GM + 4 players).

Because ENworld requires a higher degree of interest in D&D than is necessarily the case among players.

What I mean is that a TTRPG cannot, by definition, require more GMs than players. At the very best, it is 1:1 and that is exceedingly rare.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

I watched the interview and am glad that Richard Baker defended his work on 4E a bit, going so far as to say that in some ways he thinks its superior to 5E. It was also interesting hearing that the team working on 4E's Forgotten Realms thought they were making the equivalent to Star Trek: The Next Generation.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

What I mean is that a TTRPG cannot, by definition, require more GMs than players. At the very best, it is 1:1 and that is exceedingly rare.

Sure it's possible. You can have a gaming community where everyone GMs at least occasionally, but not everyone ever runs a PC.

 

[Cthulhugh]

4E was and is the the best WO$C product and Bakers brilliant work contrasts to the garbage Wizards produces now.

 

[Zardnaar]

4E was and is the the best WO$C product and Bakers brilliant work contrasts to the garbage Wizards produces now.

Read 4E PHB lately or played it?

 

[ECMO3]

4E was and is the the best WO$C product and Bakers brilliant work contrasts to the garbage Wizards produces now.

I respectfully disagree with you. 4E was the only edition that was so bad I did not enjoy playing it at all. What WOTC is producing now is not perfect, but it is light years better than 4E IMO.

 

[haakon1]

I respectfully disagree with you. 4E was the only edition that was so bad I did not enjoy playing it at all. What WOTC is producing now is not perfect, but it is light years better than 4E IMO.

I agree with you. Neither respectfully nor disrespectfully.

 

[Zardnaar]

At least 4E was wel designed and there's a lot to mine from it.
Biggest problem its good for pushing minis around a battlemat that takes a while. The while part gets worse as you level up.

If you like that great if you don't its basically a deal breaker.

Kinda like domains in OSR. D&D the accounting. Its an acquired taste.