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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6222945" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>D&D's editions differ from each other *way* more than is the case with most games. Compared to the scalpel that is par for the role-playing course, even the changes from 1e to 2e, or 3.0 to 3.5 are blowtorches.</p><p></p><p>I'd like a core established by 5e that will remain D&D forever. If they want to make new games <em>call them new games.<em> Even if they are labeled as variants. "Dungeons & Dragons TACTICS"; "Dungeons & Dragons Worlds"; "Dungeons & Dragons Heroes." Just <em>don't</em> give them sequential edition numbers that imply they are the same game.</em></em></p><p><em><em></em></em></p><p><em><em>D&D's different editions are only nominally the same game because it insists on demanding we recognize that by labeling them with sequential numerals. No other role-playing game has ever tried such a crazy labeling system. Most companies are honest about it and simply make a new game when they want a new game. (I'm not actually accusing WotC of dishonesty in an ethical sense, merely regarding using the same terms that others use, but using them in a different way without telling us.)</em></em></p><p><em><em></em></em></p><p><em><em>Hmm. That was unexpectedly ranty. Mainly, my goal is simply to inform the large number of D&D gamers who have had little or no exposure to other role-playing games, and hence really don't understand how different its publishing and design are from the norm.</em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6222945, member: 6677017"] D&D's editions differ from each other *way* more than is the case with most games. Compared to the scalpel that is par for the role-playing course, even the changes from 1e to 2e, or 3.0 to 3.5 are blowtorches. I'd like a core established by 5e that will remain D&D forever. If they want to make new games [I]call them new games.[I] Even if they are labeled as variants. "Dungeons & Dragons TACTICS"; "Dungeons & Dragons Worlds"; "Dungeons & Dragons Heroes." Just [I]don't[/I] give them sequential edition numbers that imply they are the same game. D&D's different editions are only nominally the same game because it insists on demanding we recognize that by labeling them with sequential numerals. No other role-playing game has ever tried such a crazy labeling system. Most companies are honest about it and simply make a new game when they want a new game. (I'm not actually accusing WotC of dishonesty in an ethical sense, merely regarding using the same terms that others use, but using them in a different way without telling us.) Hmm. That was unexpectedly ranty. Mainly, my goal is simply to inform the large number of D&D gamers who have had little or no exposure to other role-playing games, and hence really don't understand how different its publishing and design are from the norm.[/I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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