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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6238085" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>Good thoughts.</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty optimistic about 5e doing well for a few reasons. Here are some general thoughts.</p><p></p><p>1. I think it's actually going to be a system that will be many people's favorite edition (my own included). It's not just a watered down "least offensive" version, it's a vision of the game with a clear goal.</p><p>2. 4e initially sold well because of the D&D brand. We'll see exactly the same thing at the start of 5e. Us special interest forum fanatics aside, as many people as bought the initial 4e books, or more, will buy the initial 5e products. There is so much momentum behind the brand name, that a couple of failed editions won't kill interest.</p><p>3. The multi-platform options can do well regardless of the tabletop RPG. There are plenty of people who are into the D&D universe who have never played, and may not even have any interest in playing the tabletop RPG. Same goes with novels. You've got Drizzt, you've got Dragonlance, you've got a lot of pages of text out there devoured by non-D&D players.</p><p>4. I do agree that if 5e does poorly it's going to be a wound to the brand it will take quite some time to recover.</p><p>5. I'm personally hoping that 6e is the final edition. I would say 5e, but as good as I think it will be, they're going to have to go through another iteration in order to fully implement their vision. The first time will have issues.</p><p>6. I want a final edition of the game that continues to be published. I truly believe that RPGs can reach a point of completion where major revisions (ie, new editions) are no longer necessary, just like chess, baseball, or a number of other games. I'm hoping for D&D to finally hit that point, and then leave well enough alone. We can continue to have more campaign settings, supplements, novels, video games (that don't even have to use D&D rules), etc, and still stick with a finalized game system that isn't going to be replaced in a few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6238085, member: 6677017"] Good thoughts. I'm pretty optimistic about 5e doing well for a few reasons. Here are some general thoughts. 1. I think it's actually going to be a system that will be many people's favorite edition (my own included). It's not just a watered down "least offensive" version, it's a vision of the game with a clear goal. 2. 4e initially sold well because of the D&D brand. We'll see exactly the same thing at the start of 5e. Us special interest forum fanatics aside, as many people as bought the initial 4e books, or more, will buy the initial 5e products. There is so much momentum behind the brand name, that a couple of failed editions won't kill interest. 3. The multi-platform options can do well regardless of the tabletop RPG. There are plenty of people who are into the D&D universe who have never played, and may not even have any interest in playing the tabletop RPG. Same goes with novels. You've got Drizzt, you've got Dragonlance, you've got a lot of pages of text out there devoured by non-D&D players. 4. I do agree that if 5e does poorly it's going to be a wound to the brand it will take quite some time to recover. 5. I'm personally hoping that 6e is the final edition. I would say 5e, but as good as I think it will be, they're going to have to go through another iteration in order to fully implement their vision. The first time will have issues. 6. I want a final edition of the game that continues to be published. I truly believe that RPGs can reach a point of completion where major revisions (ie, new editions) are no longer necessary, just like chess, baseball, or a number of other games. I'm hoping for D&D to finally hit that point, and then leave well enough alone. We can continue to have more campaign settings, supplements, novels, video games (that don't even have to use D&D rules), etc, and still stick with a finalized game system that isn't going to be replaced in a few years. [/QUOTE]
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