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<blockquote data-quote="WheresMyD20" data-source="post: 5206285" data-attributes="member: 60772">Other than the D&amp;D brand name and a few superficial similarities, 4e is nothing like the D&amp;D of 20 years ago.&nbsp; It's a totally different game that just happens to have the same name.Trying to get someone to play 4e based on their love of 1e/2e is a tough sell.&nbsp; A few might be interested, but I'd bet that most lapsed 1e/2e players wouldn't be interested because the game bears little resemblance to what they're familiar with.It's like trying to sell a British football (soccer) fan on American football just because the two games are both called &quot;football&quot;.&nbsp; The two games are so different that being a fan of one probably won't have much bearing on being a fan of the other.If WotC is serious about getting back lapsed players from 20 years ago, they should make a new version of D&amp;D that resembles old D&amp;D.&nbsp; Since old D&amp;D doesn't require large stacks of expensive rulebooks and large armies of expensive miniatures, I'm not holding my breath. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />My best guess is this &quot;lapsed player&quot; effort is probably aimed at getting lapsed 3e players to give 4e another look.&nbsp; The 1e/2e crowd is probably out of reach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WheresMyD20, post: 5206285, member: 60772"] Other than the D&D brand name and a few superficial similarities, 4e is nothing like the D&D of 20 years ago. It's a totally different game that just happens to have the same name. Trying to get someone to play 4e based on their love of 1e/2e is a tough sell. A few might be interested, but I'd bet that most lapsed 1e/2e players wouldn't be interested because the game bears little resemblance to what they're familiar with. It's like trying to sell a British football (soccer) fan on American football just because the two games are both called "football". The two games are so different that being a fan of one probably won't have much bearing on being a fan of the other. If WotC is serious about getting back lapsed players from 20 years ago, they should make a new version of D&D that resembles old D&D. Since old D&D doesn't require large stacks of expensive rulebooks and large armies of expensive miniatures, I'm not holding my breath. ;) My best guess is this "lapsed player" effort is probably aimed at getting lapsed 3e players to give 4e another look. The 1e/2e crowd is probably out of reach. [/QUOTE]

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