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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 6137671" data-attributes="member: 3457"><p>I think rules light will appeal to more than some posters here think. A big part of the OSR is that it is rules light editions that lack the complexity of 3+. Part of the mission statement from WOTC was a system to appeal to fans of all editions. I think they are pulling that off in spite of some people complaining on message boards, which is a vocal minority and in many cases people who will never be pleased because it isn't 3.x or 4e and some just hate WOTC. There are many who are vocalizing legitimate issues that will play out through the playtest as well but some of the problems being discussed have always been issues in d&d aside from 4e, but it homogenizes characters a good bit to get that balance. </p><p></p><p>What I hope for is the basic game being a single book but I doubt we will see that sadly. As rules light as it is I don't think the monsters will be as concise as they were in BECMI. I plan to buy it when released and possibly run it. I just bought into 4e though with the Essentials books a month ago. So I'd like to get a campaign going with that. But if this game is anything remotely close to 0e or 1e I may stop that campaign when it starts to do a Next game a couple months after it comes out. So far I like the playtest, I was a DM where it was the DM's job to make sure the characters got their spotlight so some of the issues that have cropped up are no never mind to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teitan, post: 6137671, member: 3457"] I think rules light will appeal to more than some posters here think. A big part of the OSR is that it is rules light editions that lack the complexity of 3+. Part of the mission statement from WOTC was a system to appeal to fans of all editions. I think they are pulling that off in spite of some people complaining on message boards, which is a vocal minority and in many cases people who will never be pleased because it isn't 3.x or 4e and some just hate WOTC. There are many who are vocalizing legitimate issues that will play out through the playtest as well but some of the problems being discussed have always been issues in d&d aside from 4e, but it homogenizes characters a good bit to get that balance. What I hope for is the basic game being a single book but I doubt we will see that sadly. As rules light as it is I don't think the monsters will be as concise as they were in BECMI. I plan to buy it when released and possibly run it. I just bought into 4e though with the Essentials books a month ago. So I'd like to get a campaign going with that. But if this game is anything remotely close to 0e or 1e I may stop that campaign when it starts to do a Next game a couple months after it comes out. So far I like the playtest, I was a DM where it was the DM's job to make sure the characters got their spotlight so some of the issues that have cropped up are no never mind to me. [/QUOTE]
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