Dancey resigns as GAMA Treasurer

[pogre]

Ultimately, more important than if it goes to 2nd, 3rd or 5th level is the question of whether WoTC will be able to sell the basic set in Toys R Us or Sears. If it can, then we may see a huge gain of fan base. If it can't, then I suspect this basic set will make little difference in the gaming hobby.

I agree.

I am looking forward to the Basic Set as a way to introduce new people to the game. I plan on buying it and using it with my son when he gets a little older. I hope the Basic Set is also a tool for current gamers to introduce new folks to D&D as well as gaining new adherents through mainstream channels.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I plan on buying it and using it with my son when he gets a little older.

Dude.

You have miles and miles of Master Maze in your house and thousands of beautifully painted miniatures.

If that's not enough to light the fire in your son, ain't nothin' Wizards is going to release that will do the trick.


Wulf

 

[MerricB]

This is effectively what the new Basic set is, but without making the incredible mistake of creating a whole separate game. The Basic set presents players with a limited menu of options to use with a set of pregenerated PCs while still being essentially 3e D&D. This is good, because *options confuse newbies*. This also very close to what the original blue-book Basic set was back in 1977.

Then, once they move on to full-on D&D, they will have passing familiarity with the basic components of the system, rather than having to be taught a whole new way of doing this ("Feats? What are those?").

The core of d20's D&D is, IMHO, pretty simple. Your class defines your role. Your abilities tell you who you are. Your skills define what you know. Your feats are unique powers. I don't see any need to make a special, even simpler version of it specially for newbies.

The new Basic set will be good. I only hpoe that we'll see it grace the shelves of Toys R' Us.

I have anecdotes from my FLGS owner about children who have been introduced to 3E through the D&D Adventure Game at parties and the like, and who have then gone on to buy the Core Books.

There are two big differences between the D&D Adventure Game (3E) and the D&D Basic Game (3.5E):

One is that it uses miniatures rather than counters. Don't underestimate how much of an impact miniatures can have on a set.

The other is that it provides simple character generation rules! The Adventure Game was only pre-generated characters. The Basic Game will have both pre-generated characters and char-gen rules.

Cheers!

 

[William Ronald]

I have anecdotes from my FLGS owner about children who have been introduced to 3E through the D&D Adventure Game at parties and the like, and who have then gone on to buy the Core Books.

There are two big differences between the D&D Adventure Game (3E) and the D&D Basic Game (3.5E):

One is that it uses miniatures rather than counters. Don't underestimate how much of an impact miniatures can have on a set.

The other is that it provides simple character generation rules! The Adventure Game was only pre-generated characters. The Basic Game will have both pre-generated characters and char-gen rules.

Cheers!

I am glad to hear about the pre-generated characters and char-gen rules for the Basic Game. I think this will let people quickly have a feel for the game by using pre-generated characters, and then can create their own characters for an adventure. It might be the best of both worlds.