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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 5818443" data-attributes="member: 6688937">Well, I think I'd characterize the last two edition jumps as trying to make the game better by &quot;fixing&quot; the problems with the edition before. In the process, they also added, changed, and re-invented things. In that way, you're bound to make missteps, and the game drifted along the way.I get a different feeling this time. I don't think they are trying to &quot;fix&quot; anything in particular about the game's previous incarnations so much as recreate something ineffable about the way the game can/should/would play. I find it encouraging that they went back and played all the previous editions, and a lot of the things we've heard sound pretty good to me. I'm fairly optimistic about their chances from a game design standpoint.I'm less optimistic about their chances with the social engineering goal of &quot;reuniting&quot; the fans of previous editions. They may make a big enough umbrella for all of them, but some will choose to stay outside. Its possible that the next &quot;edition war&quot; will be intramural, as fans of 5e's &quot;Rock'em Sock'em Super Heroes I-spit-in-Gruumsh's-coffee&quot; modules rail against the &quot;Gritty Deadly Farmboy I-don't-name-my-characters-until-they-hit-5th&quot; modules' fans and vice-versa.But! We've got time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 5818443, member: 6688937"] Well, I think I'd characterize the last two edition jumps as trying to make the game better by "fixing" the problems with the edition before. In the process, they also added, changed, and re-invented things. In that way, you're bound to make missteps, and the game drifted along the way. I get a different feeling this time. I don't think they are trying to "fix" anything in particular about the game's previous incarnations so much as recreate something ineffable about the way the game can/should/would play. I find it encouraging that they went back and played all the previous editions, and a lot of the things we've heard sound pretty good to me. I'm fairly optimistic about their chances from a game design standpoint. I'm less optimistic about their chances with the social engineering goal of "reuniting" the fans of previous editions. They may make a big enough umbrella for all of them, but some will choose to stay outside. Its possible that the next "edition war" will be intramural, as fans of 5e's "Rock'em Sock'em Super Heroes I-spit-in-Gruumsh's-coffee" modules rail against the "Gritty Deadly Farmboy I-don't-name-my-characters-until-they-hit-5th" modules' fans and vice-versa. But! We've got time. [/QUOTE]

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