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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 9503596" data-attributes="member: 48965">I just got my physical DMG &amp; while I am still reading through it...I will say this... I don't envy the position the designers found themselves in with this book. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.They were lambasted for not making the 2014 DMG something that explained and presented the game for beginners. Something I personally didn't have an issue with since their primary market at the time were those who had already had familiarity with D&amp;D.Now with a massive influx of new players they rework the DMG into a beginner friendly book with more general advice, principles, etc. As opposed to optional rules, random tables, etc. and experienced DM's are lambasting it for not including these things... which I think if they were included would then be lambasted as a money grab with reprinted old material.My thoughts are that the point of WotC stressing this isn't a new edition is that the 2 DMG's as well as previous&nbsp; supplements are all supposed to be used together by experienced DM's. I do think there will be some reprinted info once the 2014 sourcebooks have sold out but for now they are still readily available.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 9503596, member: 48965"] I just got my physical DMG & while I am still reading through it...I will say this... I don't envy the position the designers found themselves in with this book. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. They were lambasted for not making the 2014 DMG something that explained and presented the game for beginners. Something I personally didn't have an issue with since their primary market at the time were those who had already had familiarity with D&D. Now with a massive influx of new players they rework the DMG into a beginner friendly book with more general advice, principles, etc. As opposed to optional rules, random tables, etc. and experienced DM's are lambasting it for not including these things... which I think if they were included would then be lambasted as a money grab with reprinted old material. My thoughts are that the point of WotC stressing this isn't a new edition is that the 2 DMG's as well as previous supplements are all supposed to be used together by experienced DM's. I do think there will be some reprinted info once the 2014 sourcebooks have sold out but for now they are still readily available. [/QUOTE]

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