DarkCrisis
Let her cook.
Couldn't have said my views on 5E any better.
D&D General GenCon TV: Celebrating D&D
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Couldn't have said my views on 5E any better.
DarkCrisis
Let her cook.
Man, those hole jokes in the OD&D video. Woof.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
I haven’t watched any of the actual play parts. Is that one worth it?
DarkCrisis
Let her cook.
Only one I’ve watched but yeah it’s fine. Love the trivia stuff thrown in during play.
SpellObjectEnthusiast
Adventurer
The 3e roundtable was extremely interesting+insightful and the actual one shot is just kinda... slow and lame and bad.
Clint_L
Legend
I never played OD&D but the first episode reminds me that the most vital piece of adventuring equipment back in the day was definitely the 10' pole. That was still true in AD&D.
Plus the disposable hirelings.
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MockingBird
Hero
My group used a 10' pole to great effect in our Sunless Citadel game in 5e. It eventually broke haha.
Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
Yes. The 0E video is the only one I've watched as well, and I enjoyed the whole thing. There was a some slightly hammy punning and joking and the occasional digression, but I found that very true to some groups and players I've known. Jon always got them back on task pretty quickly when folks started to wander afield with anecdotes, puns or trivia, but there was enough for interest instead of play being too dry.
I started the 4E one this morning and just from the participant introductions I can ALREADY see the problem you and @TiQuinn were describing. I suspect I'm going to be infuriated at the non-designers taking up all the air and time talking about themselves and Peter not getting it back on track and focused on the actual edition that's the subject of the video.
Mark Hope
Hero
I didn't find the 4e one as bad as I was expecting from this thread tbh. Yeah, there was a bit of the non-designers being centre-stage at the start but I felt that it evened out as the discussion went on and the designers got to share some real interesting and very frank insights overall.
Actually, it's that frankness that has made these so interesting as a series. I wholly appreciate the celebratory nature of the series but hearing the designers explain where they would have done things differently or where they felt there were mis-steps has been really illuminating and made for a very rich experience. I'm hoping the 5e video is equally balanced in its approach.
Actually, it's that frankness that has made these so interesting as a series. I wholly appreciate the celebratory nature of the series but hearing the designers explain where they would have done things differently or where they felt there were mis-steps has been really illuminating and made for a very rich experience. I'm hoping the 5e video is equally balanced in its approach.
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