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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7180772" data-attributes="member: 996">Great news! Yes, especially (3), given the quote (they probably wouldn't have bothered to mention digital if it hadn't been significant).  (Then again, 5-7 aren't really new.  Though 6 may mean more, now, with the surge in boardgame popularity drawing people into FLGSs...) Heh.  Maybe they should have picked a word other than 'modular,' because 1) 5e is not remotely modular, you can't just snap out one 'module' and pop in another and have it all work seamlessly - they 5e modules are sample 'variants' (in the historic sense it's been used in the hobby) .  2) 'Module' in the game's historic parlance means 'published adventure' (typically 32-64 pgs).  Yeah, I know, grognard.  ;|And, 5e's not a simpler system, if it were, it wouldn't have the same appeal.  It's got less material in total, but the underlying system, especially the player-facing system of classes & class abilities, has only gotten more complex and less intuitive.  It doesn't matter to long-time players, and it's positively a boon to returning players, because it's familiar.  A feeling of familiarity, of 'I already got this down,' is far more important/powerful than a reality of actual (but novel) simplicity, that puts you back at square 1 (of fewer squares in total).</blockquote>