How Complex Should D&D Be?

[M.L. Martin]

Oh good grief. Then I apologize. Clearly the designers were more influenced by the Magic card team than I had realized. Yeah, that's ridiculous. I've taken MaRo to task for popularizing this notion. I didn't realize how far it had spread about the company. I figured in D&D's case it was post hoc reasoning. Apparantly, it wasn't.

Here's the specific documentation of that design influence, for those who haven't seen it. It's in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs.

 

[Obryn]

Trouble is, none of the current editions is perfect.

Therefore, I propose we keep coming up with new stuff until we get everything perfectly right.

"Did I mention that I like coming up with new stuff?", -- N

Honestly, I think this multiple edition, multiple choice setup is perfect for D&D. Different levels of complexity in different editions is, frankly, how I think D&D should be. That way, I can choose to play D&D and choose from a wide variety of similar games which share certain common characteristics.

Adding another edition in a few years will just make D&D even more perfect, no matter where on the sliding scales it falls.

-O

 

[El Mahdi]

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[Oni]

D&D won't be perfect until there's a LARP Edition.

Hasbro owns Nerf, right?

Just sayin'...

 

[Ariosto]

Adding another edition in a few years will just make D&D even more perfect, no matter where on the sliding scales it falls.

Sure, that's a way to look at it. Like looking at Kingmaker, Dawn Patrol, Source of the Nile, etc., as "more perfect" for being out of print ... and Civilization (the original) as even "more perfect" for Sid Meier's Civilization having taken the trademark.

I guess the "most perfect" of all would be for all the D&D trademarks to become public domain, so that anyone could offer anything as "D&D".

 

[Obryn]

Sure, that's a way to look at it. Like looking at Kingmaker, Dawn Patrol, Source of the Nile, etc., as "more perfect" for being out of print ... and Civilization (the original) as even "more perfect" for Sid Meier's Civilization having taken the trademark.

I guess the "most perfect" of all would be for all the D&D trademarks to become public domain, so that anyone could offer anything as "D&D".

Oh no! All your strawmen are falling down slippery slopes and getting eaten by paper tigers!

-O

 

[Scribble]

Hasbro owns Nerf, right?

Just sayin'...

Then we'd have official Nerf Nerds.

 

[Celebrim]

Then we'd have official Nerf Nerds.

I'd admit to being one of those.

 

[El Mahdi]

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[Scribble]

You'd think Nerf LARPing would be all fun and games...that is until Hasbro releases a Vorpal Nerf Sword! 1.

Heads are gonna roll, I tell ya...heads are gonna roll! 2.

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2. "Head are gonna roll!" trademark Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved