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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8949504" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Conversely, given the degree to which we've begun integrating computers into almost everything, recognizing that and leveraging it isn't that bad an idea. 4e was probably just a decade too early; the rise of tablet computing wouldn't come until 2010 with the iPad, and widespread adoption didn't happen until after 4e was already defunct. If that had differed...I could very easily see an ultra-slick tablet and smartphone app actually being seen as a huge boon. Alas, in a lot of ways, that's the lesson of 4e: it happened 2-5 years too early.That said I do agree that it's nice to have a game that is easier to work with purely by hand, and 13th Age is an extremely well-made game that people should be cribbing from as much as their own game's design allows. (I recognize that not all rules work in all systems--just as &quot;bake at 425 for 15 minutes&quot; is lovely for cookies and horrible for salad.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8949504, member: 6790260"] Conversely, given the degree to which we've begun integrating computers into almost everything, recognizing that and leveraging it isn't [I]that[/I] bad an idea. 4e was probably just a decade too early; the rise of tablet computing wouldn't come until 2010 with the iPad, and widespread adoption didn't happen until after 4e was already defunct. If that had differed...I could very easily see an ultra-slick tablet and smartphone app actually being seen as a huge boon. Alas, in a lot of ways, that's the lesson of 4e: it happened 2-5 years too early. That said I do agree that it's nice to have a game that is easier to work with purely by hand, and 13th Age is an extremely well-made game that people should be cribbing from as much as their own game's design allows. (I recognize that not all rules work in all systems--just as "bake at 425 for 15 minutes" is lovely for cookies and [I]horrible[/I] for salad.) [/QUOTE]

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