If 4th Edition didn't use the "D&D" moniker...

[UngeheuerLich]

I don´t think so.

I would play it if someone would ask me to (The system usually doesn´t matter much, although i favour fast and unrealistic combats (no wound penalties etc...)).

Then if i really liked it, i would buy it... but then wouldn´t toss my DnD 3rd edition out of the window and I would certainly look forwrd to te next edition of ADnD, becuse of inherent problems of 3rd edition.

 

[Just Another User]

No, but I'm not even sure I'll buy it now with the D&D brand on it.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I dunno...

One of the reasons I am excited about 4E is that it is bringing D&D towards my-style of PnP for fantasy. This is exciting because a fair number of my gaming friends, only play D&D. So this version means I can actually enjoy it more with them.

If it wasn't D&D, probably wouldn't buy it, since it be to them another fantasy-PnP that isn't D&D. So I would stick to my WoD

Luckily it isn't

 

[TarionzCousin]

yes, i probably would buy it then.

i love truth in advertising.

for me, it won't be D&D. D&D stopped being produced in 1979.

Channelling diaglo?

 

[ThirdWizard]

Assuming there was a buzz about it enough for me to take notice, yeah, I'd buy it. Would I play it is a totally different question, though. I've bought many RPGs that I've never actually gotten to play or have only played a few gaming sessions of. I guess I like to buy them in the vain hope that someday someone will play them with me. Like Dread. Man, I want to play Dread, but nobody wants to play.

So, I'd probably buy it, beg others to play it, then put it on my shelf never to be touched again.

 

[FourthBear]

Probably, as I've bought lots of non-D&D RPGs. If I somehow knew that it would be supported in the same way that an RPG with the brand ID of D&D would be? That would take it from probability to certainty.

 

[Skaven_13]

No I wouldn't. I already have a large number of books for games that I don't play, or have stopped playing, and adding another non-dnd game would not be in my budget.

 

[MaelStorm]

No.

 

[Incenjucar]

I probably wouldn't.

While I really do love the new rules, more or less, the sheer community of D&D is a big selling point. I have picked up other RPGs before, but mostly for research purposes. But D&D for me has a lot to do with the community, which is simply unmatched.

 

[Stormtower]

D&D (whatever edition) is my choice for FRPGs for two main reasons:

1. It's what I've always played since 1982 and I value those memories; they are attached to the "D&D brand" in my own brain

2. It's the game with the largest player base so I've always been able to find players to come sit at my table and be social together.

Without the D&D branding, it's unlikely that either of my lifelong brand associations with the game would be triggered, so NO - I probably wouldn't buy it without the D&D label.

The only reason I am buying 4E is to remain active in the RPGA as a DM and take advantage of that large, pre-existing social network for conventions and public/organized play. I'm delighted with 3.5E (warts and all) but I see the benefits of staying current, too.