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So I've done a lot of thinking, and I've decided that while 4e might not be what I, personally, look for in a game called D&D, it looks like it could be a good game in its own right. Certainly, I want to be familiar with it and enjoy the craft that went into it.
I just don't know if I want to get in. It looks like it's going to be quite a parade of sourcebooks. That's hardly a surprise.... it worked for Rifts, which is a (IMO) pretty clunky game, so it should definitely work for something that's pretty good. It could lead to a kind of AD&D 2e kind of expansion, but hopefully with better quality control.
I don't know if I really want to buy a D&D book every three months to stay current. And sure, I could just buy a few and enjoy them. But I know I'm already leery of laying down money for a D&D without a bard or a gnome. How many sourcebooks will I need, just to "catch up?" It's definitely something that's kept me away from Warhammer FRP for a while, as it's gone from a one book game to a good corebook with monsters, magic items, and such spread out among several sourcebooks, so now it's more of a four book game.
I don't even spend that much on GURPS, and I feel GURPS books generally have a much wider utility than D&D add ons. Do I want to spend $200 a year to pound orcs?
It's also occured to me that this may be the last D&D. The print industry is changing, and it remains to be seen whether tabletop RPGs will survice in their current form until the 2020s. I feel kind of uncertain about investing in what might turn out to be the swan song of RPGs. There are games I've snapped up everything I could as they went out of print, but I have a hard time imaginining falling in love with D&D 4e that way. It looks fun, but it just doesn't have the kind of personal grab for me that some other games do, like Talislanta, Torg, and so forth. If that is the case, if this is it, I can probably save myself a few nickels by picking the books up used over the next few years and completing my collection when the whole thing comes to a halt. There are currently more 3.5 books available used, cheap, than I care to own; heck, I've sold off ones I just really didn't like a lot.
I know a lot of people enjoy being able to buy a sourcebook every few months. I just can't get into it. I used to be shocked how much people spent on Rifts (and still do). I own quite a few GURPS books, but even then, I make my purchasing decisions carefully. I've spent maybe $250 on GURPS over the course of three years.
I just don't know if I want to get in. It looks like it's going to be quite a parade of sourcebooks. That's hardly a surprise.... it worked for Rifts, which is a (IMO) pretty clunky game, so it should definitely work for something that's pretty good. It could lead to a kind of AD&D 2e kind of expansion, but hopefully with better quality control.
I don't know if I really want to buy a D&D book every three months to stay current. And sure, I could just buy a few and enjoy them. But I know I'm already leery of laying down money for a D&D without a bard or a gnome. How many sourcebooks will I need, just to "catch up?" It's definitely something that's kept me away from Warhammer FRP for a while, as it's gone from a one book game to a good corebook with monsters, magic items, and such spread out among several sourcebooks, so now it's more of a four book game.
I don't even spend that much on GURPS, and I feel GURPS books generally have a much wider utility than D&D add ons. Do I want to spend $200 a year to pound orcs?
It's also occured to me that this may be the last D&D. The print industry is changing, and it remains to be seen whether tabletop RPGs will survice in their current form until the 2020s. I feel kind of uncertain about investing in what might turn out to be the swan song of RPGs. There are games I've snapped up everything I could as they went out of print, but I have a hard time imaginining falling in love with D&D 4e that way. It looks fun, but it just doesn't have the kind of personal grab for me that some other games do, like Talislanta, Torg, and so forth. If that is the case, if this is it, I can probably save myself a few nickels by picking the books up used over the next few years and completing my collection when the whole thing comes to a halt. There are currently more 3.5 books available used, cheap, than I care to own; heck, I've sold off ones I just really didn't like a lot.
I know a lot of people enjoy being able to buy a sourcebook every few months. I just can't get into it. I used to be shocked how much people spent on Rifts (and still do). I own quite a few GURPS books, but even then, I make my purchasing decisions carefully. I've spent maybe $250 on GURPS over the course of three years.
