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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4524885" data-attributes="member: 1003">The &quot;RPG Category&quot; is pretty big. You could adapt the D&amp;D IP to World of Darkness or a Western using cards instead of dice without leaving the RPG Category. I was simply suggesting within the RPG Category 4E has moved away from D&amp;D's history and tradition. Some people think it's good, and some people think it's bad, but plenty of people on both pro- and anti-4E sides agreed it happened.And I was two of those sales. I bought the boxed set plus a spare PHB for the wife sight unseen because I was that sure that it was going to be the &quot;best game evar&quot;.&nbsp; We'll see how sales hold up.But granted, the use of the word &quot;half&quot; was not a paragon of numerical accuracy. The edition of D&amp;D that's in print and has the marketing budget of Hasbro behind it will always do better in the market than the previous editions. That's a given.But comparisons are hard without direct polling. We won't see 3E &quot;sales&quot; because most people are already stocked. Further there will be less 3E discussion because everyone's been doing it for eight years and doesn't need to hash out exactly how this or that rule works.When I said &quot;half&quot; I just meant the &quot;half&quot; that liked D&amp;D the way is was and do not see 4E as better than the _Es that came before it. ... two kinds of gamers in the world, and we're one of them. So that kind of half.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 4524885, member: 1003"] The "RPG Category" is pretty big. You could adapt the D&D IP to World of Darkness or a Western using cards instead of dice without leaving the RPG Category. I was simply suggesting within the RPG Category 4E has moved away from D&D's history and tradition. Some people think it's good, and some people think it's bad, but plenty of people on both pro- and anti-4E sides agreed it happened. And I was two of those sales. I bought the boxed set plus a spare PHB for the wife sight unseen because I was that sure that it was going to be the "best game evar". We'll see how sales hold up. But granted, the use of the word "half" was not a paragon of numerical accuracy. The edition of D&D that's in print and has the marketing budget of Hasbro behind it will always do better in the market than the previous editions. That's a given. But comparisons are hard without direct polling. We won't see 3E "sales" because most people are already stocked. Further there will be less 3E discussion because everyone's been doing it for eight years and doesn't need to hash out exactly how this or that rule works. When I said "half" I just meant the "half" that liked D&D the way is was and do not see 4E as better than the _Es that came before it. ... two kinds of gamers in the world, and we're one of them. So that kind of half. [/QUOTE]

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