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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 6070608" data-attributes="member: 3192"><p>This is how the new version of D&D could fail. No game can be D&D and cover all the historically popular play styles. This is not just about the addition of more modules, but the radical redesigning of the playtest and the re-imagining of the core assumptions of play from as they stand right now. </p><p></p><p>For instance, most early Dungeons & Dragons didn't even include "Checks" in the game, and definitely not as game theorists label them today. Now checks appear to be the only reason to roll dice. Are we even going to make a version of the D&D that doesn't include narrative resolution?</p><p></p><p>One option could be to publish multiple versions of D&D Next with the components of the core mechanics redesigned and reinterpreted in multiple ways so that many of the different D&D play styles are supported. However, no one design - even of a simplified core game - can be used to support all play styles. Not even close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 6070608, member: 3192"] This is how the new version of D&D could fail. No game can be D&D and cover all the historically popular play styles. This is not just about the addition of more modules, but the radical redesigning of the playtest and the re-imagining of the core assumptions of play from as they stand right now. For instance, most early Dungeons & Dragons didn't even include "Checks" in the game, and definitely not as game theorists label them today. Now checks appear to be the only reason to roll dice. Are we even going to make a version of the D&D that doesn't include narrative resolution? One option could be to publish multiple versions of D&D Next with the components of the core mechanics redesigned and reinterpreted in multiple ways so that many of the different D&D play styles are supported. However, no one design - even of a simplified core game - can be used to support all play styles. Not even close. [/QUOTE]
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