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<blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 6106327" data-attributes="member: 11365">To some, though, right? PAX East just ran the most successful single-adventure D&amp;D PAX event, using D&amp;D Next. They turned away more than 20 full tables tonight - that's how high demand is!Keep in mind that the average player doesn't follow EN World, doesn't follow Twitter or forums, etc. They barely know that there is a new edition to try out. This is their chance to learn a little about it. This is especially true at PAX. As with many things, when we step away from micro-analysis, we actually have a great time. I can go on endlessly about the micro-analysis of not having a warlord class, but every time I've ran or played D&amp;D Next at a convention it has been an absolute blast. As a huge fan of 4E, it isn't easy for me to admit that many times my best tables at a convention have been the D&amp;D Next tables. Not everyone has a similar experience, but the vast majority are having an excellent time. For Wizards, this is an excellent tactic. For critical gamers, well, it will always vary by the person asked. (Seriously, where is my warlord! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alphastream, post: 6106327, member: 11365"] To some, though, right? PAX East just ran the most successful single-adventure D&D PAX event, using D&D Next. They turned away more than 20 full tables tonight - that's how high demand is! Keep in mind that the average player doesn't follow EN World, doesn't follow Twitter or forums, etc. They barely know that there is a new edition to try out. This is their chance to learn a little about it. This is especially true at PAX. As with many things, when we step away from micro-analysis, we actually have a great time. I can go on endlessly about the micro-analysis of not having a warlord class, but every time I've ran or played D&D Next at a convention it has been an absolute blast. As a huge fan of 4E, it isn't easy for me to admit that many times my best tables at a convention have been the D&D Next tables. Not everyone has a similar experience, but the vast majority are having an excellent time. For Wizards, this is an excellent tactic. For critical gamers, well, it will always vary by the person asked. (Seriously, where is my warlord! ;) ) [/QUOTE]

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