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<blockquote data-quote="bachhus" data-source="post: 6303097" data-attributes="member: 67955"><p>I really think that video game sequels are much more iterative than D&D has been throughout its many editions. Starcraft 2 made more changes than the average video game sequel and beyond graphics and the ability to select more units and the UI's ability to perform more complicated tasks, its the same exact game with the same rules with the same strategies with the same races with the same strengths and weakness and units filling the same roles. If D&D editions only changed how much damage weapons did and the kinds of monsters you could fight or just the monster art I would agree.</p><p></p><p>There are probably examples of games that change a lot and maybe my argument is meaningless and petty and distracting from my original point, which was that new players would not be confused by the absence of an edition identifier. They will likely have to do some digging to even find the older editions, since the assumption is that they are novices and will have a casual interaction with the game likely through a marketing push, browsing Amazon or a local retailer or browser ads for the new version of the game. </p><p></p><p>I'm struggling to think of an example where someone new will accidentally grab 4th edition when searching for D&D post 5th edition release, unless their first search involves a second-hand bookstore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bachhus, post: 6303097, member: 67955"] I really think that video game sequels are much more iterative than D&D has been throughout its many editions. Starcraft 2 made more changes than the average video game sequel and beyond graphics and the ability to select more units and the UI's ability to perform more complicated tasks, its the same exact game with the same rules with the same strategies with the same races with the same strengths and weakness and units filling the same roles. If D&D editions only changed how much damage weapons did and the kinds of monsters you could fight or just the monster art I would agree. There are probably examples of games that change a lot and maybe my argument is meaningless and petty and distracting from my original point, which was that new players would not be confused by the absence of an edition identifier. They will likely have to do some digging to even find the older editions, since the assumption is that they are novices and will have a casual interaction with the game likely through a marketing push, browsing Amazon or a local retailer or browser ads for the new version of the game. I'm struggling to think of an example where someone new will accidentally grab 4th edition when searching for D&D post 5th edition release, unless their first search involves a second-hand bookstore. [/QUOTE]
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