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<blockquote data-quote="Olfactatron" data-source="post: 4158163" data-attributes="member: 18035">I've run a couple of games with the PHB lite rules and I must say they've been very successful.&nbsp; The first game I ran was a series of encounters only.&nbsp; There were four players each using one of the pre-gen characters.&nbsp; What impressed me most about 4e as we've seen it is that I designed and ran 5 combat encounters in the space of 3 hours including one encounter against the black dragon.&nbsp; That alone sold me on 4e.&nbsp; There's no way I could have done that in 3rd edition.&nbsp; GMing the monsters was easy and the players found the rules easy to understand and, more importantly, fun.&nbsp; I haven't seen this brought up yet, but it should be pointed out that the people who believe 4e heavily relembles WoW do have a point.&nbsp; Because WoW is based on D&amp;D.&nbsp; A bunch of characters of varying races and abilities go into a dungeon to accomplish a quest by killing a major baddy and taking his stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's essentially the same game.&nbsp; If it's true that D&amp;D is emulating some of the mechanics of WoW I don't see how it's a bad thing.&nbsp; Cribbing from the most succesful computer game of all time that is, in many significant ways, based on earlier editions of the game you're designing just seems like a no-brainer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olfactatron, post: 4158163, member: 18035"] I've run a couple of games with the PHB lite rules and I must say they've been very successful. The first game I ran was a series of encounters only. There were four players each using one of the pre-gen characters. What impressed me most about 4e as we've seen it is that I designed and ran 5 combat encounters in the space of 3 hours including one encounter against the black dragon. That alone sold me on 4e. There's no way I could have done that in 3rd edition. GMing the monsters was easy and the players found the rules easy to understand and, more importantly, fun. I haven't seen this brought up yet, but it should be pointed out that the people who believe 4e heavily relembles WoW do have a point. Because WoW is based on D&D. A bunch of characters of varying races and abilities go into a dungeon to accomplish a quest by killing a major baddy and taking his stuff. It's essentially the same game. If it's true that D&D is emulating some of the mechanics of WoW I don't see how it's a bad thing. Cribbing from the most succesful computer game of all time that is, in many significant ways, based on earlier editions of the game you're designing just seems like a no-brainer. [/QUOTE]

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