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<blockquote data-quote="Professor Murder" data-source="post: 9430461" data-attributes="member: 6991813">So on reflection, and looking back at going through both edition changes and edition updates, I feel this is an edition update.It works like this: Mechanically, can I make older books work with the newer material?So say 3rd to 3.5, I can. Some things wont work or wont be worth it, but the core mechanics are the same.3rd to 4th? I can't. Too many changes. I can still use the books for setting and if I want to I could convert, but labour is involved.4th to 5th? Same. Just too many changes. I got rid of my 4th ed books when the new edition dropped.The only 5th ed books I will be getting rid of are my Trinity. Now, may that change? Sure. Happened when 3.5 slowly replaced near everything offered in 3.0.I am hopeful, and for some personal perspective, this is a huge amount of time between editions, let alone an edition refresh. Honestly, any rpg that can last 10 years without a major revamp is a good run. Especially one that has seen this much continuous play. Longer breaks in editions are almost always due to games laying fallow for a long time and getting a new edition as part of a revival or being taken up by a new publisher.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Professor Murder, post: 9430461, member: 6991813"] So on reflection, and looking back at going through both edition changes and edition updates, I feel this is an edition update. It works like this: Mechanically, can I make older books work with the newer material? So say 3rd to 3.5, I can. Some things wont work or wont be worth it, but the core mechanics are the same. 3rd to 4th? I can't. Too many changes. I can still use the books for setting and if I want to I could convert, but labour is involved. 4th to 5th? Same. Just too many changes. I got rid of my 4th ed books when the new edition dropped. The only 5th ed books I will be getting rid of are my Trinity. Now, may that change? Sure. Happened when 3.5 slowly replaced near everything offered in 3.0. I am hopeful, and for some personal perspective, this is a huge amount of time between editions, let alone an edition refresh. Honestly, any rpg that can last 10 years without a major revamp is a good run. Especially one that has seen this much continuous play. Longer breaks in editions are almost always due to games laying fallow for a long time and getting a new edition as part of a revival or being taken up by a new publisher. [/QUOTE]

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