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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 6279308" data-attributes="member: 5590">Choice, happiness and Dungeons & DragonsNecro:Firstly the TED talk was in 2004 which would have been after 3.5 came out.  But I think it may have informed 4e (providing an unmet flavor for the 20-35% that didn't know what they wanted) and certainly informs some of the decisions we're seeing now.1.  No edition warring2.  Keep 4e in print3.  Don't badmouth Pathfinder4.  Reprint White Box, 1e, 2e, and 3.55.  DDN as Core plus dials, modules, and options6.  DnDClassics.com - "Every Edition Available Again"I originally watched the video because Mike Mearls referred it in one of his posts (I couldn't find it again - likely between 2004 and 2008).I'd posit that 4e itself came from the uncontrolled 'test group' of the 'internet'.  Many of the problems and solutions came from the forums (toss in a little "distance from the OGL" mandate per the higher ups).  But until the research (i.e. sales) data comes back you don't really know how big that group really is.Certainly 250,000 downloading the rules and a sizable but unconfirmed survey response would let them generate some sort of grouping for preferences.I believe it did and they know what the groupings are (given the customization of an RPG each grouping can be flexible).I think WotC can do the multiple editions from their end (essentially they are already doing it - premium reprints, DnDClassics, DDN, keeping DDI & 4e in print).The problem will rest in individual Retailers where of 6 tables for RPG: 2 5e, 1 4e, 2 Pathfinder and 1 OSR is seen as a problem.  Or trying to stock the Premiums, 4e, and Next will be too much.Amazon and the other e-Commerce sites won't care.And the bigger problem from the players themselves going tribal on the other groups to validate their own preferences.  Edition warring on the forums and in the stores.Moderators:  could this be flagged D&D and moved to the other forum?</blockquote>

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