The big announcement: 4dventure

[EricNoah]

Wow, Ruin Explorer - there's a blast from the past!

 

[catsclaw227]

Well, I'm expecting Morrus has the meat of the details, is what I meant. Though he's probably been sworn to secrecy.

You are probably right about this. Tomorrow will be interesting. I just hope that I am able to follow one of the key threads while I am working. I imagine it will grow to 10 pages in 2 hours. That's a lot to read.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Wow, Ruin Explorer - there's a blast from the past!

It's amazing the fogies a new edition release will drag up - I probably wouldn't even have heard about this if I hadn't recently gotten back into d20 stuff via the excellent Iron Heroes though. It's good to see at least some of the old faces are still around

 

[Irda Ranger]

Well, I'm expecting Morrus has the meat of the details, is what I meant. Though he's probably been sworn to secrecy.

Not if they're smart.

I bet Morrus' one-on-one meeting with WotC is so he can grill them with Q&A to make sure he gets it right. The last thing WotC needs is for Morrus to post an innocent misunderstanding on the front page of EN World, and set off a conflagration. EN World is big enough that a bad enough mistake like that could poison many wells or generate lasting misconceptions of the game. They can't afford that.

 

[EricNoah]

Maybe they'll agree to feed EN World exclusive bits if he plays by certain rules.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Maybe they'll agree to feed EN World exclusive bits if he plays by certain rules.

You know, that's actually an interesting idea. EN World is perhaps the largest single community of RPGers in existence. While it's true that any opinion generated online is subject to various distortions, if one knows how to read them, they can also be fairly informative. EN World wouldn't be a bad place for WotC to float a few particular edition-specific rules/changes and see if they stick.

(They wouldn't want to rely solely on EN World, or even predominantly, but as one resource of feedback among many, it could prove quite valuable.)

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I just paused and I've suddenly looked at all of my purchase over the past 3 years. They are stacked on the floor around me and also in some boxes. Wow. This non-announcement in some ways feels like a kick in the nuts, but only because it is a non-announcement so far. We have no details on how compatible the old stuff will be.

But the anticipation wondering how compatible all of my purchases will be makes me wonder. I'm not exactly in a position where everything I own could be reusable with a little work. I play nearly exclusively in Living Greyhawk. If my books can't be used in LG they are nothing.

 

[megamania]

No Dragon

No Dungeon

No 3e......?!?


sigh...........

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

And what's up with Scott Rouse asking about suggestions for future Ideas (the brand manager of fluff thread)? What kind of misdirection was that?

 

[EricNoah]

They may also be trying to build or repair some bridges as WotC hasn't had a particularly close relationship with EN World and Russ except recently.