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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 4276955" data-attributes="member: 39532"><p>Well, if one instance I saw was any indicator...</p><p></p><p>A year and a half ago (well before the 4e announcement), I was in a local Borders checking for the latest volume of the RuroKen manga novels, which happened to be near the RPG section. I saw a couple of young twenty-something lads browsing the books, and they pulled a copy of the 3.5e PHB down and skimmed through it. The commentary was less than polite and not really grandma-friendly, but simply came down to "who'd really want to play something this over-complicated, much less try to run it?" They did wind up picking up a couple of the newer nWoD books, so take their review of the PHB for what you will.</p><p></p><p>Heck, there are people that swear by the Palladium system instead of at it, to which I credit their tenacity. And over on GleeMax in the Star Wars RPG section, there was a bit of a running joke over one guy that got his knickers in a twist because it listed squares for speed instead of meters. That particular troll seems to have become a munchie for the sarlacc though...</p><p></p><p>And I'll be honest, I'd largely panned WFRP 2e based on the lousy experience I had with a two-session adventure in the 1e one. Decided I'd give it a whirl when one of the GMs expressed an interested in running it, citing that it had been improved greatly from 1e... and had a blast, and wouldn't mind picking up the reins of my Bretonnian Knight-Errant once more should the occassion present itself. If I'd stuck to what I'd seen flipping through the books, I'd certianly not have anything nice to say about WFRP2e either.</p><p></p><p>Moral of the Story: Give it a try and play it a couple times before you write it off as a bad job. You might just be surprised...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 4276955, member: 39532"] Well, if one instance I saw was any indicator... A year and a half ago (well before the 4e announcement), I was in a local Borders checking for the latest volume of the RuroKen manga novels, which happened to be near the RPG section. I saw a couple of young twenty-something lads browsing the books, and they pulled a copy of the 3.5e PHB down and skimmed through it. The commentary was less than polite and not really grandma-friendly, but simply came down to "who'd really want to play something this over-complicated, much less try to run it?" They did wind up picking up a couple of the newer nWoD books, so take their review of the PHB for what you will. Heck, there are people that swear by the Palladium system instead of at it, to which I credit their tenacity. And over on GleeMax in the Star Wars RPG section, there was a bit of a running joke over one guy that got his knickers in a twist because it listed squares for speed instead of meters. That particular troll seems to have become a munchie for the sarlacc though... And I'll be honest, I'd largely panned WFRP 2e based on the lousy experience I had with a two-session adventure in the 1e one. Decided I'd give it a whirl when one of the GMs expressed an interested in running it, citing that it had been improved greatly from 1e... and had a blast, and wouldn't mind picking up the reins of my Bretonnian Knight-Errant once more should the occassion present itself. If I'd stuck to what I'd seen flipping through the books, I'd certianly not have anything nice to say about WFRP2e either. Moral of the Story: Give it a try and play it a couple times before you write it off as a bad job. You might just be surprised... [/QUOTE]
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