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<blockquote data-quote="Delta" data-source="post: 2971287" data-attributes="member: 40269">I totally agree with that. I think part of it is the &quot;Magic&quot;-ification of D&amp;D, which I see as accelerating. 3.0 made some significant changes that were pretty well received. That's given a green-light to the WOTC designers that everything about D&amp;D is fair game for overhauling.I used to work at a computer-based CCG company. What's really easy for the CCG designers is to start slamming together mechanics without any thought to flavor, and there comes a point when they see that as their job. (They are the most hard-core players, and they spend all their free time analyzing the game that pure-mechanical way, so it's how they think.)I would much prefer a design philosophy that asked this: &quot;How can we best simulate all the classic fantasy books and mythology in D&amp;D?&quot; That wouldn't be a mechanical question, it would involve stripping out rules and abilities and spells that conflict with how new players perceive of a fantasy adventure when they sit at the table. Difficult and hard to pull off, but I'd rather see D&amp;D walk in that direction that the current CCG-mechanics-uber-alles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Delta, post: 2971287, member: 40269"] I totally agree with that. I think part of it is the "Magic"-ification of D&D, which I see as accelerating. 3.0 made some significant changes that were pretty well received. That's given a green-light to the WOTC designers that everything about D&D is fair game for overhauling. I used to work at a computer-based CCG company. What's really easy for the CCG designers is to start slamming together mechanics without any thought to flavor, and there comes a point when they see that as their job. (They are the most hard-core players, and they spend all their free time analyzing the game that pure-mechanical way, so it's how they think.) I would much prefer a design philosophy that asked this: "How can we best simulate all the classic fantasy books and mythology in D&D?" That wouldn't be a mechanical question, it would involve stripping out rules and abilities and spells that conflict with how new players perceive of a fantasy adventure when they sit at the table. Difficult and hard to pull off, but I'd rather see D&D walk in that direction that the current CCG-mechanics-uber-alles. [/QUOTE]

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