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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 5927145" data-attributes="member: 5100">There weren't a ton of interaction mechanics in the &quot;How to Play&quot; book, that I recall. I'd say the goal of this play test is to test the combat and dungeon crawl mechanics. I don't see a problem with that. Actually, I think it'd be fairly foolish for them to create too broad of an initial play test, and dungeons/combat are pretty much the centerpiece of the rules. Coming from a software environment, ambiguous testing is bad. Of course, the counter to that is that WotC probably could have been explicit in the scope/purpose of this test packet.Remember, WotC isn't asking us what we want to test. They are providing us materials to test for them. That doesn't mean they're doing a bad thing, not holding up their end of things, etc. If you want to run your own game, with your own style, wait for the books to come out and buy them. This isn't the OGL. It's not even a complete game. I don't know why you'd look for a complete adventure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 5927145, member: 5100"] There weren't a ton of interaction mechanics in the "How to Play" book, that I recall. I'd say the goal of this play test is to test the combat and dungeon crawl mechanics. I don't see a problem with that. Actually, I think it'd be fairly foolish for them to create too broad of an initial play test, and dungeons/combat are pretty much the centerpiece of the rules. Coming from a software environment, ambiguous testing is bad. Of course, the counter to that is that WotC probably could have been explicit in the scope/purpose of this test packet. Remember, WotC isn't asking us what we want to test. They are providing us materials to test for them. That doesn't mean they're doing a bad thing, not holding up their end of things, etc. If you want to run your own game, with your own style, wait for the books to come out and buy them. This isn't the OGL. It's not even a complete game. I don't know why you'd look for a complete adventure. [/QUOTE]

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