WFRP3 in playtest..are they going the way of the MMO?

[Emirikol]

http://www.graham-mcneill.com/gmblog/PermaLink,guid,24ed7843-8f78-48b7-a2cc-507afc907eab.aspx

With WFRP3 now in playtest, it makes me wonder if they will go the way of the MMO (as...).

The verbage on his blog smells a lot like D4.

Thoughts?

jh

 

[kitsune9]

http://www.graham-mcneill.com/gmblog/PermaLink,guid,24ed7843-8f78-48b7-a2cc-507afc907eab.aspx

With WFRP3 now in playtest, it makes me wonder if they will go the way of the MMO (as...).

The verbage on his blog smells a lot like D4.

Thoughts?

jh

Wow, I was really liking 2nd edition and still looking to collect the rest of the books as I have quite a few. I hope this new edition doesn't invalidate my previous collections.

 

[Obryn]

I didn't even know it was in development!

It does read like they took some cues from D&D 4e, especially regarding the cards. We'll see whether or not that's the case. Regardless, I have enough stuff for WFRP2e that I can run it forever!

-O

 

[jensun]

Thoughts?

In what way does use of a grid, mini's or cards make an RPG like an MMO?

 

[Obryn]

I think he may have been referring to the Warhammer Online MMO, and making the game mechanics more similar to that. That's how I read it, anyway.

-O

 

[outsider]

While I'm far from a Warhammer expert, the previous editions of WFRP have seemed extremely odd to me. A good "licensed" game tries hard to emulate the source material. The characters you play in the game should be pretty similar to the characters you see in the source material. In a game where you should be playing Bright Wizards, you typically wind up playing Tavern Wenches. It just doesn't make sense to me. It's like playing a Star Wars rpg where you have to roll your class, and the chart contains "Moisture Farmer" and "Nerf Herder", but no "Bounty Hunter" or "Jedi".

Another thing that doesn't make sense to me is minis not being a big part of the game previously. That one is pretty mindboggling. Again, emulate the source material. The source material uses something that many players find to be a good roleplaying aid, and they are making good money off of it, yet you choose to avoid it in the rpg? That doesn't make any sense.

Maybe WFRP is a good game. Alot of people seem to think so. It just doesn't seem like a good Warhammer game to me. If I was designing a Warhammer rpg, I'd throw out pretty much everything from the earlier editions, and it sounds like that's what FFG is doing.

 

[Hand of Evil]

WFRP v.2 is a great game and dice pools and cards is a little disappointing to me.

 

[coyote6]

That does sound odd, but it might be great. Who knows.

It does make me wonder when the WHFRP edition wars will begin, though.

 

[Nebulous]

That does sound odd, but it might be great. Who knows.

It does make me wonder when the WHFRP edition wars will begin, though.

Oh, i'd say they already have.

But i wonder how long from playtesting to streetdate this thing will be? I hate to say that i own almost all the 2e books but never actually PLAYED Warhammer! I always meant to, just couldn't get around to it. Maybe the 3rd times the charm.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Well, EN World will probably not be the main theatre of that edition war, but I am sure we'll hear something.