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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 5788363" data-attributes="member: 34865">It won't.&nbsp; Not a new edition of D&amp;D.&nbsp; And it will.&nbsp; Now let me explain the dichotomy:If WIZARDS OF THE COAST is smart enough - and I think they've learned how to handle things smartly, now - what they will do is provide outlets for people, like me, like others, who want to play AD&amp;D.&nbsp; Or original D&amp;D.&nbsp; Or 2e, 3e, 4e, and the various stripes of Basic D&amp;D.Most gamers I know are smart enough to know good behavior and reward it accordingly.&nbsp; I know that I myself won't drop AD&amp;D for D&amp;Dn.&nbsp; This time around WIZARDS OF THE COAST doesn't want that.So far as we can tell there are no crazy ad campaigns on the horizon telling us old D&amp;D sucks and is bad and we're bad for playing it.&nbsp; There's nothing lurking back behind the curtain, no dirty tricks.&nbsp; I do not know if WIZARDS OF THE COAST are planning to re-release, in a permanent fashion, older versions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; As I said though I think they're smart, and I think they will.&nbsp; Probably through DDi, so they can control the sales a little bit better*, but it will get back out there.&nbsp; When people ask &quot;What D&amp;D is 'official'?&quot; WIZARDS can respond, simply &quot;All D&amp;D is official.&nbsp; D&amp;Dn is what's current.&quot;In doing this, WIZARDS OF THE COAST will have create huge goodwill amongst D&amp;D players.&nbsp; They will have become the Great Mediator in the cyclic and wasteful and hilariously stupidly hateful &quot;edition wars&quot;.This will make D&amp;Dn a success.&nbsp; Goodwill will pay off, even the old guard guys like me will at the very least reward that with a try-and-play and wind up with an &quot;only-occasionally&quot; played copy of D&amp;Dn on their shelves.&nbsp; I want D&amp;Dn to become my second favorite RPG.&nbsp; A close, close, close second.&nbsp; Like, &quot;hm, flip a coin, will I run AD&amp;D for this or will I use the new D&amp;D?&quot;&nbsp; There are things I know the new D&amp;D can never be - and that's OK.&nbsp; But what it can do - what WIZARDS OF THE COAST must make it do is be the &quot;ambassador of goodwill Edition&quot;.&nbsp; They can't just pay lip service to the idea of &quot;play any edition you like!&quot;&nbsp; That promise must have teeth.&nbsp; If it does...then D&amp;Dn will succeed.I hope that makes sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 5788363, member: 34865"] [font=century gothic] It won't. Not a new edition of [b]D&D[/b]. And it will. Now let me explain the dichotomy: [b]If[/b] [b]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/b] is smart enough - and I think they've learned how to handle things smartly, now - what they [b]will[/b] do is provide outlets for people, like me, like others, who want to play [b]AD&D[/b]. Or original [b]D&D[/b]. Or 2e, 3e, 4e, and the various stripes of [b]Basic D&D[/b]. [b]Most[/b] gamers I know are smart enough to know good behavior and reward it accordingly. I know that I myself [b]won't[/b] drop [b]AD&D[/b] for [b]D&D[/b][i]n[/i]. [b]This time around WIZARDS OF THE COAST doesn't want that.[/b] So far as we can tell there are no crazy ad campaigns on the horizon telling us old [b]D&D[/b] sucks and is bad and we're bad for playing it. There's nothing lurking back behind the curtain, no dirty tricks. [b]I do not know[/b] if [b]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/b] are planning to re-release, in a permanent fashion, older versions of [b]D&D[/b]. As I said though I think they're smart, and I think they will. Probably through DDi, so they can control the sales a little bit better*, but it will get back out there. When people ask "What [b]D&D[/b] is 'official'?" [b]WIZARDS[/b] can respond, simply "All [b]D&D[/b] is official. [b]D&D[/b][i]n[/i] is what's current." [b]In doing this[/b], [B]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/B] will have create huge goodwill amongst [b]D&D[/b] players. They will have become the Great Mediator in the cyclic and wasteful and hilariously stupidly hateful "edition wars". [b]This will make D&D[i]n[/i] a success.[/b] Goodwill will pay off, even the old guard guys like me will at the very [b]least[/b] reward that with a try-and-play and wind up with an "only-occasionally" played copy of [b]D&D[/b][i]n[/i] on their shelves. I [b]want[/b] [b]D&D[/b][I]n[/I] to become my second favorite RPG. A close, close, close second. Like, "hm, flip a coin, will I run [b]AD&D[/b] for this or will I use the new [b]D&D[/b]?" There are things I know the new [b]D&D[/b] can never be - and that's OK. But what it can do - what [b]WIZARDS OF THE COAST[/b] [i]must make it do[/i] is be the "ambassador of goodwill Edition". They can't just pay lip service to the idea of "play any edition you like!" That promise must have [i]teeth[/i]. [b]If it does[/b]...then [b]D&D[/b][i]n[/i] will succeed. I hope that makes sense. [/font] [/QUOTE]

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