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<blockquote data-quote="jsaving" data-source="post: 6021632" data-attributes="member: 16726">Every time WotC begins working on a new edition, there are people who see any deviation from their own favorite edition as a step in the wrong direction.&nbsp; And that's OK, because people have a right to their opinion and shouldn't feel locked out of the conversation just because they happen to think 1e/2e/3e/4e hit all the right notes.&nbsp; At the same time, though, Next is being undertaken as a way to integrate the best ideas from previous editions into a coherent whole that most people will find preferable to what they're now playing, without entirely duplicating anything that has come before.&nbsp; So there's a sense in which the &quot;grognards&quot; of any particular edition aren't the target audience here, because they aren't going to play Next no matter how well it accomplishes its design objectives.To me, Next &quot;feels&quot; most like old-school D&amp;D as far as flavor is concerned, but with 3e's revamped d20 mechanic and a surprisingly large number of 4e innovations from themes to backgrounds to at-wills thrown into the mix.&nbsp; And that's a good sign, because it shows they're taking seriously the inclusivity they're publicly projecting about Next, and not just going through this process as an excuse to roll back the clock to [insert your least favorite edition here].So, I'm going to go with &quot;D&amp;D&quot; as my answer for which current gaming system most closely resembles Next.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsaving, post: 6021632, member: 16726"] Every time WotC begins working on a new edition, there are people who see any deviation from their own favorite edition as a step in the wrong direction. And that's OK, because people have a right to their opinion and shouldn't feel locked out of the conversation just because they happen to think 1e/2e/3e/4e hit all the right notes. At the same time, though, Next is being undertaken as a way to integrate the best ideas from previous editions into a coherent whole that most people will find preferable to what they're now playing, without entirely duplicating anything that has come before. So there's a sense in which the "grognards" of any particular edition aren't the target audience here, because they aren't going to play Next no matter how well it accomplishes its design objectives. To me, Next "feels" most like old-school D&D as far as flavor is concerned, but with 3e's revamped d20 mechanic and a surprisingly large number of 4e innovations from themes to backgrounds to at-wills thrown into the mix. And that's a good sign, because it shows they're taking seriously the inclusivity they're publicly projecting about Next, and not just going through this process as an excuse to roll back the clock to [insert your least favorite edition here]. So, I'm going to go with "D&D" as my answer for which current gaming system most closely resembles Next. [/QUOTE]

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