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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4595375" data-attributes="member: 70778">Finding people to play either the new or old. You have people wanting to play the old and someone hellbent on playing the new version yesterday, and trying to get those players from your old version game to quit playing it and play the new one.I was in a store running a 2nd edition game a few years back to try to get people to try D&amp;D that weren't quite sure about playing and I wasn't going to DM 3rd....Some random guy in the store saw us playing and tried to start convincing everyone to play 3rd because it was better. The owner quickly stepped over and &quot;asked&quot; the guy if he was ready to pay for his purchases.It was a surprising twist to the usual LGS of play the newest, but the store just wanted people in the store having fun rather than silent comic readers making the store seem like a library.While this all seems off topic....The designers in a way egg on this behavior with that lack of support in any way for the recently ending edition. They can step up and say, HEY we want everyone playing and spending money so we need to offer something for the game being shown the door.I think the designers aren't totally the ones at fault, but are a big obstacle because they wont stand up to the corporations that make the games these days.Like I said in another thread, form follows function. Is your purpose for designing to make a good game or to make money for shareholders? I hope the designers are allowed to design a good game, but with D&amp;D specifically under the thumb of HASBRO........</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4595375, member: 70778"] Finding people to play either the new or old. You have people wanting to play the old and someone hellbent on playing the new version yesterday, and trying to get those players from your old version game to quit playing it and play the new one. I was in a store running a 2nd edition game a few years back to try to get people to try D&D that weren't quite sure about playing and I wasn't going to DM 3rd....Some random guy in the store saw us playing and tried to start convincing everyone to play 3rd because it was better. The owner quickly stepped over and "asked" the guy if he was ready to pay for his purchases. It was a surprising twist to the usual LGS of play the newest, but the store just wanted people in the store having fun rather than silent comic readers making the store seem like a library. While this all seems off topic....The designers in a way egg on this behavior with that lack of support in any way for the recently ending edition. They can step up and say, HEY we want everyone playing and spending money so we need to offer something for the game being shown the door. I think the designers aren't totally the ones at fault, but are a big obstacle because they wont stand up to the corporations that make the games these days. Like I said in another thread, form follows function. Is your purpose for designing to make a good game or to make money for shareholders? I hope the designers are allowed to design a good game, but with D&D specifically under the thumb of HASBRO........ [/QUOTE]

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