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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 5815282" data-attributes="member: 9213">Well, I've been playing RPG's for a long time. I have an entire bookshelf and and about 8gb of RPG materials. I've thrown away/ donated/ given away more RPG books annd materials than that one book shelf of material that I now own. I have a fair amount of mini's both metal and pre-painted plastics.I have never been to Gen-Con and have no desire to go (I love my hobby but I pretty much despise and hate the fandom. And that's a feeling that grows more and more the the more time that I spend on message board forums).I too have no interest in "living campaigns". As I feel while for some it's the only way that they can get a regular game, I also feel that a fair amount of people who play in these games are power gamers and  people who want to game the system. In short the type of people you dont want in your regular game. That may not be entirely true but that's just the way I feel. D&D Next isnt going to be the all-inclusive edition. It only care about that in so much as regaining it's market share back from older editions and other games like Savage Worlds and Pathfinder. I'd pretty much bet now that WOTC's main order of business is to completely disrupt Pathfinder's momentum or destroy it completely. If they really cared about all inclusiveness they'd let things be and focus on making the best game that they can without starting up the nostalgia train. For all their talk about how great 4E is and that it was what people wanted it now seems like they are kind of pushing it to the side sort of like what they did to 3.5. And that's a shame because as much as I didn't care for 4E it wasn't a bad game at all. So who is their target audience? The OSR crowd? The Pathfinder crowd? Is playing something with the D&D name on it really that important to most people? Apparently it is with all of the people from both the OSR group and supposed Pathfinder players eager to jump ship at first sight of the new shiny. The one good thing about 4E (other than condensed monster stat blocks) was that it freed me from D&D. I havent played a game with D&D on the cover in 4 YEARS. That's the longest I've ever gone without playing something called D&D since I started player RPG's. But apparently while I can walk away from the brand and keep walking some people just cant. So I'd say THAT'S the target audience. D&D fans. People who absolutley need to be playing something with that DUNGEONS & DRAGONS on the cover.</blockquote>

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