D&D 4E Will 4E be announced at D&D Experience?

[mhensley]

I'm surprised they didn't announce the digital tabletop. I wish I was there, I would have asked some damn good questions...

It doesn't look like they announced anything that we didn't already know about.

 

[KB9JMQ]

That would make it worth buying for me.....


Just Drizzt and friends...not so much.

My thoughts exactly. Wonder if they had to add the dragon to sell it?

 

[JVisgaitis]

It doesn't look like they announced anything that we didn't already know about.

Pretty much. Maybe they should watch a Macworld keynote so they can understand how to drum up some excitement for a brand. I'm not really disappointed in anything except for the lack of a digital tabletop and obviously no movement in that area whatsoever. Aside from that, you think for a company that's touting D&D Experience as Macworld for D&D would drop a lot of big surprises on us. I had a room for the show and I was planning on going. Glad I didn't.

 

[MerricB]

Woohoo! Fantastic news!

Interesting...
""2006 was the biggest year in terms of revenue for D&D than it has been since the 30th anniversary". "D&D is stronger than ever". Several sold out products that were instant reprints. Which is good.

PHB 3.5 hit 128 on the New York Times best Seller list. Just authorized third reprint. "

Cheers!

 

[hexgrid]

Aside from that, you think for a company that's touting D&D Experience as Macworld for D&D would drop a lot of big surprises on us.

Another way the D&D Experience can't live up to it's Macworld goals is that Macworld also has a lot of 3rd party companies- software developers and the like. As long as the D&D Experience is a WotC only show, it's not going to be a very dynamic "experience", and not something I'd ever consider attending.

The closest D&D Macworld equivalent would've been back when WotC/TSR ran Gen Con.

 

[Knight Otu]

Pretty much. Maybe they should watch a Macworld keynote so they can understand how to drum up some excitement for a brand. I'm not really disappointed in anything except for the lack of a digital tabletop and obviously no movement in that area whatsoever. Aside from that, you think for a company that's touting D&D Experience as Macworld for D&D would drop a lot of big surprises on us. I had a room for the show and I was planning on going. Glad I didn't.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that XP will run until Sunday. That's still a lot time for revelations, I'd say.


Wait, are people now saying that D&DXP is a disappointment because 4E wasn't announced? (jk)

 

[takasi]

I don't remember knowing the second half of the 2006 product schedule before last year's Winter Fantasy. I remember seeing shots on GamingReport of some of the books and stuff, I think. Is it just me, or did we get the product catalog earlier this year, which is why we aren't as 'surprised' as we could be?

 

[JVisgaitis]

Another way the D&D Experience can't live up to it's Macworld goals is that Macworld also has a lot of 3rd party companies- software developers and the like. As long as the D&D Experience is a WotC only show, it's not going to be a very dynamic "experience", and not something I'd ever consider attending.

Personally, I don't care about 3rd party companies at Macworld nor at D&D Experience. The big draw at Macworld is the keynote. Granted a lot of 3rd party companies make announcements there, but its Steve Jobs I want to hear.

For D&D Experience I want to hear crazy announcements and see a state of D&D address. Show me a trailer for the Dragonlance movie, announce the return of Dark Sun, and announce a new online initiative. That's Macworld like. Going over exisiting products that are already posted on Amazon and in their catalog is very ho hum IMO.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a huge dealer area and lots of games and such being run by d20 companies, but that will never happen.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that XP will run until Sunday. That's still a lot time for revelations, I'd say.

One would tend to think it would be at the seminar that's called What's Up With D&D. I hope we hear more, but I don't think we will.

 

[mhensley]

The big draw at Macworld is the keynote. Granted a lot of 3rd party companies make announcements there, but its Steve Jobs I want to hear.

D&D needs a Steve Jobs. I mean who is really in charge of D&D? Whoever it is, we never hear from him. We used to have Gary Gygax as da man. Then we had Peter Adkinson. These were BIG IDEA kind of people that when they spoke, people listened. WOTC and D&D seems faceless these days.

 

[Knight Otu]

WOTC and D&D seems faceless these days.

D&D, perhaps, though I sometimes suspect that it has become so as a direct reaction to the treatment some former "facemen" did get from fans. That, and one of the last facemen (Charles Ryan) was let go. Other WotC properties definitely have facemen, such as Mark Rosewater for Magic the Gathering (who has also got rough treatment, so maybe he has a thicker skin then others), to name the most popular.