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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 3935617" data-attributes="member: 2525">What nascent stages?! This is a board game that underwent major rules changes an average of every 7 years.&nbsp; Which...is a bit similar to D&amp;D actually!I disagree.&nbsp; Relative to Monopoly, we are still in the &quot;nascent stages&quot; as you called it, for D&amp;D.&nbsp; And there is no acceleration...it's the same time frame as the last major rules changes.&nbsp; 1e to 1.5e to 2e 2o 2.5e to 3e to 3.5e to 4e.&nbsp; The time frame between each is pretty similar, and this change is not significantly different from those.Yes, EVENTUALLY it fixed on a set of rules, which has caused controversy for failing to evolve (&quot;Ralph Anspach argued against this during his conversation with Maxine Brady in 1975, calling it an end to &quot;steady progress&quot; and an impediment to progress.&quot;).&nbsp; Indeed, modern board games are really eating into sales of Monopoly because Monopoly hasn't kept up with the innovations in balancing luck and skill, the time frame of 2-3 hours, and the number of players.&nbsp; And that &quot;eventually&quot; was at version 5, and there was a lot of time between the versions.&nbsp; The same kind of time as between these versions in D&amp;D.Sorry but Monopoly is a good example of a game where major changes in the rules happened every 7 years or so until eventually they found a better set of rules, and even then that eventually harmed the game by not evolving with other board games.&nbsp; And that is just a simple board game.&nbsp; You would have to multiple those number of variations exponentially for a game like D&amp;D, given how many rules are involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 3935617, member: 2525"] What nascent stages?! This is a board game that underwent major rules changes an average of every 7 years. Which...is a bit similar to D&D actually! I disagree. Relative to Monopoly, we are still in the "nascent stages" as you called it, for D&D. And there is no acceleration...it's the same time frame as the last major rules changes. 1e to 1.5e to 2e 2o 2.5e to 3e to 3.5e to 4e. The time frame between each is pretty similar, and this change is not significantly different from those. Yes, EVENTUALLY it fixed on a set of rules, which has caused controversy for failing to evolve ("Ralph Anspach argued against this during his conversation with Maxine Brady in 1975, calling it an end to "steady progress" and an impediment to progress."). Indeed, modern board games are really eating into sales of Monopoly because Monopoly hasn't kept up with the innovations in balancing luck and skill, the time frame of 2-3 hours, and the number of players. And that "eventually" was at version 5, and there was a lot of time between the versions. The same kind of time as between these versions in D&D. Sorry but Monopoly is a good example of a game where major changes in the rules happened every 7 years or so until eventually they found a better set of rules, and even then that eventually harmed the game by not evolving with other board games. And that is just a simple board game. You would have to multiple those number of variations exponentially for a game like D&D, given how many rules are involved. [/QUOTE]

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