Will there be a "For Dummies" book at launch?

[Victim]

I'd say that a Dummies book would not be especially useful without 4e having been out a while. Otherwise it'd have to been written with playtest info and designer intentions only, and without the benefit of the massive testing that the full player base will provide.

 

[Nifft]

I'm sure Nifft will get it.

Penguins prefer wild fish.

The ones in the barrels just don't taste right. ('Specially those with gunpowder residue.)

Cheers, -- N

 

[Ranger REG]

Anyone who bags on the name "for Dummies" has really missed the point, since they're not for dummies; they're for smart, motivated people who simply haven't had the cultural advantages or natural brilliance in a subject that others might.

Did the Webster Dictionary changed the definition of "dummies"?

 

[pawsplay]

Did the Webster Dictionary changed the definition of "dummies"?

The new edition will be called Dungeons and Dragons for Eladrin.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

The new edition will be called Dungeons and Dragons for Eladrin.

What about Tieflings? Don't they deserve a book too?

Olaf the Stout

 

[Zaukrie]

There should be for two reasons:

marketing - this gets the brand into more bookstores, into more peoples' brains, and probably into more peoples' hands

ease of use for new DMs/players - these books are actually not bad intros to playing and running the game for people new to the hobby. I don't want my PHB to be filled with tons of advice on how to build the best x, but there is a need for that. It can be filled on several fronts - DDI, free stuff, 3rd parties, additional books. While WotC could publish advice books, I'd bet the dummies line has a larger print base, and reaches a much broader audience.

 

[Ranger REG]

There should be for two reasons:

marketing - this gets the brand into more bookstores, into more peoples' brains, and probably into more peoples' hands

What do you mean? After 30 years, Dungeons & Dragons is not a household word yet?

ease of use for new DMs/players - these books are actually not bad intros to playing and running the game for people new to the hobby.

Isn't that what the D&D Basic Adventure Game boxed set supposed to cover?

While WotC could publish advice books, I'd bet the dummies line has a larger print base, and reaches a much broader audience.

How much more broader can they be? I mean D&D can be found in major bookstore chains. Are we trying to get a store shelf space in Starbuck Coffee now?