WotC acknowledges 4th Edition Not for Everyone?

[WalterKovacs]

If they said it was only for 4e, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot ... not to mention lying. The stuff isn't specific to any edition, there is no edition specific rules involved in the package.

If they put nothing on it, considering that "all new products" are 4e, it might confuse someone, and they may think this is also 4e specific.

So, in order to avoid losing some business because of misconceptions, they clarified that while every new product works with 4e, this works for more than just 4e.

 

[CleverNickName]

If you can sell to a broad audience, why limit yourselves to just 4e enthusiasts?

Good question. It's win-win for them.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Two words people... FIFTH EDITION. You heard it here first.

 

[WayneLigon]

BUT, the fact they didn't take those down when 4th edition came out, could agree that they know 4th is not all people will buy even though they only offer it in their current product line.

Or, you know, it's free cash from completists while not costing them one red cent. I wouldn't look at it as an acknowledgement of anything beyond that.

 

[catsclaw227]

I don't see it as acknowledgement about much of anything except that the 1" gridded tiles make a good visual reference for terrain for D&D no matter what edition you are playing.

Occam's Razor.

(EDIT: and for what it's worth, I consider tiles as terrain, too. For example, I use the Skeleton Key tiles for my "terrain", because it's representative of... well.... terrain.)

 

[Blair Goatsblood]

(EDIT: and for what it's worth, I consider tiles as terrain, too. For example, I use the Skeleton Key tiles for my "terrain", because it's representative of... well.... terrain.)

Ditto. My gaming group has enough terrain to fill a 10'x10' room and we still use the lowly tiles.

- To avoid 'no room for fingers/minature' issues in certain situations such as narrow passages.

- To quickly lay out what's behind secret doors.

- To represent large areas with a fairly even surface such as large chambers, outdoor areas.

I plan an buying several sets of Ruins of the Wild (if it becomes available again) and streets of shadows. I hope they do a desert and swamp set. Just throw those streets tiles down between our resin buildings. Replace with the sewer tiles in two-level situations as necessary. Use tiles to represent the interiors of the resin buildings. Just lay them out and put the building on top.

A pile of Ruins of the Wild tiles would work very well with all of our 3-D trees and boulders and ruined walls. The Paizo Flip Maps and the Starship Troopers map box both get heavy usage for outdoor encounters.

I wish someone made outdoor tiles of dungeon tile quality, but maybe 8 to 10 inches square.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Wow.

Talk about leaping to conclusions....

 

[darjr]

What do you mean by "the one and only?" They'd have to be utter morons to believe that everyone is going to convert to 4E. There are people out there still playing every edition from OD&D onward. Wizards has said from the beginning that they know not everyone will be on board with 4E.

Providing the .PDFs, and marking certain products as "edition-independent," lets them pick up a little money from the hardcore fans of earlier editions who are simply never going to convert, without supporting those earlier editions to such an extent that they risk splitting the 4E customer base. It's a smart move.

You should reread my post. What I said, was that IF they wanted to act as if 4e was the one and only the PDF's would have come down. I was arguing that they have never acted like that.

I was not claming that WotC are utter morons, nor was I claiming they have some 4e megalomania.

Also note in my original post, that, I agree, it's a good move.

 

[Psion]

If you can sell to a broad audience, why limit yourselves to just 4e enthusiasts?

Logically, I agree.

However, it is sort of contrary to statements by WotC that they "don't want any fence sitters" re:GSL. The marketing front here seems less than united. Which I guess is a good thing.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

Ditto. My gaming group has enough terrain to fill a 10'x10' room and we still use the lowly tiles.

Dude, seriously get a real terrain collection. having 4 square inches of terrain is NOT a big deal.