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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5418844" data-attributes="member: 80487">MrMyth, to me (not necessarily mattcolville) the key is in published scenarios and actual play.Considering what a cliché it has become to aver that D&amp;D back in the day was nothing but fighting, I reckon it's a really bad sign when old-time D&amp;Ders find your game to be not much but a wargame.&quot;Encounter&quot; now effectively means a game in itself, and in my experience it's not much of a game except with the fighting rules that are plainly the centerpiece.The answer is not &quot;more rules&quot; or &quot;fewer rules&quot;. The answer is actually to want something other than a Checkers/Magic TG hybrid with wargame &quot;fluff&quot;. See, if that were what WotC and their fans wanted, then that is what they would do.What they actually do is line up one hour-long (or longer) combat game after another, with an occasional random Dice Challenge where other folks might put problem solving and conversations with NPCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5418844, member: 80487"] MrMyth, to me (not necessarily mattcolville) the key is in published scenarios and actual play. Considering what a cliché it has become to aver that D&D back in the day was nothing but fighting, I reckon [B]it's a really bad sign when old-time D&Ders find your game to be not much but a wargame.[/B] "Encounter" now effectively means a game in itself, and in my experience it's not much of a game except with the fighting rules that are plainly the centerpiece. The answer is not "more rules" or "fewer rules". The answer is actually to [I]want[/I] something other than a Checkers/Magic TG hybrid with wargame "fluff". See, if that were what WotC and their fans wanted, then that is what they would [B]do[/B]. What they actually do is line up one hour-long (or longer) combat game after another, with an occasional random Dice Challenge where other folks might put problem solving and conversations with NPCs. [/QUOTE]

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