D&D 4E Would you buy 4E if it were not open/had no licenses for 3rd party companies?

Roman · Mar 31, 2008

There has been some recent speculation on whether 4E will in fact be open and if there will be a GSL. I am wondering whether this would affect your purchasing decisions regarding 4E. So... would you buy 4E if it were not open/had no licenses for 3rd party companies or fans?

Please vote on the poll and elaborate on your thoughts in the thread.

Fallen Seraph · Mar 31, 2008

Yeah I would, I generally don't buy 3rd party stuff (don't have a credit card for online purchases) so it wouldn't really affect me.

SuperJosh · Mar 31, 2008

Yea I would buy it if it were only 1st party. We usually do not use 3rd party publications since a lot of them tend to be immensely broken.

Nahat Anoj · Apr 1, 2008

I would really be sad if companies like Goodman Games couldn't easily publish D&D material, but I'd still buy the game if it was "completely closed."

Roman · Apr 1, 2008

Just to elaborate a little: I don't personally think that 4E is going to be closed, so it is a bit of a hypothetical question on my part. There are some people, however, who do believe that, mostly on the basis of the second to last post on the fifth page of this thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=221163&page=5

Slander · Apr 1, 2008

I'd definitely prefer an open-ish system. I like the adventure and monster books from third parties. But as far as rules go, our group tends to remain with core products only.

Edit: So I voted "Purchase even if closed"

nerfherder · Apr 1, 2008

It didn't stop me buying AD&D, so I can't imagine why it would stop me buying 4e.

RigaMortus2 · Apr 1, 2008

Open content for RPGs means little to me. If I like an RPG, I will buy it. I don't base it on if "the other" guy is making stuff for it too. Grant it, some 3rd party stuff can be good, but most of the RPGs I get are closed anyway.

Propheous_D · Apr 1, 2008

I think that when it comes to something like RPGs the main system has to stand on its own. That being said people have to want to play it regardless of 3rd parties. While 3rd parties enhance a product like this, they certainly don't make or break it. In fact I don't know many RPG's that support 3rd parties as much as DnD has since 3rd.