Beat me to it.Well, spell "reins" correctly in the thread title to begin with.
Beat me to it.Well, spell "reins" correctly in the thread title to begin with.
This^I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm trying to answer the question honestly. So here goes.
If I were given the reins, I wouldn't look backward to older editions and products. I would "pick" 5E. Then I'd hire cultural sensitivity experts and younger brand managers, and work with diverse writers and artists to develop an entirely new product line. The past is in the past for a reason.
That is an interesting assessment given the popularity of old school games and simulcra.This^
The future of D&D is not what I played 10, 20 or 30 years ago. It's not even really how I play today. The next generation of players do not play the way I do. The products that come out in the next 5 years should be aimed at the new younger players. There is already more content of how and what I play for me to keep playing the way I do for several lifetimes. No point in republishing it.
This iskind of what I am doing with an experimental convention game next weekend. It is a portal fantasy (the PCs are people from our world who go to fantasyland) but the system is essentially Shadowdark retooled for high fantasy instead of dungeon fantasy. I think it will work out well.Simplify like a MFer. Think Shadowdark but not as deadly.
Skills and Saves can all be done with stat checks.