You Maniacs! You Blew it up! Damn You! Damn you to Hell!

[Mouseferatu]

Darn right! It was too busy KICKING BUTT to worry about petty things like balance!

I've said it before, but this edition does in some fundamental ways remind me of 1st edition; it's like the designers took another look at some old tropes and re-instituted them.

You know, I've made some similar comments to some friends of mine, but in my case, the example I used was BECMI, not 1E.

Overall, though, I think we're both talking about the same thing, in terms of the game--in some respects, and I mean this in an entirely positive fashion--getting back to basics.

 

[Kordeth]

You know, I've made some similar comments to some friends of mine, but in my case, the example I used was BECMI, not 1E.

Overall, though, I think we're both talking about the same thing, in terms of the game--in some respects, and I mean this in an entirely positive fashion--getting back to basics.

Funnily enough, I've had a bug for "back to basics" gaming for a few weeks now, and I've been working on a campaign to that effect. I had been planning on running it with Castles & Crusades, but after seeing the 4E stuff that's come out of the XP, I'm running this puppy as a 4E game, no questions. Ironically, the planned structure of the campaign already slots perfectly into the three tiers.

 

[The Little Raven]

You know, I've made some similar comments to some friends of mine, but in my case, the example I used was BECMI, not 1E.

Overall, though, I think we're both talking about the same thing, in terms of the game--in some respects, and I mean this in an entirely positive fashion--getting back to basics.

Yeah, when having talks with my oldest friend (we started playing D&D together when we were 6), we both agreed that we're getting an old school vibe off a lot of things. It seems like they went back over the old editions and said "What is most memorable about these games?" and then tried to rebuild those feelings with a new system.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Yeah one of my friends got into D&D well before I did, but he hasn't been keeping up with 4E.
So when I have been telling him about 4E he has remarked that there was, to quote "a familiarity with 4E".

 

[Winterthorn]

You know, I've made some similar comments to some friends of mine, but in my case, the example I used was BECMI, not 1E.

Overall, though, I think we're both talking about the same thing, in terms of the game--in some respects, and I mean this in an entirely positive fashion--getting back to basics.

Oh hey... I just peeked at the sample characters and the first thing that happened to me was flashback to BECMI and Mystara! I can't pin-point it but there's something in the format and straight forward presentation of the few mechanics that seems to be the trigger for that memory.

I kinda like that.

I guess I'll give 4E a second look!

 

[wedgeski]

I posted notification to my wonderful semi-nerd wife last night that Wizards of the Coast will be receiving a large portion of our disposable income over the next year. She feigned disdain, but I thought I saw a hint of relief in her eye.

 

[Nytmare]

DOTH MY EYES DECEIVE ME?!

I don't remember, is Derren swiitching sides the 5th or the 6th sign of the apocolypse?

 

[eleran]

I can see it now.. People playing the pre-mades against the kobold skirmisher hordes..

You just presaged my groups next session LOL

 

[catsclaw227]

You know, I've made some similar comments to some friends of mine, but in my case, the example I used was BECMI, not 1E.

Overall, though, I think we're both talking about the same thing, in terms of the game--in some respects, and I mean this in an entirely positive fashion--getting back to basics.

Old school feel, modern rules...

I have feeling that Bill and Clark at Necromancer Games' are popping corks right about now!

 

[kennew142]

Lucky guy

I'm extremely lucky that my wife loves D&D (maybe not as much as she does, but I don't get her Adrian Paul obsession either). We've been playing together since middle school (1980).

We've already budgeted for new 4e rules. But we always budget about $100.00 a month just for new game books. Like I said, I'm a lucky, lucky guy. Since she makes much more money than I do (teacher here!), I should say that she's spending 100.00 a month on gaming books.