[TTRPG] D&D 5e Announced

[NuttyFluffers]

This week had big news in the TableTop Role Playing Game industry with Wizards of the Coast announcing work upon a forthcoming fifth edition to Dungeons and Dragons. Information about this has been mentioned in both Forbes and NYT.

Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/01/09/wizards-announce-new-dungeons-and-dragons-an-inside-look-at-the-game/

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/video-games/dungeons-dragons-remake-uses-players-input.html?pagewanted=all

Let the nerdrage begin!

[lazarus]

1. I always preferred Rolemaster

is that still in print? All percentiles, I loved it, only needed two dice. One, if you got one of those huge D100s that were impossible to read.

[NuttyFluffers]

2. yes, still around. currently called Rolemaster Classic (roughly 3e), from I.C.E.

Rolemaster Classic (and others) by I.C.E.
http://www.ironcrown.com/?page_id=166

also readily available in PDF form as well in places like RPGNow or DriveThruRPG.

[lazarus]

3. sweet. thanks!

[Codeine]

4. sigh. I really, really love 4th edition.

It hit precisely the right spot for me. Oh well.

[Hayabusa]

5. I'm somewhat excited

I've been a fan of every edition of D&D that's been released. I'm sure that 5e won't be any different.

[MrSlayer]

6. I still play first edition.

I'm not fond of the updates really. Give me the old school any day.

[The Straight Story]

10. Same here. I have copies of years worth of Dragon Magazine as well

from back in the day. All of the 1st edition books also (all in PDF versions).

It worked for me then and was fun. Bought some 4th ed books some time ago and it just seemed 'blah'

[uriel1972]

7. I've never played fourth stoppped at 3rd

but have sold most of my books 'cos I never use them. Not through my choice, it's my friends, they have no desire to play pnp rpg's or any rpg's come to think of it.

[Capt. America]

8. Anything has to be better than that pen and paper MMO called 4th Edition.

I understand you had to get "younger", but you turned it into WoW on paper. If a kid likes WoW (et. al) why on earth would he like it on paper? D&D should be an alterantive and be something other than what they can get on the video game screen...its called imagination.

BTW-playing D&D since 1983.

[Codeine]

9. That's silly.

Our group of forty-somethings have had a ton of exciting and imaginative adventuring using 5E, none of which was anything like an MMO.

[Mojambo]

11. I agree

I had the same type of fears when we started playing 4E, but it's not even remotely WoW on paper.

We're currently mid-paragon (15th level) in our 4E game and have no signs of slowing down. It's been the longest and most fun game I've ever played in and it's a testament to 4E's balance and (pre-essentials) elegant design.

[NuttyFluffers]

12. i'm not fond of 4e myself, so i do look forward to 5e

i think of it as a tactics miniatures game myself. however i can see the MMO aspects some people see from the AEDU format. overall it's a fun and decent game as long as i mentally divorce it from the AD&D RPG line. otherwise my nerd rage kicks into overdrive...

but that's another conversation entirely.

btw, i'm hearing interesting things from playtesters. naturally NDAs are involved and the best they can do is intimate some things based on feel and then talk about that which has already been confirmed. but from what i hear it is very different from the L&L column on WotC, which seems to be a misguided attempt to maintain word-of-mouth interest in all parties.