Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:38:49 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: [dicebreaker] Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming too late? Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:38:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-sJ2B8kEH0c1S+EeOmXv6fglsStt7TfZgBdn1Sw9Ghg3nVWtijRk8aQv3HS3HuJrsRrBjZqZ0Kylp3G3!JYNJFEAtKNft5K3SyBZoH+Lq8ajszpIo6mcnmY2w5kNnnNFYaC6me1ad7ADKvjJv++9yF9k= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2229 On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:25:23 +0100, kyonshi wrote: >Source: >https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/dungeons-and-dragons/opinion/dnd-version-coming-too-late > >Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming too late? I'd argue that the new version is coming too EARLY. We as gamers don't really need a new edition. Fifth Edition is fine. There isn't anything really wrong with the current edition, after all. In fact, having a certain stability to the game is actually a benefit. Revisions to the rules don't make for good games; it's the adventures and settings (and the way the DM and players interact) that make for exciting experiences. And trying to write good adventures on the shifting sands of constantly changing rules isn't beneficial to that goal. The release of a new edition is largely to the benefit of Hasbro/WOTC. It allows them to hype up the game, hopefully attracting new customers, and forces everyone to buy new rulebooks. It's being done to meet next-quarter targets, not because there is any pressing need for a change. But what do I know. I'm fine with AD&D ;-)