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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [dicebreaker] Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming
 too late?
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:43:40 +0100
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On 3/26/2024 4:20 AM, gbbgu wrote:
> On 15 Mar 2024, kyonshi wrote:
> 
>> This feels partly the fault of Wizards of the Coast itself. Since One
>> D&D - now called Dungeons & Dragons 2024 - was first announced in
> 
> Confusion about the release isn't helping. 6e, 5.5e, 5.1e, no it's just 5e
> really, one dnd, dnd 2024... I'm sure I've missed some in there.
> 
> Just pick a version, call it that and be consistant. I get they don't want to
> alienate all the new 5e players that bought stuff off the back of the
> popularity bump of 2020, but pathfinder managed this with the remaster
> release. Everyone knew it was a remaster, made sure the fans understood what
> was coming, the compatability etc, and I don't recall seeing any complaints.
> 
> 

Nobody else had an issue alienating their players for the last 50 years. 
Just make the changes incremental, make it possible to use the older 
stuff with barely any modifications. Just think about how people were 
using ADnD 1e stuff with 2e. I don't know why since 3rd edition they 
have to completely upend the way the game works with every edition. 
Editions used to be a thing that refined stuff, they weren't supposed to 
create completely new games with only the rough genre remaining the same.