tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post6131939514661585514..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Bad Old Days at TSRJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-86408305461442401372018-01-09T12:55:16.200-08:002018-01-09T12:55:16.200-08:00I have no trouble talking with ODS&D, 1e, or 2...I have no trouble talking with ODS&D, 1e, or 2e players about the game. Even 3e to some extant. But Trying to speak with 4e or 5e players is like talking to a World of Warcraft player, similar concepts but inherently different. Your view may vary, but I feel that D&d is dead, even if RPGs are still going strong. <br /><br />I'm not overly bitter, people should have fun how they wish. :) But I just don't have the same feeling of being in a living game movement that I had in the '80s and '90s. <br /><br />Possibly its all just me. :DPaul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-57049219015321452132018-01-04T17:57:39.227-08:002018-01-04T17:57:39.227-08:00Hi Paul
Re. 'the real death of D&D', ...Hi Paul<br /><br />Re. 'the real death of D&D', you'd think this wd be the case. But if we leave aside 4th edition (a misguided attempt to be all things to all people), I'm told that D&D is now more popular than it's ever been before. My loyalty belongs to 1st edition AD&D above and beyond all others, but 5th edition has enough of the old spark to be worth playing. And the 'old school revival' movement of recent years is an encouraging development.<br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-36463078011840511172018-01-04T10:10:39.127-08:002018-01-04T10:10:39.127-08:00Those articles are bit light on the details and co...Those articles are bit light on the details and content, and they blow right past WOTC being bought by Hasbro.<br /><br />That was the real death of D&D, once it was bought by a big company like that it was doomed, it wasn't enough to make a profit, it had to make more profit then the company could make with those resources elsewhere. And for a niche marketing like roleplaying games that was impossible. <br /><br />Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.com