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I just noticed the transition from the status of "Ptolus minis" to "Pathfinder Chronicle Minis" of several of the figures of the original line.

I must say... that's a great move! Great for Ptolus fans, and great for Pathfinder fans, given the very high quality of these miniatures.

My thanks!

For some time, I've been wondering if D&D was truly "D&D". I defined the latter as a complementarity of characters, a search for treasures and accomplishments, a management of resources... lots of things.

The more I read about 4E, the more I believe it is "D&D".

Is it the "D&D" I want to play, though?

And there, we are stepping away from any reasoned argument towards personal definitions and experiences of what "D&D" may mean to one or the other.

One definition is not better than the other, much like one gaming experience is no better than another.

We are gamers. We make different choices based not on what is mechanically "sound" or not, but on what we like, feel we are able to use and tweak, or not.

D&D 4E does not seem to be the "D&D" I want to keep playing. But others may make a different choice. And it may still be "D&D".

The bottom line here is that we may not agree on WotC's choices, modus operandi, PR, ways of belittling previous editions of the games, its fans, and so on, so forth, but this has nothing to do with the actual mechanics of the game and whether it "feels like D&D" or not.

Let's separate experiences and opinions from ethical disagreements with WotC. That's what I mean. And before anyone asks, yes, I anticipate to stay with 3.X, PRPG, whatever OGL material is out there, for a long, long time.