Will I buy it? Yes. Will I play it?

[Boggle]

Hi everyone

I have expressed several times my view however i wanted to see what others reactions were and why.

Will I buy the core books yes however will i play it that will massively depend on its true quality.

If its like second edition which became a patch work quilt of rules then simply put no way pedro?

If the rules are fun continue to encourage team play and its not a cake walk for the players in terms of death ie there being a repocussion for all actions then great im in.

As a good friend once said to me you make the game it should not be the other way round. The rules are only a mechanic however good rules make it so much easier to mesh quality stories something i feel D&D currently achieves.

Change is unfortunately apart of life now and for our hobby to continue and grow it must attract new players that means imbracing technology. However until you can see real people and hear there voice its not roleplaying.

Also in some 25 years i have seen only a couple of programs on the subject i think its time it was incorporated into tv mainstream.
I mean lets face it a reality show about this great game of ours would be amazing.

I put myself forward to dm it by the way i have a great campaign world all i need are some players.

Anyway until i get my big chance i say lets see what its like and lets hope its good.

[Wicht]

I am pretty certain I will buy the Player's handbook.

Other purchases will depend largely on the quality of that single book (and whether I need the other two after the SRD is released to run Paizo products).

[hmarcbower]

I will be taking advantage of the "free preview" editions which will no doubt appear on the internet days after the official releases. That way I'm not out 40 or 50 bucks, and thus have not had to spend any money that goes to WotC, just so I can see what the deal is. I've pretty much decided I won't be playing 4e, and on principle I don't want to artificially inflate their sales numbers to lead them to believe I bought it because I liked it.

If it doesn't make its way through the intertubes in a few days, I'll probably take an afternoon and go sit at the bookstore and sip a mochaccino while reading through it.

[CEBrown]

Wicht wrote:

I am pretty certain I will buy the Player's handbook.

Other purchases will depend largely on the quality of that single book.

This is my current "game plan" too.

[Stedd Grimwold]

I feel it's a pretty safe assumption that the PHB, DMG, and MM for 4E will be quality products. Its the ONLY time the D&D department at WotC spend 4+ years on a product. The PHB II DMG II etc will have a 1 year development at most.

No, I think it will be a quality product and will be a fun game. I will buy it. I also think it likely that I will play it, for much the same reason as I don't play Warhammer, GURPS, or HEROS: Nobody I know wants to learn it, or at least the consensus is always D&D.

I look at 4E as an entirely new game, much like GURPS or Warhammer. Neither better nor worse, just different in many ways.

Knowing all of that, I know I can expect a quality product, because D&D core, regardless of edition, was quality at the time of release.

I also I know I will play it because when I ask a handful of people to choose which game to play, I know that while I may hear a lone cry of "Palladium", or a handful of "Pathfinder 3.75", if we scored our choices and added them up, D&D 4E would win, even if it was everyones seconds choice.

[DangerDwarf]

I'll buy the first three. Primarily due to the fact that I will always own the current edition of D&D, thats just how I'm built.

Will I play it?

Thats not as good of a question as "Will I play it long term?"

I'll of course give the new system a few tries at least. It sounds pretty interesting. However, will it be able to hold my attention long term?

That, I honestly don't know. It will have to be pretty good to do so. I am more than happy with my fantasy gaming taking place with C&C or AD&D. So, 4e will have to have a death match against those two great systems if it plans to be a game I play regularly.

If it fails to break into my "top spot" does it mean it sucks? Nah. I have several fantasy RPG's that are AWESOME games, I just don't have the time to play them all.

So, I don't think it is so much a matter if 4e sucks or not, for a lot of folks. But, will it be good enough to beat the individual "reigning champions" already being played by groups everywhere. Right now,I can say I'm enjoying a lot of the fluff I see coming out so....we'll see.

My current champion? It's a tag team duo. Castles & Crusades and AD&D 2nd Edition. We play both regularly.