Same ol' slop

We ain't had nothing to eat but maggity bread for three stinking days!

The 5th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons is on it's way. Hooray?

Do we really need yet another edition? When I started looking into playing D&D again I found more than enough of what I was looking for in the retro clones and in the community called the "OSR". I found hobbyists in the mold of Gygax and Arneson who were interested in playing the games as much as making them. OSR writers understand the game because they have spent thousands of hours playing them. You can't pay writers to have that passion, you can't hire marketers to research that, you can't hire beta testers to give you that kind of feedback, and you certainly can't do that while aggressively planning the next 3 to 5 years of product line so Hasbro's top execs will buy into it. They can slap the "brand" on what ever they want, but the game will always be this:

or this:

or even like this:

Try It Free For 60 Days No Obligation

Don't get too excited about the open play test of the 5th edition. Why? Because the parameters are prearranged and they don't plan on making sweeping changes based on the play tests. An open play test is about showing you they "care" so you'll buy their knock off of a classic.

"See Now You Can Trust Me, I'm A Nice Guy"

Not taking the bait on their limited edition release material, they're just prepping you psychologically to buy product. It's classic sales technique to get the shopper to say "yes".

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