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Basic Dungeons and Dragons announcement

Started by Skywalker, May 27, 2014, 12:15:25 AM

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S'mon

#75
May 27, 2014, 03:34:48 PM
Sounds interesting (and clever), I'll give it a look. Sounds like a good way to play 5e for free. If I wanted to DM I think I'd want a decent-looking hardcopy of "Basic D&D" though.
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VengerSatanis

#76
May 27, 2014, 03:39:30 PM
I don't see the RPG Pundit's victory lap anywhere in this thread.  Delete it.  ;)

But seriously, who wants to create a homemade D&D effigy and have sex with it tonight?  Just me?  Ok.  But remember, if you don't help glue on the scales, you don't get to sloppy-share the sex hole.

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#77
May 29, 2014, 12:03:07 AM
Quote from: Windjammer;752904I think this can't be overstated. Pundit et al's attempts to read WotC's tea leaves has led to some of the most misleading expectations about Next's product content yet.

More precisely: what decisively led to the expectations set for the Starter Box on this site was caused by a series of Pundit's statements, premised on his being (explicitly) the only person 'in the know' ("My position (again, the ONLY actually INFORMED rather than speculative position here) ..."), that (1) the Starter Box itself is a "complete game" and (2) that the Starter Box is absolutely to be recommended for purchase by D&D veterans with 'old school' sensibilities.

I didn't need to read tea leaves, because I actually knew what was planned.

Now, my recommendations on the Starter Set are because (in the first place) the starter set's rules ARE the Basic Rules.  Second, when it first comes out, to play the Basic Rules you'd need the PDF (which will initially have character-creation material only) plus the rules in the Starter Set.

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#78
May 29, 2014, 12:11:13 AM
Quote from: jibbajibba;752908This is terrible news.

I insist on being able to buy  a copy of the basic rules in a box set with some second rate dice and a crayon so I can colour them in myself and I want some cardboard counters and a map of some description.
I want it to cost at least $30.
If they give away all the rules for free download so I can put it on my tablet and it can be updated seamlessly as an evergreen product what can I put on my shelves and what can I give the children in my local area as RPG related gifts. Gary Gygax would turn in his grave if he found out someone was giving away this shit for free.

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