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Thanks to 4th Edition, sadly not. Werthead Send a noteboard - 10/01/2012 01:55:04 AM
My gaming group tried 4E and it split the group down the middle. Several players, mostly people who preferred non-D&D games and only played D&D to appease everyone else, really liked 4E and declared they would only play 4E from that point on if we wanted to play D&D (not coincidentally, they were also big WoW fans).

The rest of us didn't like 4E, though we spent about 3 months playing it and trying to make it work. We compromised by playing some other games for a while, but D&D had always been our default game and every time we went back to it things would bog down into edition wars. The other players weren't even willing to try Pathfinder. So in the end the group splintered apart.

Ironically, I don't think 4E is a particularly bad rules-set and take no pleasure from its failure. In fact, it would make an excellent rules-set for a MALAZAN RPG (where even common grunts can take on gods and survive). It just isn't really the same game as D&D, and throws too much out in an attempt to be relevant and modern.
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Thanks to 4th Edition, sadly not. - 10/01/2012 01:55:04 AM 924 Views
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I found this blog entry enlightening: - 10/01/2012 01:41:12 PM 1062 Views
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Same here. - 11/01/2012 02:20:41 AM 927 Views
Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular - 10/01/2012 04:34:39 PM 989 Views
If you want to know more, read this thread. - 11/01/2012 02:42:06 PM 1007 Views
Cool, thanks. *NM* - 11/01/2012 03:40:46 PM 514 Views
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True story: - 10/01/2012 04:39:47 PM 1049 Views
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That sounds insanely unintuitive. *NM* - 11/01/2012 07:37:37 PM 528 Views
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I repeat what FT said, that was 2nd edition. *NM* - 12/01/2012 04:20:28 AM 477 Views
AD&D represent! *throws up half-orc gang signs* *NM* - 13/01/2012 01:50:06 AM 610 Views
Throwing up a half-eaten rat is not throwing up a gang sign... *NM* - 13/01/2012 05:26:47 AM 530 Views
What about a half-eaten halfling? - 13/01/2012 02:41:06 PM 1014 Views
*facedesk* *NM* - 13/01/2012 03:45:05 PM 464 Views
(-:,` *NM* - 17/01/2012 09:02:26 PM 518 Views
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A joke in Joel Rosenbergs "The Sleeping Dragon." - 25/01/2012 07:13:26 PM 1062 Views
*sign* *NM* - 13/01/2012 02:41:57 PM 530 Views
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Dude.. I still remember the 1st edition books.. - 11/01/2012 12:54:27 PM 1078 Views

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