http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome
Hmm...
EDIT: On second thought, 4th edition may not come out. GenCon is 4 days long. It is tomorrow, I think.
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http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome
Hmm...
EDIT: On second thought, 4th edition may not come out. GenCon is 4 days long. It is tomorrow, I think.
Curses, I got 'scooped!
I was just about to post this.
Ahh, I see the end of the world has a nifty "count down clock" on the Wizards of the Coast web site.
So... is this supposed to be a countdown to fourth edition or something? I haven't heard any hype to this extent...
That's the point...you do something unexpected on the Internet and it's generally more effective than having to do your own marketing. Viral advertising, you know.
Is it just me, or is anyone else having Eon8 flashbacks?
I think they're screwing with us.
Maybe it's something to do with the d4.
I've been saying to myself for the past year "Don't buy any new books, as soon as 4th Edition comes out you'll have wasted your money.", so I kind of wish it is 4th, so I can finally stop using the SRD.:smalltongue:
I'd be surprised if 4th edition is coming out, 3e came out only 7 years ago, and 3.5 even less then that.
I have mixed feelings about the concept of 4th edition. On the one hand I really feel D&D needs a rewrite and a fresh start, time has shown that 3e is poorly balanced and rather difficult at times. WotC has shown some steps in the right direction design wise with products like the Tome of Battle, but in order to "fix" D&D they would need another edition.
On the other hand, I really don't want to shell out 90 bucks for three more rulebooks.
Hmmm... souce code of page in spoiler...
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There seem to be 2 instances of possibly meaningful 4's. But other than that, not much.
It's most likely the all new Electronic Format. They've been talking about it for a while and it's been discussed over on Enworld with regard to Wizards putting out invitations to the media.
i.e. 4D Adventure!
Yeah, but when the graphics of the page are bedecked in dice all rolling a 4...it implies that there's a pretty strong 4 connection.
My money's on an announcement about 4th Edition--such as a glimpse into development and a tenative release schedule well into 2008.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I would feel fine if I'd spent less money on ****ing sourcebooks over the last year.
The End Is Nigh!! Repent! Repent!
I'd have to go with something about the online inititive, and some loose connection to the concept of four dimensions...
I'm not a betting man, however, at least when it comes to my opinions
Edit: maybe 4e will be a d4 based system....
No, I do not seriously believe that.
I think they are just using the 4 to represent A in Adventure. I'm not getting anything on that page right now though.
Hmmm... there's brand-new art in the background... and it somehow looks bookish, so it could very well be something print-based
Colour me interested... at least, I want to see that timer on zero - NOW!
Yep, me too.
I'm slightly worried that this is gonna be the big "4E in a year" announcement or something, but I feel like this is just something to incite us and make everyone go to the WotC page tomorrow evening to see the debut of something Gleemax or Online Initiative related something or other (i.e., something I'm not really interested).
Well, we'll find out in 21 hours and 21 minutes.
Edit: Is it just me or does that third face look like a draneri?
man... I REALLY Hope it's not 4rth edition... :smalleek:
You are all still playing 3.5? l0s3rs! 4th 3d1t1on si teh ueber!
:smallbiggrin:
On second thought, 4th edition may not be half bad. 3.5 is becoming bloated. Look at Pun-Pun, the hulking hurler, and all the other incredibly broken builds.
I could sell all my books, get a good amount of money for it, and save the money for when 4th edition does come out (which will probably be in a year or so).
Is anyone else wondering why the d12 is rolling?
Here, have a cookie :smallbiggrin:
http://www.dailyhealthguide.com/img/...ten-cookie.gif
Yay!
Now I really want cookies. Hmph.
My only hope is that they actually balance the Tanks versus the spell casters.
EDIT: Apparently, I can't spell.
4th edition came out years ago.
right there
Viral marketing aside, releasing 4th edition without telling anyone AT ALL in advance would be a pretty craptacular public relations move - it smacks of caring more about short-term profits than about keeping customers.
eh, I'm going to put my vote in for the launch of Wizards "digital initiative."
Something like, "Moving our gaming to the 4th dimension perhaps?"
Idk, I don't think that its 4th edition quite yet.
To be fair, there are likely several people who know, even outside of Wizards. They are likely all RPGA members who have signed confidence clauses so tight they can't poop right.
Oh, and I need to note that I'm giggling like a madman.
HAIL ERIS! ALL HAIL DISCORDIA!
The annoying thing is that you can't get access to any of the DND stuff on the site.
Hmmm...
I wonder if...
See, this here is a German RPG which uses the four as symbol, in fact, the logo consists of four fours as you can plainly see... and its English translation is supposed to be presented at GenCon... (here is the thread in the English part of the official forum)
Moreover, a few of these faces, and the general drawing style, look very much like out of this RPG...
Maybe that's it?
But, I never heard anything about WotC being involved in that, so... huh.
...nah, this page looks much to clean to be a hint at DeGenesis...
The rest of the site is probably shut down due to the changes that they are making to Gleemax (which iirc was operational late last night or at least this morning). All the 4 action is interesting but I doubt you see any significant changes before Q2 next year or later. Most of the source books will likely be compatible as far as the fluff goes but the crunchy bits might take some retooling (likely less than say 2E to 3E conversions were at the time of the changeover). All will be made clear tomorrow so there's no sense in worrying about it unless you own stock in WotC.
The fact that all the dice are showing 4s suggests a bit more significance than that.
Oh, I doubt this would be the actual release. I think this is where they tell us it's in development.
I have to say, the thunderstorm raging outside my window right now is sooooo appropriate.
I really hope it's not a 4th edition announcement. And if it is, then I hope it's like "so yeah, 4th edition will be out... eventually."
What if it's something really "F"'d up? I don't know, like Hasbro just bought Palladium, Games Workshop, (don't they already own FanPro) and with D&D they now own "4" gaming companies. Just something to chill your blood on a dark and stormy night.
DRAGON DICE: REDUX
I am so very sorry for that...
All But Official:::::
http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?...&postcount=205
http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?...&postcount=217
http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=686 (Must Log In To see)
Let the Wailing and Nashing of Teeth Begin!!!! :smallbiggrin:
http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=686
dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn
I found this browsing the wizard forums, looks like its upon us, or someone has created a very elaborate joke.
We are 4e. Prepare to be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
(Yes, I've been beaten to it, I just wanted to use that joke):smalltongue:
If this isn't a fourth edition announcement, why would they pull a stunt around the number "4" knowing the hype that would cause? If it were anything other than 4th edition, people would end up quite annoyed. I'm betting it will be something along the lines of "just in time for Christmas 2008..."
Does anyone else here read Knights of the Dinner Table? A while ago, they did an arc about rushing a new edition out the door to boost flagging sales... along the lines of promising "33% more content" by bumping up the font size 22% and adding redundant sidebars and tables for the other 11%. The predictive powers of satire are astonishing...
Well, this is Hasbro, I figured they'd go to their Parker Brother's division, get the master copy of the Ouija board and summon something to suck his soul out. :smallwink:
My buddies were talking about how 4th was coming out late third/forth quarter this year. Looks like they're right.
For the love of all that is good and holy in this world, I hope that it's a joke. There simply isn't enough wrong with 3.5 to make this experimental jump to 4E.
IMHO.
Oh, and I thought I might add in my last post before I go on GenCon hiatus, that there is a picture advertising the exact same thing that the OP posted in the GenCon manual, though I wasn't able to find anyone at the convention center that knew what it meant. I hope to the gods that this isn't 4E. Sadface.
Well, this post alone seems to confirm things.
Blarg. That didn't take long. I no longer have access to that forum. I think they found us out.
There was a whole page of threads regarding upcoming 4E products (threads like "4E Campaign Settings," "4E Miniatures," and various things like that related to different parts of D&D). It would appear now, though, that those threads have now been blocked. Or rather, they have for me, at least.
EDIT: Ninja'd.
There's a forum dedicated to the 4th edition announcement over at Wizards.
*giggle*