4th edition!

[Matthew]

Interestingly, it was recently reported that the current President of Wizards of the Coast, Loren Greenwood, is stepping down on March 21st. The new President will be Greg Leeds, a Hasbro man through and through. Or so I hear: New President of Wizards of the Coast Announced.

[Reel On, Love]

Why does everyone blame WotC? Isnt Hasbro the one's holding the reins of power to WotC? They do own them after all. I suspect it's Hasbro behind the quick release of 4th ed. They probably have no idea at all how most gamers react to new editions all the time. They probably just see D&D as another toy. *rollseyes*

No, it's WotC behind 4E. It's also not a "quick release".

Do you know how most gamers react to new editions? JUST FINE. Do you know how many editions other big games have gone through? More than D&D, that's for sure, and faster.

I'm mostly interested in 4th ed but some stuff about it I don't like at all. No alingment restrictions? Not just for Pallies btw! No stat penalties? So a halfling is now as strong as a human? Yeah right. I like the Saga Edition feel with the rules but I heard something about using cards? I hope not. I like my dice damnit. :-p

Alignment restrictions are stupid. A halfling isn't as strong as a human unless they have the same Strength score--but seriously, if an Elf is as strong as a Dwarf, why wouldn't a Halfling be about as strong as a human?

Cards would be used to keep track of powers (i.e. you can have a card with each of your powers on it, so it's easy to look them up), not instead of dice.