Pre Game Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4E

Just a quick review of what I think of D&D4 before I actually play it.

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• RPG
• Review
• Dungeons
• Dragons
• 4th
• edition
• phb
• dmg
• mm

[cptmachine]

Thanks for the comment, should be any week now, its hard to get 4 other people in the same room at the same time.

[Valclav]

Part 2:

We now tend to concentrate on games like, WHFRP, Cthuhu, Vampire (Sabbat), Unknown Armies, etc.

But I was just wondering what you thought of D&D compared to something like WHFRP?

Please, don't think I'm bashing D&D - I'm just very interested why it's still so popular compared to other games which I think have more to offer (again, that just my opinion).

Thanks,

V.

[cptmachine]

Comparing D&D to Warhammer is like comparing action movie with thrillers. The former is brain candy and enjoyable brain candy it is too. The latter makes you think and theres plenty to get your teeth into.

I really enjoy both and I like to play both, I just expect to get different things out of each, its hard to compare them as their very much like chalk and cheese.

D&D is popular because sometimes all you want to do kick in the door and kill the orc then take his stuff.

[AlekTrev006]

Man, I love watching this video. I dunno what it is. Maybe the way Captain talks...he has an easy-to-listen to voice so I often have it on in the background whilst doing something around the house - along with the rest of the Captain Machine playlist I've got. :-) Great stuff Capn'.

[Imagicka]

Well, @KayEnDub Hasbro, nor does anyone else, care about you. Not unless you're going to buy the entire production run of their books. WotC is marketing to new players and new DMs, maybe because aren't going to try to win over old gamers who are too close-minded or just don't want to invest in learning a new edition.

[KayEnDub]

I don't need Hasbro to tell me how to deal with problem players much in the same way I don't need a PHB that treats me like a retard.

[Kain1003]

@mangadood Agreed man. I played it a few sessions and wuickly went back to 3.5. The art was nice, but I just felt like I was playing table-top WoW, and alwyas felt like my creativity was being stifled. Moreover Wizards really angered me with how they organized the books and with how little they put in the books so that they can push out a PHP 2, DMG 2, MM 2, right away.

[Droogie128]

@tarboy69 then you're ignoring things like flanking, terrain, diagonal movement, reach, aoo's, zones, traps, line effects, aoe's, range, cover, and forced mbovemen t. Basically, all the same things 4e relies on minis for. 3e combat is built on the d&d minis game, afterall.

[tarboy69]

@Droogie128

I play and gm 3.5 and never use minis and never had a prob.

[mangadood]

i played a little dnd4e and it was super railroadie, and super dumbed down. but the art is pretty

[woodwwad]

WOTC went into problems players pretty well in 3.5 DMG II

I hate 4e

[mooglelance]

I like the 4e Player's Manual and it is very fun while using the 3.5 DMG and MM but it takes a lot of conversing the rules to fit the 4e rules

[cptmachine]

Agreed having a combat without minis was close to a nightmare as you pretty much had ot ignore a good couple of rules to get it to work.