Comments on: Fear and Loathing on the Wizards Front http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/04/22/fear-and-loathing-on-the-wizards-front/ Five veteran gamers, plus special guests, share their insights, rants, and raves about all things gaming, especially board games and RPGs. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:11:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Smite http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/04/22/fear-and-loathing-on-the-wizards-front/#comment-51163 Smite Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:43 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/04/22/fear-and-loathing-on-the-wizards-front/#comment-51163 <p>Ongoing:</p> <p>http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1022007</p> Ongoing:

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]]> By: MetalJim http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/04/22/fear-and-loathing-on-the-wizards-front/#comment-51148 MetalJim Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:44:34 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/04/22/fear-and-loathing-on-the-wizards-front/#comment-51148 <p>The controversial part of this is how or if WotC will "force" people to either declare themselves loyal to the older, more permissive 3.5 license, or else switch over entirely to the new 4th edition license.</p> <p>Right now, it seems that WotC wants to keep it friendly for people to publish alternate campaign settings and modules that are fully compatible with 4th edition, but they are a little more hesitant about someone rushing out a 4th edition "d20 modern" before they have a chance to do it themselves.</p> <p>The great thing about 3rd party publishers, even if you never buy any of the stuff yourself, is that it provides entry-level jobs in the system where new designers and writers can cut their teeth. WotC needs to enable some survivable 3rd party publishing in order to "grow" the people who will help to design 4.5, or 5th edition or whatever (hopefully in 8-10 years time).</p> The controversial part of this is how or if WotC will “force” people to either declare themselves loyal to the older, more permissive 3.5 license, or else switch over entirely to the new 4th edition license.

Right now, it seems that WotC wants to keep it friendly for people to publish alternate campaign settings and modules that are fully compatible with 4th edition, but they are a little more hesitant about someone rushing out a 4th edition “d20 modern” before they have a chance to do it themselves.

The great thing about 3rd party publishers, even if you never buy any of the stuff yourself, is that it provides entry-level jobs in the system where new designers and writers can cut their teeth. WotC needs to enable some survivable 3rd party publishing in order to “grow” the people who will help to design 4.5, or 5th edition or whatever (hopefully in 8-10 years time).

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