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So, who here plans to play or run 4e?

Started by Balbinus, May 29, 2008, 11:30:33 AM

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J Arcane

No interest whatsoever.  In fact, our DM's attempt to spring Keep on the Shadowfell on the group two weeks ago wound up being the final straw that collapsed the existing 3e game.  

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Saphim

I don't like games that are not properly tied into a setting and genre, so I usually pass on generic or semi generic games. D&D is one of those.

I might be convinced to play if someone else gamemasters it, but that is a really low chance. Like. Snowball. Hell. etc.
 

1717 Fusil

Looks like I will be at least be running Keep on the Shadowfell. it also seems like I will be also be preordering the core books this week as my father's day gift from the family.

I did not like 3rd edition very much. It was ok as a player but GMing it was a nightmare. I recently tried SWSE and found it fairly easy to run and play. I have read a bunch on 4th and it seems that I will like it much better than 3rd.
When I heard about 4th edition coming out I figured I would just go with C&C and truly leave D&D behind. 4th though has sparked enough interest that I am going to give it a try and from what I have read so far from KotS I think I will enjoy it as will my family and friends.

As for Minis, I tend to use them in my games but from what I have read I think I could play it without them just as easily.
 

Hackmaster

I'll likely end up playing it at some point. I won't be running it in the near future. I'd be far more likely to run Castles and Crusades or another fantasy game instead, or even start a new 3.5 game rather than switch to 4E. Up until now, I've always switched to the new edition eventually, so I'd be foolish to say I'll never run 4E.
 

Gunslinger

Looking at the practically brand spanking new condition of my 3.5 books from limited use, I'm hesitant to even give more than a passing look at 4th edition.  I think I'd rather focus my energies on the games I own that I want to play than be distracted with the excitement of a new system.
 

KingSpoom

I plan to play in at least 1 campaign, but I think I'll be moving on after that.
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Pseudoephedrine

I'm gonna play the fuck out of it. We're switching over after our current campaign is done, probably six months or so from now. I may run another campaign sooner if my Traveller sidegame disintegrates.
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No. Now that the actual rules have become available I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I'll certainly never run 4e.

I suppose that there's some vague chance that I might at some point play 4e, though the odds of that are pretty slim.

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Settembrini

I´m actually holding off an experiment.

I wait till somebody enthusiastically invites me to a 4e session.
The moment somebody with star-crissed eyes asks me to try it, I will.

I have yet to met a SINGLE person in real life who´s in any way enthusiastic about 4e. If the games ANY good, it´ll enthuse at least SOMEONE. If it´s not enough someone´s for one of them to approach me, I won´t play.
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Balbinus

Quote from: PseudoephedrineI'm gonna play the fuck out of it. We're switching over after our current campaign is done, probably six months or so from now. I may run another campaign sooner if my Traveller sidegame disintegrates.

For what it's worth, your campaign is the only thing so far related to 4e that made me think "I'd play that".

Which is why I'm not a total no, but unless you're moving to London sometime soon...

And maybe not even then, not sure.

Pierce Inverarity

Settembrini, surely the local RPGA guys are enthusiastic about 4E?

Uh... there IS an RPGA in Germany, right?
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Settembrini

There´s supposed to be one.

Their local divison has NEVER EVER crossed paths with me. And I´m a guy who visits the un-FLGSs on a regular basis.

The only RPGA info I have on Germany comes from meta-discussions regarding F&S policy regarding the D&D translation.

I´d say sofar the RPGA is keeping a VERY low profile. So, unless  they apporach me or I see an ad that I can´t oversee, I´ll pretend I don´t know they exist.
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architect.zero

I went from cautiously optimistic to neutral over the time period since the announcement.  I was really neither here nor there.

I picked up Keep on the Shadowfell, just to see what was what.  I was impressed.  After reading it, I pre-ordered the boxed set.  

I was planning to actually run KotS on Sunday... and then along came the recent "preview" documents and my opinion went from "we'll see how it plays and then maybe I'll start something in August" to "WHEN THE FUCK ARE MY BOOKS GETTING HERE!?"

I can't wait to start a campaign.

Pierce Inverarity

Quote from: SettembriniThere´s supposed to be one.

Their local divison has NEVER EVER crossed paths with me. And I´m a guy who visits the un-FLGSs on a regular basis.

The only RPGA info I have on Germany comes from meta-discussions regarding F&S policy regarding the D&D translation.

I´d say sofar the RPGA is keeping a VERY low profile. So, unless  they apporach me or I see an ad that I can´t oversee, I´ll pretend I don´t know they exist.

I was going to mock you, but... I can't find ANYTHING on the German RPGA. Wizards subsite: no events in Germany. F&S: link to German Living Grewhawk site invalid. Raw google search: some dude's post on LG from 2001. That's it.

Pathetic. What gives?
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jrients

I'd try Keep on the Shadowfell if someone else I game with bought it and ran it (and invited me to play, of course).  I don't plan on buying without playing it and I'm in no great hurry to play it.
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