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WotC podcast: Even more repudiation of 4E roles system?

Started by ggroy, February 11, 2011, 01:29:34 PM

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Windjammer

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February 13, 2011, 02:09:26 AM
Quote from: Justin Alexander;439927In any case, the discrepancy between our versions aside: Rich Baker designed Conquest of Nerath. AFAICT, he had nothing to do with Wrath of Ashardalon. I'm 100% confident that you missed the conversation transition from talking about Wrath of Ashardalon to Conquest of Nerath, which are both boardgames coming out in the next few months. Some quick googling will discover several places online where Rich Baker talks about Conquests of Nerath being the game that was first being developed 5-6 years ago.

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February 13, 2011, 06:00:17 AM
Quote from: Windjammer;439708(Wrath of Ashardalon) was actually created by Rich Baker "5-6 years ago. We pulled it out of the archives when we started to do more boardgames and it [then] got more development. So it's a game that's been in development for, gosh, 5 to 6 years ... which has now seen the light of day, thanks to our new focus on boardgames."

Or....perhaps there's a reason this project got shelved for so long?

I wouldn't want to read too much into that.

No game prototype is "done" when it gets solicited to a publisher. Some ideas get rejected immediately, some ideas are sent back to the designer for improvement, and some are solicited again and again across many years.

When I was playtester for German board game publisher FX Schmid (renamed Alea when it was bought by Ravensburger) we tested the heck out of The Princes of Florence and Puerto Rico.
And we also tested several games that were later published by other publishers, eg Dschunke, or Mexica (and I liked the prototype's Venice theme better), or never at all.

Shelving a game and coming back to it with a fresh perspective (or when the market is ready for its concept?) is not unusual.
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GrimJesta

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February 13, 2011, 09:47:16 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;439930However, then came FFG...  The success of WFRP3, a true boardgame-rpg hybrid changed WotC's mind...

Must you rub salt in this wound? :(

Fuckin' FFG.

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