tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post4105247105510969489..comments2024-03-02T02:38:54.061-06:00Comments on The Sandbox of Doom: Feeling unmovedVictor Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-35656844188687632592012-01-25T11:23:08.016-06:002012-01-25T11:23:08.016-06:00For me, Castles & Crusades (warts and all) is ...For me, Castles & Crusades (warts and all) is the "new" edition of AD&D for me, and has been for several years now. I only own the original 3.0 player's handbook, own nothing 4E, and I doubt I'll buy anything 5E either. It's like you say - the ship has said, genie fled, so on and so forth.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-43161997880805396562012-01-19T12:58:43.530-06:002012-01-19T12:58:43.530-06:00Nice to see new activity at the Doom Sandbox!
I a...Nice to see new activity at the Doom Sandbox!<br /><br />I agree with the meat of your analysis, but I come at this from a slightly different perspective. I'm not looking for a perfect game, or a game to rule them all. I own a number of rule sets (and have created many house rules) that I will probably never play. I see 5E as something that is likely to be interesting in the same way a new retro-clone or well-done heartbreaker might be: another take on this set of gaming tropes that has been so fertile over all these years.<br /><br />I don't have any emotional involvement with Hasbro brand management. If they have mishandled it in the past, maybe this is a correction. Or not. In any case, I'll pick up a copy of 5E if it looks interesting on the merits. This talk of things like boycotts is silly. It's not like this company is despoiling the environment or rounding up copies of previous editions for burning.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-26904601996434527582012-01-19T12:18:55.259-06:002012-01-19T12:18:55.259-06:00Agreed, why the hype and who cares? You can get o...Agreed, why the hype and who cares? You can get old copies easily, if you want a statue of Gary make one from mashed potatoes, or just donate your game book purchase funds IN TOTAL to it! How can you bash Hasbro for mishandling of the brand...and then support them with your dollars when they reprint some old stuff? WTF people! For all your intelligence you critically lack wisdom! How many retro clones (OE through 3.5) are out there (and many available FREE)and easily available, and well supported ALREADY? And still you slavishly follow the dragon into the dungeon. At least Odysseus had the sense to be lashed to the mast when he heard the siren's song.Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.com