Comments on: Editorial: Browser-Based Beauty

By: koboldekobold

koboldekobold — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:58:39 +0000

Kingdom of Loathing is fantastic. I will have to look into Card Hunter and see if it’s a good time. It at least looks like there’s potential there.

@Lusi I want that as well. I tried D&D tactics for the PSP, and it was borderline awful. I am with you for the most part on 4e, though it had a couple of mechanics that I thought were interesting (minions in particular, which allowed for battles that felt bigger, without making them so huge that the challenge would be too high).

@Dice Admiral I have been tracking Next closely, and I think it looks like it’s going to be very good. The hard part will be trying to convince the rest of my gaming group to give it a shot. It steps back towards a 3.5ish style, while (at least I think) simplifying the major rules and allowing flexibility through the choices you make while creating/developing characters (I haven’t looked as much into the DM side of things yet, though I would be shocked if it weren’t built similarly).

By: Scott 'Imitanis' Mundy

Scott 'Imitanis' Mundy — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:05:08 +0000

@DA: There used to be posts on tabletop gaming back when it peaked the interest of the staff.

We’re not like the big sites that need to have the latest Barbie Makeover Simulator covered because we have to cover EVERY game. We generally write about what interests us, and right now tabletop gaming isn’t grabbing our attention.

By: DiceAdmiral

DiceAdmiral — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:26:25 +0000

Triple post:
Have you considered covering tabletop gaming on the site Lusi? Is it just a matter of having someone willing to do it?

By: DiceAdmiral

DiceAdmiral — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:25:37 +0000

Some flash games look promising, but I think the endgame for this scope of project may end up being mobile technology.

By: DiceAdmiral

DiceAdmiral — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:16:48 +0000

As someone who had experience with 3.5 and mainly plays 4.0, I think there’s a lot to recommend 4.0. There are certainly problems with it, but it was a great gateway for the new players I DMd for and many of the problems (simplified alignment for example) can be eliminated or at least heavily managed with proper DMing. It would also probably be the easiest system of those I’ve played (3.5,4.0,NEXT) to translate into a video game.

Did the Neverwinter Nights series not play enough like 3.5 for you Lusi? I thought those games did a reasonable job of approximating the rules in a restricted environment.

last note: You might take a look at NEXT Lusi, it doesn’t play much like 4.0 at all and the playtest materials are downloadable for free from WotC. If what you disliked about 4.0 was the simplification of many aspects then you’re likely not going to like NEXT much as it is very streamlined.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:27:37 +0000

I want a real D&D game that plays like D&D.

Or rather, I did, befor 4.0 came out. Now I want a Pathfinder game instead.