Comments on: What the-?!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:46:03 +0000

What the-? is my reaction to it because I don’t see how they think it’s going to work. Say what you will about M:tG, it was an incredibly efficient way of separating fans from their money, with all the pieces like the tournaments and the revisions fitting neatly together into a money-sucking machine. This new plan sounds like something put together by the underpants gnomes. You can be as cynical as you like about their motives, but that doesn’t actually explain why it’s so half-assed.

By: one long and two short « Doctor Checkmate’s Lair

one long and two short « Doctor Checkmate’s Lair — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:05:41 +0000

[...] going to say anymore about 4e, but I have to get this off my chest. I don’t understand the “What the-” reaction to this. Am I the only one not surprised by this? The skirmish game wasn’t very [...]

By: Dr. Checkmate

Dr. Checkmate — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:59:08 +0000

Am I the only one not surprised by this? The skirmish game wasn’t very good, the design of 4e has been compared to famous money sinks like MMOs and CCGs, and now this? Seriously? Maybe I’m just cynical.

By: BBEG

BBEG — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:48:21 +0000

Well said Joshua. It makes me sad to see the D&D property doing this slow, money-grubbing marketing crash and burn. Years from now I wonder if the present crew responsible for it will be remembered in infamy for what’s being done.

By: PatrickWR

PatrickWR — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:20:20 +0000

Interesting to note that Fantasy Flight Games redid their Mutant Chronicles minis game a couple weeks before GenCon this summer to make it non-collectible. In a weak economy, the “random satisfaction” model must not make a lot of sense to these companies.