OK so it's been a very long time sense i updated this thing, but I really need to get something off my chest. Recently I've been playing 4th. edition dungeons and dragons. For those who don't know that's the new one. I have to say, I don't like where Wizards of the Coast is taking this new version.

Now before I tell you why, let me say this, I don't hate 4th. edition. I've run a game for some of my friends, and it's a fun game. We enjoy are play time and it's really easy to manage as a DM. However, The first three books feel like their missing something, and just recently I found out what. WotC is holding back some of the stuff that goes into the books so it can be released later different books. Now, if you played the last edition, you know that there was three core books you needed to play. They were the Dungeon Master's Guide, the Player's Handbook, and the Monster Manual. If you had these books you had all you needed to play. Sure, there were other books you could buy to enhance play, but you didn't need them. 4th. edition has the same formula at first, three books is all you need, but then they made sequals to each book. The last edition did this as well, but you didn't need them. They were extra books you could buy. This time around, the sequals are core books. This means that half the material you need to play is in six books. This isn't bad until you know that these books cost about $30 each. So where it would cost $100 to get the last version, it now costs about $200 to play the new version. Then if you add the fact that you need DnD miniatures for the new edition, which will cost you about $50 to get all the minis you need. Now thats a total of about $250 to buy 4th edition. You could buy a PS3 for $50 more. I really think that WotC is screwing their fans for cash.

The other part i dislike about 4th edition is the fact that you can really talk bad about it on the WotC forums. It seems taboo to say anything is wrong with it, and 4th edition fans will swarm, and attack you if you do. However, its perfectly fine to say the last edition failed at most everything. Now, I'm not saying it was perfect, but 3rd edition wasn't as bad as they say it was. It sure as hell didn't fail at every part of it that gets compared to 4th edition.

I think i'm gonna end this rant here. I've gone on for long enough and I'm positive maybe four people will stop buy and read this. Well, until next time, later.