Why don't we have more D&D games?

[KeighnMcDeath]

FR was pretty fantastic in the earlist of days. Some of us were also lucky to get Judges Guild and Role-aides products that sort of competed with TSR. I wonder if they were more prevalent in the UK though like White Dwarf. Maybe the town i lived in just sucked.

There were some other games That combine blobber with tactical (warriors of the Eternal Sun for Genesis, Order of the Griffin for Turbo Grafx). These would be the few that take place in Mystara and the Hollow World utilizing the Mentzer ruleset (or Rules Cyclopedia).

Old editions are dead except for enthusiasts. It'd be folly to not use the 5e ruleset when its hot in gamers hands of today. Grogs grumble regardless.

 

[J1M]

But why won't WotC just create their own game, in their own internal studio? Would it be too expensive, too risky? I mean, there are plenty of folks eager to try this whole "D&D thing", but it's difficult to find your own fellow neckbeards to play with. I dunno, I think that *proper* D&D MMO would be a killer, financially speaking. Or am I tripping?

During 4e development they hired some programmers to create a virtual tabletop program. The feature set was actually pretty decent. Unfortunately, before it was finished the main developer murder-suicided himself and the software was never completed.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Unfortunately, before it was finished the main developer murder-suicided himself and the software was never completed.

4E claims another soul.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

You know, the idea of such software started with SSI Dungeon Madter's Assistant vol 1&2 for 1st ed. 2e received Core Rules 1, 2 & expansion with WOTC online support and necro handbook and tons of xpt abd xpx files people submitted. There was the Dragon Magazine Archives up to issue 250. And, since Campaign Cartographer was pretty hot you could get the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas that was compatible with CC.

3e started with a demo character disk that was supposed to get a full version or modular updates that Monkey sonethk g industries took over. It flopped. I have the base program working and its a pity it wasn't fully developed like Core Rules was or even just finished. Hell a pathfinder add-on would have been nice and 3.5.

4e i wondered about.

i guess there are 5e products. Plenty of people try to make their own CORE RULES type programs which is neat. Our own resident Grid Cartographer by David Walters is a fantastic product.

 

[Elex]

You know, the idea of such software started with SSI Dungeon Madter's Assistant vol 1&2 for 1st ed. 2e received Core Rules 1, 2 & expansion with WOTC online support and necro handbook and tons of xpt abd xpx files people submitted. There was the Dragon Magazine Archives up to issue 250. And, since Campaign Cartographer was pretty hot you could get the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas that was compatible with CC.

3e started with a demo character disk that was supposed to get a full version or modular updates that Monkey sonethk g industries took over. It flopped. I have the base program working and its a pity it wasn't fully developed like Core Rules was or even just finished. Hell a pathfinder add-on would have been nice and 3.5.

4e i wondered about.

i guess there are 5e products. Plenty of people try to make their own CORE RULES type programs which is neat. Our own resident Grid Cartographer by David Walters is a fantastic product.

For 5e D&D beyond is going to slowly add feature and gradually become a complete D&D tools with time.

 

[fantadomat]

D&D is pretty niche,also we do have quite a lot of D&D games,but they are old

 

[Kruno]

D&D is pretty niche,also we do have quite a lot of D&D games,but they are old

There are more people playing video games than ever, surely the market would be larger now?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

There are more people playing video games than ever

More filthy casuals, not tabletop-inclined grognards.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

When the machine /program does most the work we don't really need exact table top game mechanics..... unless you're going to transfer from game to table.

Small note: old Dunjonquest games like Temple of Apshai allowed you to type in any value for stats and basic magical gear. Its more or less fighter orientated game though (no priest, mage, rogue).

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

FR never bloody well had the gravitas that Greyhawk had/has. I'm still part of a Greyhawk campaign that has been ongoing since the early 1980s, still using original 1E source material. Ohlen's new game studio looks intriguing although it will probably never give me that Spelljammer title I never got from SSI years ago.

 

[fantadomat]

D&D is pretty niche,also we do have quite a lot of D&D games,but they are old

There are more people playing video games than ever, surely the market would be larger now?

Well rpg fans are like 1% lol. There is billion people playing games,but rpgs sell between million or two. RPGs are more of a upper class entertainment,but unlike in the other markets you can't milk 1000 bucks for a single luxury product.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

RPGs are more of a upper class entertainment,but unlike in the other markets you can't milk 1000 bucks for a single luxury product.

We need more post-Soviet oligarchs like Margus Linnamäe to fund RPGs.

 

[Squid]

2014- (1 game)
Sword Coast Legends (2015)

Bro, you forgot Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. How could you forget something of such glorious incline in D&D games?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

SSI early games had other games with similar stat structures.


I don't think I grinded those old games hard to max levels though i did sort of hex edit a few on c64 but that destroyed some disks (had to reformat). Those fastload cartidges had fun utilities. T-menu was fun to put little games into menu structure to load off one floppy. Neat shit.

sort of like this one..

 

[NJClaw]

2014- (1 game)
Sword Coast Legends (2015)

Bro, you forgot Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. How could you forget something of such glorious incline in D&D games?

Everyday we stray further from god

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Didn't expect you to be a brony. Shame, fratello.

 

[fantadomat]

RPGs are more of a upper class entertainment,but unlike in the other markets you can't milk 1000 bucks for a single luxury product.

We need more post-Soviet oligarchs like Margus Linnamäe to fund RPGs.

Well we did get a few good gems that way. Disco,kingmaker,kingdom come....maybe even uderrail and most likely CDprojectred was made that way.

 

[NJClaw]

Didn't expect you to be a brony. Shame, fratello.

Wait, that's not me, how dare you suggest I played that game?

Spoiler

Moreover, I obviously wouldn't pick Twilight Sparkle as my avatar. I would choose Fluttershy or Applejack.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Didn't expect you to be a brony. Shame, fratello.

I obviously wouldn't pick Twilight Sparkle as my avatar. I would choose Fluttershy or Applejack.

The cure for such disorders is...

 

[Dramart]

Why don't we have more IE games? That engine still can make a lot of great games. They should've made at least three more games with it.

 

[Kruno]

Why don't we have more IE games? That engine still can make a lot of great games. They should've made at least three more games with it.

The combat in IE engine games was absolute rubbish.

 

[Dramart]

The combat in IE engine games was absolute rubbish.

What is good combat to you?

 

[Kruno]

The combat in IE engine games was absolute rubbish.

What is good combat to you?

ToEE did it well.

 

[Lilura]

Behead anyone who writes off the Infinity Engine:

 

[Dramart]

ToEE did it well.

Why do you think IE combat is rubbish?