Teos Abadie

But there is also the importance of the established base. The established base is always important and avoiding missteps is always big. And so can Wizards do that this year? Can they avoid those missteps? Can they please the existing fans to act as that sort of fuel that shepherds community that, you know, turns things, keeps things positive.

But there is also the importance of the established base. The established base is always important and avoiding missteps is always big. And so can Wizards do that this year? Can they avoid those missteps? Can they please the existing fans to act as that sort of fuel that shepherds community that, you know, turns things, keeps things positive.

So when you're a new player that enters an online space, a community or whatever, you feel like you're joining a cool club, not a bunch of old, tired people who hate everything.

So when you're a new player that enters an online space, a community or whatever, you feel like you're joining a cool club, not a bunch of old, tired people who hate everything.

One part, you know, 2014 of the many reasons that made the 2014 5E version so good was the fact that the books were great. The game was really, really good. It's hard to argue. And the release cycle was slow. And the release cycle was slow. Yeah, yeah, that's totally for sure. And I think that's critical.

One part, you know, 2014 of the many reasons that made the 2014 5E version so good was the fact that the books were great. The game was really, really good. It's hard to argue. And the release cycle was slow. And the release cycle was slow. Yeah, yeah, that's totally for sure. And I think that's critical.

But just the books being good, we will now this year in 2025 get the final core book, The Monster Manual. And we've seen new encounter rules. We've seen...

But just the books being good, we will now this year in 2025 get the final core book, The Monster Manual. And we've seen new encounter rules. We've seen...

new approaches to creating the to tweaking the gameplay to increasing the power of characters now the monsters are going to come in that are apparently stronger and the encounter rules are tougher will all of that come together to make a really fun 2025 edition or will we hit issues and it's easy to dismiss that but you know Various editions of D&D have had problems.

new approaches to creating the to tweaking the gameplay to increasing the power of characters now the monsters are going to come in that are apparently stronger and the encounter rules are tougher will all of that come together to make a really fun 2025 edition or will we hit issues and it's easy to dismiss that but you know Various editions of D&D have had problems.

Once you really start playing it and you start going up in levels and you start playing through the adventures, you find that there's some friction there that gums up the works, right? Whether it's too many actions in the action economy or it's the monsters are too hard or too easy. A lot of that comes together only once you can get all these three books.

Once you really start playing it and you start going up in levels and you start playing through the adventures, you find that there's some friction there that gums up the works, right? Whether it's too many actions in the action economy or it's the monsters are too hard or too easy. A lot of that comes together only once you can get all these three books.

So I'm very curious how solid the rules really be. I think that plays a part in it. Yeah. On top of the other releases that we will see and whether that can energize people, because I feel like that and it's not unusual that when you have a new edition or version coming out in 2024, your other releases seem a little flat.

So I'm very curious how solid the rules really be. I think that plays a part in it. Yeah. On top of the other releases that we will see and whether that can energize people, because I feel like that and it's not unusual that when you have a new edition or version coming out in 2024, your other releases seem a little flat.

But Vecna is a product that in theory could have been really, really exciting. And didn't play out that way, at least at the level of the community that we see. And so I'm curious whether their upcoming products will see an audience response that's very positive.

But Vecna is a product that in theory could have been really, really exciting. And didn't play out that way, at least at the level of the community that we see. And so I'm curious whether their upcoming products will see an audience response that's very positive.

Yeah. And it's got a different approach. It's focusing on specific regions. So we'll have to see how well that that works for people.

Yeah. And it's got a different approach. It's focusing on specific regions. So we'll have to see how well that that works for people.

I had a funny thought last night as I was drifting off to sleep of, I wonder if there's been a situation already where a D&D designer pulls up D&D Beyond to look something up and goes, wait, is this the wording we're using? Oh, wait, no, that's a third party product that I just found in my search. How do I filter off this stuff that other people wrote?

I had a funny thought last night as I was drifting off to sleep of, I wonder if there's been a situation already where a D&D designer pulls up D&D Beyond to look something up and goes, wait, is this the wording we're using? Oh, wait, no, that's a third party product that I just found in my search. How do I filter off this stuff that other people wrote?