>From: Steve Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>[FAUST SAID]
> > I think Clark got it right - "3E" is here to stay. Maybe it will fade -
> > when all the people that played "2E" and "1E" no longer play D&D at all.
>
>I agree Faustus, in terms of old gamers like us, but will this hold true to
>new/young players getting into D&D who have no experience with prior
>editions?
It's all in the "network".
I know a guy in Connecticut who has never given up 1E - never even bought
the 2E books. He finds players by bringing in new kids who have never role
played D&D and teaching them from the old books.
In my 2E game I have had two players in the last 3 years who never played
D&D (only WW you'll be happy to hear). They both learned D&D on 2E rules
and are ambivalent about switching to 3E.
On *your* scale - significant market share and distribution channels through
Borders etc, recognition of the "d20" brand might be important (and I am
actually SHOCKED that you did not put the d20 logo on the SPINE of the
Creature Collection - a MAJOR oversight IMO.)
But for all the rest of us the marketing will be much more low key and word
of mouth, and the chief question will be "does this work with D&D?" - a
question that the D20 logo simply does not answer (unfortunately).
Clark's solution (at least for the current and all past generations of
D&Ders) fits the bill nicely.
Faust
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