WOTC

funny thing about WOTC - I'd more or less written them off (oh still picking up the occasional adventure on the cheap) and there miniatures are great (well the larger ones are) but with the whole 3.5 drowning in books with more options to keep track of and then 4th ed which was like a lit match in a room full of really explosive stuff (for reasons I still don't entirely understand) I thought they were going the way of the dodo

Then I watched the keynote address for Gen Con 2012 and my mnd has been changed (somewhat) they're saying they are going to re release all previous D&D/AD&D products for all editions and settings in electronic format (if you know me you can imagine how large my smile was at that point)

They've already re released 1st ed (core books) and the covers for 3.5 re releases are on their website

Mike Mearls was saying that they are going to set the system so. for example, if you like Vancian Magic (standard D&D) 4th ed with daily powers or Spell points (ACME anyone?) you can as they plan on putting all three in the new system as options

They are using Forgotten Realms as the initial main setting but they are going to be doing something with the other settings (Dark Sun, Eberron etc)

They are going to 'put the realms right' with an event called The Sundering' which is going to be detailed in 6 novels coming out next year I think the last one of which is written by Ed Greenwood (who was at the keynote)

They acknowledged the fact that players in the realms had complianed about NPCs overshadowing what the players characters do in the game and want to move things away from that

I'm going to monitor how things are going to go but I'm interested

And of course ..... I have a plan :)

J