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| Alisttair |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 13:55:14
So unless I am too tired and have missed it, I didn't notice a thread on this subject but saw it mentioned in some other threads (being noted that it needed its own thread).
WotC is moving D&D products more and more into the digital world. Word is that NO Forgotten Realms products other than the three this year will be published, and so any new lore will be for Dragon (and Dungeon) online. No more books to put on your bookshelf...
So how does everyone feel about this? Personally, I love the smell of a brand new book as I open its pages for the first time, soaking in all the lore it has to offer. My bookshelves look great as I look at them with all the books lined up and sorted according to region.
Now I am not opposed to extra lore that I have to get on the computer, but if this becomes the ONLY new FR lore, well, my bookcase will become very sad indeed (its like a Dragon's hoard - always needing more to be added to it). |
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| The Red Walker |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 17:41:29
Books = Rpg
Computer = Mmorpg(or what ever that acronym may be at the moment!)
But, yes a bookshelf makes a nice place to store your laptop whilst reading a good book! |
| Markustay |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 17:02:56
BOOKS are the Meat & Potatoes of RPGs - without them, the game loses that 'collectible' factor that has always been part of the genre. An RPG that moves away from that paradigm is doomed to failure with the fans.
It may find it's own, new niche, but it doesn't fit the mold of what RPGers have been doing and playing with for the last thirty years. |
| Ayunken-vanzan |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 14:34:24
As a librarian, I prefer books over files on a computer. You need something to hold into your hands and to leave through. As nice a fully searchable document is (especially when there are no indexes in the printed version ...), I prefer reading a book over reading on a monitor. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 14:33:39
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
WotC is moving D&D products more and more into the digital world. Word is that NO Forgotten Realms products other than the three this year will be published, and so any new lore will be for Dragon (and Dungeon) online. No more books to put on your bookshelf...
Well, no more books are planned at this time. Never say never--WotC hasn't promised that they'd never make more books.
Let us all pray together to whatever god we worship (except Mystra since she's dead  ) that FR Sourcebooks WILL be in the works! |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 14:14:39
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair
WotC is moving D&D products more and more into the digital world. Word is that NO Forgotten Realms products other than the three this year will be published, and so any new lore will be for Dragon (and Dungeon) online. No more books to put on your bookshelf...
Well, no more books are planned at this time. Never say never--WotC hasn't promised that they'd never make more books. |
