I’m guessing that this edition didn’t have the legs that WotC was hoping.Įnter 2014. Characters all felt very similar, upper level battles could take extremely long, and to play the game it was required to use a grid (battle mat). Regardless of how you felt about the edition, no one can argue that the edition was a perfect RPG. Reviews of this edition ranged from “I love it” to “Wizards has destroyed a legacy”. In 2007, Wizards of the Coast released what was probably the most polarizing edition of their flagship RPG, DnD’s 4th Edition. Whether you heard about this role playing game (RPG) from pop culture references on TV, from an absurdly humorous pamphlet handed to you in the 80s, or just as a gamer yourself, Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) has long since been a staple on our gaming tabletops.Īt Gen Con 2014, publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC) released the 5th edition of this tabletop staple after more than a year of open play testing. I’ll wager that you don’t have to be much of a gamer to have heard of Dungeons and Dragons.

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