Friday, 10 July 2009
Hoarding
I stopped at my FLGS today and picked up some key items still on the shelves for WFRP:
- Night's Dark Masters
- Terror in Talabheim
- Spires of Altdorf
The rumor, even the idea, of a 3rd Edition of WFRP, that feels or plays like D&D 4e, well, terrifies me and the two gentlemen looking over Dark Heresy on the same shelf. When I mentioned the rumor, both looked at me like I was insane (I did have to explain who Graham McNeill and Jay Little were, which impressed and added a dash of "authority"). Both said they wouldn't buy a WFRP 3rd Edition that radically departed from the current system, especially one that was D&D 4e wrapped in a dark fantasy setting.
And neither will I.
Taking the rumor at face value, my current belief is that FFG is doing this without talking to the players and referees that are the foundation the WFRP community. The Liber Fanatica audience. The Adolphus Altdorfer audience. FFG is so excited about the development, they are forgetting to talk to the buyers. When the internal focus groups are earning the dollar, the groups can become "Yes echoes." If internally—and folks like Graham McNeill count—all you have is people repeating your own belief of success, you may just believe you cannot fail.
It has failed. WFRP 3rd Edition is a non-starter for me.
So, I'll hoard for a new Dark Age. And continue play the game I love.
