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Wizards of the Coast let's you try out 4e D&D free!
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:35 pm
by DaveyB
Not sure how to take this or if one should read anything into it, but Wizards is offering it's quickstart rules and the full module "Keep on the Shadowfell" for free on their site here. Not sure how long this is going on, but if anyone wanted to try out 4e D&D for free from levels 1-3, there ya' go.
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:39 pm
by Treebore
Some of us already know. I posted this in TLG's "Other Games" forum.
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:40 pm
by DaveyB
Treebore wrote:
Some of us already know. I posted this in TLG's "Other Games" forum.
Whoops, knew I shoulda' checked there first! I'll delete this or a mod can delete it if they choose. Sorry for the cross-post!
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:40 pm
by gideon_thorne
Which is where this topic is going to go.
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:38 am
by Omote
Hey, at least Wizards is offering something free. Unfortunatlely it's not old D&D stuff, but it's a start.
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:14 am
by Treebore
Omote wrote:
Hey, at least Wizards is offering something free. Unfortunatlely it's not old D&D stuff, but it's a start.
-O
Free old D&D stuff from WOTC:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:45 am
by Omote
Ooh, I thought they took those down with the retracting of the .pdf thing. Coolio. Thanks. There's some stuff in there I still dont have yet.
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Re: Wizards of the Coast let's you try out 4e D&D free!
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:51 am
by dutch206
DaveyB wrote:
Not sure how to take this or if one should read anything into it, but Wizards is offering it's quickstart rules and the full module "Keep on the Shadowfell" for free on their site here. Not sure how long this is going on, but if anyone wanted to try out 4e D&D for free from levels 1-3, there ya' go.
I am sure this decision went over quite well with people who paid full price for Keep on the Shadowfell.
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Re: Wizards of the Coast let's you try out 4e D&D free!
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:56 pm
by Zebulon
DaveyB wrote:
if anyone wanted to try out 4e D&D for free
For free? Not enough. I would try 4e only if they did pay me for it. And my fees would be high for such a tedious task...
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:57 pm
by ChaosImp
Quick Start? Its 27 pages long! After reading a few pages I realised how fortunate we are that C&C exists.
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:37 pm
by Treebore
Omote wrote:
Ooh, I thought they took those down with the retracting of the .pdf thing. Coolio. Thanks. There's some stuff in there I still dont have yet.
-O
The ONLY reason I can still find them is because I bookmarked them. You will not find them through their current board system.
Edit: let me rephrase that, I wasn't able to find them via their current board system.
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 5:50 pm
by Lord Dynel
ChaosImp wrote:
Quick Start? Its 27 pages long! After reading a few pages I realised how fortunate we are that C&C exists.
IMP
Amen brother. I actually bought it when it was originally released. After about 5 minutes of reading through, I was wondering what was "Quick Start" about them. And yeah, I'm certainly glad for CnC!
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:53 pm
by DangerDwarf
Well, if we're judging by page count alone, C&C and most other quick starts break the 20 page mark as well.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:08 pm
by Treebore
DangerDwarf wrote:
Well, if we're judging by page count alone, C&C and most other quick starts break the 20 page mark as well.
Thats what I was thinking. If this PDF is like the one in the Starter boxed set, the full page count is not just about rules, it has basic DMing advice too. Maybe even some pre gens.
Hell, I'll browse through it now...
Page 16 onward is pre gens. So the rules, which includes lists of some skills, feats, and powerz, only takes up 15 pages.
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:02 pm
by Lord Dynel
I think the layout is different than the print product. I remember the "quick start" booklet was actually pretty small, and I di remember being impressed. But up opening the main module booklet, there was more pages of rules. Didn't count the actual pages, though. I'd guess around 20 or so actual rules. So just like CnC, I reckon.
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Re: Wizards of the Coast let's you try out 4e D&D free!
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:04 am
by Maliki
dutch206 wrote:
I am sure this decision went over quite well with people who paid full price for Keep on the Shadowfell.
I'm one of those who had to waste money to find out I didn't like it.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:28 pm
by Benoist
Jesus. I remember you Maliki from ENWord back when there wasn't any 4e. We lost a good company of people with the edition change, this time around. I'm Odhanan there.
As for the Quick Start stuff here, yeah. Not nearly "quick start" enough for me too.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:44 am
by Maliki
Benoist wrote:
Jesus. I remember you Maliki from ENWord back when there wasn't any 4e. We lost a good company of people with the edition change, this time around. I'm Odhanan there.
As for the Quick Start stuff here, yeah. Not nearly "quick start" enough for me too.
Wow, thats quite a memory, I havn't been on ENWorld in ages, and even when I was I was not nearly as active as I am here, or Dragonsfoot.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:39 am
by JRR
Whoopee. Y'all are welcome to drink from my toilet for free, as well. But I should warn you, I had tacos tonight.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:07 am
by Lord Dynel
JRR wrote:
Whoopee. Y'all are welcome to drink from my toilet for free, as well. But I should warn you, I had tacos tonight.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:20 pm
by TheMetal1
JRR wrote:
Whoopee. Y'all are welcome to drink from my toilet for free, as well. But I should warn you, I had tacos tonight.