Wizards of the Coast let's you try out 4e D&D free!

DaveyB · Post by **DaveyB** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:35 pm

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.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:39 pm

Some of us already know. I posted this in TLG's "Other Games" forum.
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DaveyB · Post by **DaveyB** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:40 pm

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!

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:40 pm

Which is where this topic is going to go.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:38 am

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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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:14 am

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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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:45 am

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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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:51 am

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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Zebulon · Post by **Zebulon** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:56 pm

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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ChaosImp · Post by **ChaosImp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:57 pm

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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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:37 pm

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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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat May 02, 2009 5:50 pm

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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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Sat May 02, 2009 6:53 pm

Well, if we're judging by page count alone, C&C and most other quick starts break the 20 page mark as well.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:08 pm

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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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:02 pm

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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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Mon May 04, 2009 3:04 am

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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Benoist · Post by **Benoist** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:28 pm

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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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:44 am

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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JRR · Post by **JRR** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:39 am

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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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:07 am

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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TheMetal1 · Post by **TheMetal1** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:20 pm

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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