The Game That Started It All: A Look at Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition

Cody Bye · 04-22-2008, 11:07 PM

The game that inspired the MMORPG movement has finally decided to go digital. It's been a long time coming, but Dungeons & Dragons is almost ready to enter the digital realm in it's purest form: a true conversion of the tabletop experience. At the New York Comic-Con, Garrett Fuller sat down with the D&D 4th Edition developers to see what the hub-bub was all about and received an inside look into the game!

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One of the highlights that showed up in the play session was the stat called Bloodied. If you lose half your hit points then you fall into the Bloodied category. There are some players and monsters who can take great advantage of this stat both on the bad and good side of the fight. Also many of the skills from the paladin and cleric not only damaged monsters, they also healed players at the same time. This type of hybrid system really made the decisions on what to do fun. The game has become very skill based and deciding when to use those skills is a critical factor for players and DMs alike.

Check out the entire D&D 4th Edition article by clicking here!

Will you be picking up the 4th Edition of D&D? Or are you sticking with a past version? Let us know!

awkusmc · 04-25-2008, 11:59 AM

My first post here...

Is there a release date or is it out... or a projected release date?

I use to play way back when... and I am excited about the prospect seeing the Interactive version.

Having not seen much of the interactive version of D&D... I'm more than curious to see a sample or download of it.

Having DMed the old fashion way... this would be wonderful to have.

Cody Bye · 04-25-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by awkusmc

My first post here...

Is there a release date or is it out... or a projected release date?

I use to play way back when... and I am excited about the prospect seeing the Interactive version.

Having not seen much of the interactive version of D&D... I'm more than curious to see a sample or download of it.

Having DMed the old fashion way... this would be wonderful to have.

Welcome to the Ten Ton Hammer forums!

The release date is June 8, 2008. I'm pretty sure that's 100% confirmed.

Rocqu · 04-25-2008, 12:18 PM

Great interview Cody. As you know I've been waiting in anticipation for you to get around to getting this done. Can't wait for the game. I may not buy it at release as I'll probably wait for more modules to come out first. Looks like a fun game though.

Cody Bye · 04-25-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocqu

Great interview Cody. As you know I've been waiting in anticipation for you to get around to getting this done. Can't wait for the game. I may not buy it at release as I'll probably wait for more modules to come out first. Looks like a fun game though.

Actually Garrett did the interview. I didn't go to NYCC, unfortunately. I would've loved to get my hands on the game.

Kertain · 04-25-2008, 01:56 PM

My gaming group will be trying 4th edition later on this year.

Right now we are playing Dark Heresy and Vampire: Dark Ages..but I look forward to some good old fashion dungeon crawling

AstroCat · 04-25-2008, 05:27 PM

I've tried 4E and like it. Our group will be switching over as soon as we can wrap up our current campaigns.

Cody Bye · 04-25-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kertain

My gaming group will be trying 4th edition later on this year.

Right now we are playing Dark Heresy and Vampire: Dark Ages..but I look forward to some good old fashion dungeon crawling

Never played V: DA - do you like the new White Wolf stuff? I'm starting a Werewolf game in about two weeks.

Zer078 · 04-25-2008, 06:35 PM

Any1 know when we can buy the new rule books?

AstroCat · 04-25-2008, 06:36 PM

June 6th I believe. Although in May a module is coming out which has a kind of quick start guide, so you can start before the books.