New Posts For Thread: Playtester Profile - Matt Jameshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_JamesWe sat down with freelance designer Matt James and talked D&D Next in this week's Playtester Profile!A combination of multiple editions that are optional so players have the option to play more old school or more new school. Chain Mail was the founding of the minatures game and inspiration for D&D. It became something more than that, but always alhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_James?post_id=526133581#526133581A combination of multiple editions that are optional so players have the option to play more old school or more new school. Chain Mail was the founding of the minatures game and inspiration for D&D. It became something more than that, but always alFri, 16 Nov 2012 19:13:12 -0600A combination of multiple editions that are optional so players have the option to play more old school or more new school. Chain Mail was the founding of the minatures game and inspiration for D&D. It became something more than that, but always alhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_James?post_id=526132653#526132653A combination of multiple editions that are optional so players have the option to play more old school or more new school. Chain Mail was the founding of the minatures game and inspiration for D&D. It became something more than that, but always alFri, 16 Nov 2012 18:02:23 -0600I'm 31. Most of my playing time spans 2.5 and 3.x. Just because I have played OD&D doesn't mean that I am from that era. I might not have been as clear in my interview Also, I goofed in my hastily answered question to WotC. The original classes werehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_James?post_id=526130927#526130927I'm 31. Most of my playing time spans 2.5 and 3.x. Just because I have played OD&D doesn't mean that I am from that era. I might not have been as clear in my interview Also, I goofed in my hastily answered question to WotC. The original classes wereFri, 16 Nov 2012 16:50:28 -0600And 4e's skills system was an evolution of 3e's, designed to eliminate the fact that high level heroes tended to be all-or-nothing when it came to character capabilities. D&D has always been a miniatures game being derived from tactical wargaming, ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_James?post_id=526130911#526130911And 4e's skills system was an evolution of 3e's, designed to eliminate the fact that high level heroes tended to be all-or-nothing when it came to character capabilities. D&D has always been a miniatures game being derived from tactical wargaming, aFri, 16 Nov 2012 16:50:04 -0600I find it amusing that someone could care about 3.5 and not care about OD&D and AD&D, considering that 3.5 is deeply rooted from its past and 4e is not.[/quote]4e draws on many of the things that were ideas in 3e's time. I'm not really sure how youhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29497325/Playtester_Profile_-_Matt_James?post_id=526128799#526128799I find it amusing that someone could care about 3.5 and not care about OD&D and AD&D, considering that 3.5 is deeply rooted from its past and 4e is not.[/quote]4e draws on many of the things that were ideas in 3e's time. I'm not really sure how youFri, 16 Nov 2012 15:46:21 -0600