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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:29 pm
Post subject: Advance warning about 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Advance warning about 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Peter Knutsen <peter.RemoveThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
> How far in advance of publication date did WotC actually tell us about
> 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0?
3.0, the hype started about a year before release. And they gave good,
useful information about it (in Dragon, at least).
3.5, IIRC it was months rather than a year. ISTR hearing about it in
late fall 2002, while working with the PCGen project, and they would've
been keeping a closer eye on things that I would've been otherwise.
4.0, about 10 months or so, I think.
Keith
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:58 pm
Post subject: Re: Advance warning about 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Keith Davies wrote:
> Peter Knutsen <peter.TakeThisOut@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>>How far in advance of publication date did WotC actually tell us about
>>3.0, 3.5 and 4.0?
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> 3.0, the hype started about a year before release. And they gave good,
> useful information about it (in Dragon, at least).
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> 3.5, IIRC it was months rather than a year. ISTR hearing about it in
Sure, but how many months? 3 months is a lot different from 8 months or
10 months, even if it doesn't get anywhere near the 18 month advance
warning that Hero Games has just issued about 6th edition.
> late fall 2002, while working with the PCGen project, and they would've
> been keeping a closer eye on things that I would've been otherwise.
Do you remember the publication month?
> 4.0, about 10 months or so, I think.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:33 pm
Post subject: Re: Advance warning about 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Mere moments before death, Peter Knutsen <peter.TakeThisOut@sagatafl.invalid>
hastily scrawled:
>Keith Davies wrote:
>> Peter Knutsen <peter.TakeThisOut@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>>>How far in advance of publication date did WotC actually tell us about
>>>3.0, 3.5 and 4.0?
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>> 3.0, the hype started about a year before release. And they gave good,
>> useful information about it (in Dragon, at least).
>>
>> 3.5, IIRC it was months rather than a year. ISTR hearing about it in
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>Sure, but how many months? 3 months is a lot different from 8 months or
>10 months, even if it doesn't get anywhere near the 18 month advance
>warning that Hero Games has just issued about 6th edition.
It was also a half-edition. 3.5 was largely the same game as 3.0, and
many people were already doing alot of the things 3.5 changed anyway.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:48 pm
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Peter Knutsen <peter.DeleteThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
> Keith Davies wrote:
>> Peter Knutsen <peter.DeleteThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
>>>How far in advance of publication date did WotC actually tell us about
>>>3.0, 3.5 and 4.0?
>>
>> 3.0, the hype started about a year before release. And they gave good,
>> useful information about it (in Dragon, at least).
>>
>> 3.5, IIRC it was months rather than a year. ISTR hearing about it in
>> late fall 2002, while working with the PCGen project, and they would've
>> been keeping a closer eye on things that I would've been otherwise.
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> Sure, but how many months? 3 months is a lot different from 8 months or
> 10 months, even if it doesn't get anywhere near the 18 month advance
> warning that Hero Games has just issued about 6th edition.
In fact, I think it might've been about eight months. I'm pretty sure I
heard about it in the fall or late fall.
> Do you remember the publication month?
End of July, IIRC. I bought my van in August, after attending
GenCon2003, which is when the 3.5 books hit the street.
Keith
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