D&D: Lore and Legends - Time to Celebrate 5E?

The OGL scandal forced me to find alternatives to 5e and I was opened up to a world of fun! So some curses are a bliss. Now I'm running 3 different campaigns with 3 different systems.

Wizards of the Coast is not “the creators of D&D.”

I switched to other systems and games long before the scandals. I also don't intend to support WOTC greed anymore. There is a lot more fun with other systems. That being said, it makes me really happy that the OSR scene is thriving.

Thanks Nate! Another informative review as always. Yeah, will give this one a miss but you've reminded me to pick up Art and Arcana! Thanks again dude, hope you're doing well.

5th edition will always have a place in D&D history as the edition that saved Dungeons & Dragons role playing game from the deathspiral that came with 4th edition. I agree if you have the Art & Arcana you dont really need this new book, but if you love 5th edition and feel deep for it, and do have the money...well perhaps it is a fair deal to get this book for yourself or a gift to a gamemaster who have given your group a lot of fun over the years, i am sure he or she would love such a gift.

I bet Dave Arnison isn't mentioned even once 😡

Nice video. Thanks Nate.

Thanks for the gift

Thanks Nate! I agree with your recommendation but for someone who started playing recently, Lore & Legends is a good addendum. Maybe Wizards should produce similar books but wait 15 years or more.

They say that the winners write the history books.

Thanks for the great video, Nate! I always appreciate your honesty!

Just ordered this yesterday. Should be here tomorrow. Sorry I found this video. Sounds like 5e was successful overall. Don’t forget WoTC bought TSR. Then Hasbto bought WoTC.

That's cool I have the Art and Arcana book too

Loved and still loving the game since 1992. I own the first book (amazing) and will purchase this one. Let's celebrate Dnd ! :face-red-heart-shape:

Hi Nate, nice review - I bought it as I also found Art and Arcana a great product and expected something similar. But I was slightly disappointed - same reasons you laid out very well. Over all if had the feeling of a advertising of the product catalog, and I wondered why I need to pay for it.

It looks more like a fancy product catalog than a coffee table book.

Despite its blunders, D&D 5e did help the TTRPG industry in more ways than one. We can celebrate the fact that the Old School Renaissance and other systems had a huge boom because of 5e blunders. All jokes aside, 5e was the stepping stone of two new generations of players; the younger millennials and Gen Z. We cannot blame WotC for bringing more people into the hobby. However, we can blame WotC for some subpar material and horrible PR nightmares surrounding the vastly important community. I do not have Art & Arcana yet. I may have to put that on my Xmas wishlist. However, this Lore & Legends; not certain yet.

I still have a copy of the original Chainmail. Them polyhedra dice are long gone.

D&D had its time. Now it’s time to expand into brighter futures. The king is dead. Long live the king.

TBH this is really isn't unprecedented - TSR used to do this with its art back in that era. Far from having me move to other systems uninformed, the whole OGL debacle had me re-visit the WIDER developments in the history of ttrpgs to see how we all got here as a hobby. It's nothing new - and follow clear patterns that were there for those in the know. D20 based resolution mechanic games have been in existence in some from or another for DECADES - and some other resolution mechanic games just as long. I hope it all doesn't get ingored when solely focused on one corporation and its shenanigans over how a rule set is licensed. Chasing the latest greatest in ruleset perfection can sometimes be a fools errand when it all gets abandoned too. And you're left with orphaned print books that take shelf space not getting used. Anyway great video - been a long time sub but sadly not always a regular viewer - keep up the great wok anyway.