Dungeons and Dragons

I am working on a fantasy role playing game have been looking at rules to use for running it and like what I have been hearing about the new edition of Dungeons and Dragons. The complaints about it are that they have simplified it and made it more miniatures based, both of which appeal to me as I found the last edition to be pretty convoluted and with mechanics that made the game more about playing the rules than running a roleplaying game. As Chort is off next week would anyone mind a quick playtest of the rules? This wouldn’t be a campaign just a quick run through to look a the mechanics of the game.

Wired liked the new rules

Scifi dot Com likes it

Some thoughts from the Chatty DM based on play

Edited to add: Found someone that hates it

There is a lot of mention of people hating it, but I couldn’t find any really bad reviews in a quick search, I suspect a lot of the hate is message boards, where hate is the native mode for many. Anyway, anyone mind a quick rules playtest on Monday?