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What name would you like the next iteration of D&D to bear?
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<blockquote data-quote="migo" data-source="post: 5781676" data-attributes="member: 29096"><p>It isn't necessarily 5th edition, I'm not even sure 3e was correctly named as such. It was such a departure from AD&D2e that it's a different variation, rather than a different edition.</p><p></p><p>You've got OD&D which is Variation 1, AD&D which is Variation 2, BECMI/RCD&D which is Variation 3, d20 (3e/3.5) which is Variation 4, 4e/Essentials which is Variation 5, and this upcoming version would be Variation 6.</p><p></p><p>For V2, you've got 2 editions, (AD&D 2nd edition is properly an edition of the same game, given you could play with both editions and not have much trouble, and given the way editions are used for textbooks, 2eRevised would be the 3rd edition due to the layout changes). For V3 you've got 4 editions (B, B/X, BECMI, RC/WI), For V4 you've got 2 editions again, and V5 another 2 editions. Putting the upcoming game as actually being the 13th edition of the game. </p><p></p><p>Just calling it Dungeons & Dragons, and avoiding calling it 5th Ed really makes the most sense. If they succeed in their goal, I'd go with colloquially calling it D&D United/Umbrella D&D/etc so either UD&D or D&DU. If they fail.... who really cares?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="migo, post: 5781676, member: 29096"] It isn't necessarily 5th edition, I'm not even sure 3e was correctly named as such. It was such a departure from AD&D2e that it's a different variation, rather than a different edition. You've got OD&D which is Variation 1, AD&D which is Variation 2, BECMI/RCD&D which is Variation 3, d20 (3e/3.5) which is Variation 4, 4e/Essentials which is Variation 5, and this upcoming version would be Variation 6. For V2, you've got 2 editions, (AD&D 2nd edition is properly an edition of the same game, given you could play with both editions and not have much trouble, and given the way editions are used for textbooks, 2eRevised would be the 3rd edition due to the layout changes). For V3 you've got 4 editions (B, B/X, BECMI, RC/WI), For V4 you've got 2 editions again, and V5 another 2 editions. Putting the upcoming game as actually being the 13th edition of the game. Just calling it Dungeons & Dragons, and avoiding calling it 5th Ed really makes the most sense. If they succeed in their goal, I'd go with colloquially calling it D&D United/Umbrella D&D/etc so either UD&D or D&DU. If they fail.... who really cares? [/QUOTE]
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