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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7669219" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>Yeah, so they'll call it "Unearthed Arcana" or "Advanced Players Guide", or something else. A rose by another name...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know, and it's a good strategy. But nonetheless I think they'll find they hit a point where they start losing ground to whatever the "new hotness" is - be it a Pathfinder 2nd Ed, or some new game entirely, or even just a new crop of video games. People like <em>new</em> things, so if D&D stays still, I fear it will lose out.</p><p></p><p>Besides, printing a big supplement of new stuff should delay the inevitable 5.5e (or whatever they call <em>that</em>), so that's probably a good thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree, sort of. Compiling all these things together (either into a single hardbound book, or a PDF collection, or a DDI 5e) certainly does help - it means we have one source to reference rather than a scattered selection of web materials (many of which may have multiple versions).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Egon Spengler said that in Ghostbusters, 30 years ago. Yet, somehow, it's still here.</p><p></p><p>So I'll agree that print is dying, but saying it's dead is premature. Indeed, right now I think it's more likely that D&D 6e will appear in print than not.</p><p></p><p>(You're certainly right about the trends, though. A day may come when the clatter of printers fails, when we forsake all pages and break all bindings, but it is not this day! An hour of tablets, and electronic glows, when the age of print comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we read! Or something. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 7669219, member: 22424"] Yeah, so they'll call it "Unearthed Arcana" or "Advanced Players Guide", or something else. A rose by another name... I know, and it's a good strategy. But nonetheless I think they'll find they hit a point where they start losing ground to whatever the "new hotness" is - be it a Pathfinder 2nd Ed, or some new game entirely, or even just a new crop of video games. People like [i]new[/i] things, so if D&D stays still, I fear it will lose out. Besides, printing a big supplement of new stuff should delay the inevitable 5.5e (or whatever they call [i]that[/i]), so that's probably a good thing. I disagree, sort of. Compiling all these things together (either into a single hardbound book, or a PDF collection, or a DDI 5e) certainly does help - it means we have one source to reference rather than a scattered selection of web materials (many of which may have multiple versions). Egon Spengler said that in Ghostbusters, 30 years ago. Yet, somehow, it's still here. So I'll agree that print is dying, but saying it's dead is premature. Indeed, right now I think it's more likely that D&D 6e will appear in print than not. (You're certainly right about the trends, though. A day may come when the clatter of printers fails, when we forsake all pages and break all bindings, but it is not this day! An hour of tablets, and electronic glows, when the age of print comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we read! Or something. :) ) [/QUOTE]
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