D&D (2024) 50th Anniversary: 6E in 2024?

[Zsong]

Waiting excitedly for GGtG to be released.

And there will always be reprints of 1E PHB

 

[TheSword]

Has there ever been a new edition on a major anniversary? Or is this all just pie in the sky?

 

[Oofta]

Has there ever been a new edition on a major anniversary? Or is this all just pie in the sky?

Speculation pie.

 

[Zsong]

Speculation pie.

Definitely a missed opportunity if they don’t make a 6E

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Has there ever been a new edition on a major anniversary? Or is this all just pie in the sky?

Wizards' did a Silver Anniversary boxed set...

…and released 3rd edition the next year.

 

[Stormonu]

I'm through with edition churn, so I'm hoping against a 6E.

Would enjoy an Omnivolume that combined PHB, Sword Coast, Xanathar's and Tasha's content all in one volume though (with UA some new content). Same goes for a an Ultimate Monster Manual that combines MM, Volo's, Mordenkainens and various monster blocks from adventures or other content in one massive tome.

 

[Oofta]

Definitely a missed opportunity if they don’t make a 6E

One person's missed opportunity is another person's unnecessary change for the sake of change. The current edition continues to sell well, until and unless that changes pretty dramatically I don't expect a new edition. Why would they? No offense, but they don't care about a subset of people that would like a new edition. All they care is whether they can continue selling books and accessories that maximize their profit.

I have no idea when or if there will be another edition. They may decide that they won't make enough return on the investment a new edition would require in the foreseeable future, even if sales start to slow. Which they have no sign of doing yet.

So speculation pie is all it is.

 

[Marc_C]

6e will happen at some point. 2024 makes sense. No one forces you to buy the new edition. I have friends, with whom I used to play, that continue to play AD&D1. I decided to move on to 2e, 3e, 4e, and 5e. I have no plans to buy a 6e.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My suggestion is a vintage or retro version, like the revamp Strand's curse module. It would be the (updated) 5th Ed, with all the fixed errata, but with the pictures and the layout of AD&D 2nd Ed (1989). It something like the miniarcades with videogames from 80's.

WotC shouldn't publish the next edition without testing new ideas for the last years, for example new classes with special games mechanics (Tome of Magic, Tome of Battle, Magic of Incarnum). If the tests fail then the complains about broken crunch would end soon.

 

[TheSword]

Wizards' did a Silver Anniversary boxed set...

…and released 3rd edition the next year.

Interesting apparently 5e was launched on the 40th anniversary.

Everything I can see seems to be driving towards a slow release, milking the existing IP and stretching out the lifespan of products to hit as many people as possible. I feel like they have more than 3 years mileage left out of the edition but who knows.