D&D 5E Volo's 5e vs Tasha's 5e where do you see 5e heading?

[ph0rk]

1) Retain 2E-ish levels of backwards-compatibility with 5E adventures.

2) Implement a relatively cautious 6E that's more like 1E-2E than any other edition change, implementing all the ideas they're half-implementing in 5E, and fixing some stuff.

Which would make them tons and tons of money.

 

[Yaarel]

I do think we may eventually see another RPG with a different system from them, because of the vast potential for selling it the now-vast base of D&D players, but not for a while yet.

I am under the impression that a new system is on its way. But I dont think it will interfere with D&D 5e.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I am under the impression that a new system is on its way. But I dont think it will interfere with D&D 5e.

What is the source of this impression?

 

[Yaarel]

What is the source of this impression?

If I remember correctly. Mearls was out of sight working on a project, and my impression of the project was, maybe something scifi-ish with a non-5e system. But Mearls is also working on branding for movies, tv shows, video games, and so on. So I am unclear about what he is doing.

 

[Reynard]

If I remember correctly. Mearls was out of sight working on a project, and my impression of the project was, maybe something scifi-ish with a non-5e system. But Mearls is also working on branding for movies, tv shows, video games, and so on. So I am unclear about what he is doing.

I think it is the tabletop tie in to whatever the sci-fi CRPG is they are making.

 

[ph0rk]

Sort of apropos but sort of not, Mearls kind of sort of already gave us a psion in 5e.

Though I’d argue not quite, because they’re still tied to spell slots.

 

[Hatmatter]

That is not to say there will be no new editions but I would expect to see then trialled in another format, a sci-fi game or some such.

Well said. I concur. Also, I would love to see Wizards publish a new rpg, especially a sci-fi one!

 

[Parmandur]

Evergreen was the approach when 5E was an apology edition that WotC was afraid wasn't even going to win back PF players or hold on to 4E players.

Evergreen is unlikely to be the approach when you've been seeing 33% year on year growth and allegedly have 50m+ players.

Evergreen is a strategy that Hasbro is extremely familiar with.

 

[ph0rk]

Evergreen is a strategy that Hasbro is extremely familiar with.

Oh?

Is this a new development, or did they also understand evergreen in 1999?

Also: evergreen and trading card game are two flavors that do not taste great together.

 

[Parmandur]

They can't keep releasing stuff that makes bits of the core books deprecated if they plan for them to remain evergreen.

I think the evergreen thing really just meant the life of the edition; not for all time. Maybe they think they meant for all time, but I don't see Hasbro (or whoever WotC gets sold to in the future) will really let that happen.

They explicitly compared the Evergreen approach to Settlers of Catan or Monopoly. That's for all time, slow and steady. And it is doable, particularly since the real money is in merchandising.