D&D (2024) What will One D&D Eventually Be Commonly Called

[Micah Sweet]

I'm calling it 6e in all my correspondence, primarily because Level Up is the one true 5.5e for me.

 

[Cadence]

I'm calling it 6e in all my correspondence, primarily because Level Up is the one true 5.5e for me.

You could do 5e, one=5.5, and A5e=5.75. Positions it for much success if PF1 was 3.75.

 

[JEB]

The only catch with "50th Anniversary Edition" is that it doesn't age well - by the time of the 55th anniversary or whatever it automatically sounds "old". An edition number is more ambiguous.

EDIT: But they might be able to get away with just "Anniversary Edition".

 

[MarkB]

The only catch with "50th Anniversary Edition" is that it doesn't age well - by the time of the 55th anniversary or whatever it automatically sounds "old". An edition number is more ambiguous.

EDIT: But they might be able to get away with just "Anniversary Edition".

AnniE for short.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The only catch with "50th Anniversary Edition" is that it doesn't age well - by the time of the 55th anniversary or whatever it automatically sounds "old". An edition number is more ambiguous.

EDIT: But they might be able to get away with just "Anniversary Edition".

My guess is that we get a 2024 anniversary special edition, with a special cover treatment (gold foil on the letters, for instance) and maybe gold edges on the pages, and then in 2025, that goes away and they stop referring to the anniversary. The 2024 folks get a nice souvenir but WotC doesn't put emphasis on it much after that. (People will be a lot less excited about the 55th, 60th, 65th and 70th anniversaries.)

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I think WotC calling it the "Anniversary Edition" is pretty likely. An anniversary is a good reason for why there is a new version of the core rulebooks, while leaving it ambiguous if there's a new version of the game, which seems to be what WotC is going for with 1D&D.

5.5 is probably the likely player nomenclature. It will be natural for those of us who experienced 3.5, and the term will spread to newer gamers assuming there's no other obvious term to use.

 

[Parmandur]

The only catch with "50th Anniversary Edition" is that it doesn't age well - by the time of the 55th anniversary or whatever it automatically sounds "old". An edition number is more ambiguous.

EDIT: But they might be able to get away with just "Anniversary Edition".

People will only call it thst in analytical stuff like we do here: most it will be "D&D"

 

[aco175]

I'm thinking Anniversary Edition as well. Gamers will likely call it 5.5 or 5.50. I can see people saying they are playing D&D five-fifty. I might call it five-fiddy.

 

[dave2008]

Dungeons and Dragons

Now, what will the small print on the back of the cover will say I am not sure, but I am guessing something like: anniversary fifth edition

 

[Osgood]

I think Anniversary edition is most likely the official name, though given it’s a 50th anniversary (and more anniversaries are yet to come) I think Gold edition is a real possibility.
I expect many who were around during the 3.5 era will call it 5.5, but given the explosive popularity 5E has enjoyed that will be a relatively small group. Perhaps even to the point of getting confused looks when you use the term around younger fans, at least until one of them whispers to the rest of them and they all have looks of realization… then they smile politely and ask if you need help using your phone to call your grandkids (you pull out your flip phone to explain you know how to use it just fine and the confused looks return).