D&D General Are you aware that the New Edition (5.5 whatever) is a part of the 50th Anniversary of D&D?

[Stormonu]

The alt 2E covers are my favorite of any edition.

May have just been my neck of the woods but 3.5E did well here. It was the "cleaned up and much needed revised" edition. I see 5.5 as the same thing. A much needed fresh coat of paint and structure updating. Wasn't to long ago people were complaining about the basic core Ranger in the 5E book.

The hardcover 2E revised MM was the only one of value to me, but my cousins first foray into D&D was with the revised 2E covers.

3.5E didn't do so well down here, at least for the core books - our FLGS at the time got no preorders for the books and at the local Cons I went to that year no one was playing D&D at all. I think it was about 6-8 months down the road before I picked up my own copies. Only to pick up the leatherbound 3.5E PHB w/ errata some time later...

As for 5E, I'm pretty happy with the books I have as is, though this new DMG has really got my interest.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

The hardcover 2E revised MM was the only one of value to me, but my cousins first foray into D&D was with the revised 2E covers.

3.5E didn't do so well down here, at least for the core books - our FLGS at the time got no preorders for the books and at the local Cons I went to that year no one was playing D&D at all. I think it was about 6-8 months down the road before I picked up my own copies. Only to pick up the leatherbound 3.5E PHB w/ errata some time later...

As for 5E, I'm pretty happy with the books I have as is, though this new DMG has really got my interest.

For a long while I have said I was only interested in the dmg.

Their marketing and art has moved the dial a bit on phb…my pals are less optimistic than I am.

 

[CleverNickName]

My money is on 6e in 5 years or less. But then again, I did not see the value of a camera on my phone initially

Ah, that old chestnut. Folks around here have been saying "in five years" every single year for over a decade:

It's going to be a success and a 'failure' in the same way that every other edition is. It'll have its fans, it'll have its detractors, the core books will sell like hot cakes, and then sales will slide until WotC decides it's time for 6e in about five years.

Whether 5E "reunites" the player base or not... it doesn't matter. 6E will be released in 5 years time regardless.

Do not be shocked when 6e is announced in 2017*, regardless of how successful 5e was or was not.). I don't have any abstract interest in the D&D brand

*posted in 2012

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Ah, that old chestnut. Where have I heard this before?
Oh right, folks around here have been saying this for over a decade:

I clarified it was a guess and as a fan of 5e not due to negativity but more market saturation and current satisfaction.

Also I never said anything like this with 5e…

In 5 years let me know you were right and sales are still rockin’! I will still get to play what I like and you can have smug self satisfaction. Win-win or something

 

[CleverNickName]

I clarified it was a guess and as a fan of 5e not due to negativity but more market saturation and current satisfaction.

Also I never said anything like this with 5e…

In 5 years let me know you were right and sales are still rockin’! I will still get to play what I like and you can have smug self satisfaction. Win-win or something

I wasn't trying to be smug, I was trying to be reassuring! 6E isn't a thing. It's just a myth, nothing to worry about.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I wasn't trying to be smug, I was trying to be reassuring! 6E isn't a thing. It's just a myth, nothing to worry about.

Cool…I am just jaded. I am hoping it’s not…

Maybe I should weight rh last decade more heavily that the years that preceded it

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Wait until everyone realizes how many of the characters in interior art are in scenes recreating John Hughes movies.

I have so many questions, Microsoft Designer.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Ah, that old chestnut. Folks around here have been saying "in five years" every single year for over a decade:

Heh heh... how long ago was my post you quoted from? I presume I was making a joke saying that 6E was going to come in 5 years from whenever it was I posted it, but couldn't tell you when that was if my life depended on it, LOL.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Adding nostalgia bait for Gen X is just another marketing angle.

It was a marketing angle in 2014 when Hasbro execs wanted to shelve the whole thing and the design team had to promise they could get their old player base back from Pathfinder. Their 4e strategy and failed and they needed to draw in all the old players.

Today it's at least a little weird to do that. Gen X is not some deep market. We're not the people watching actual plays as far as I'm aware. We're a small generation compared to millenials. Our kids are mostly still in college (and many of the older ones are still living at home). We're middle age adults so we don't have a particularly large amount of disposable income that we're willing to spend on games. The 35 and younger crowd was 75% of the market last time I recall they published those numbers.

So why are they targeting 45 and up? The D&D cartoon doesn't even hold up! It's a bad 80s commercialized cartoon.

 

[Reynard]

We're middle age adults so we don't have a particularly large amount of disposable income that we're willing to spend on games.

The what now?