WotC WotC Winter 2026 D&D Community Survey

[Clint_L]

All I can say is D&D is moving in a direction I do not care to follow once again. They lost me during 4E and are again losing me with 5.5.

Seems for one thing they care more about age than whether you play or not - the latter should have been the first question, followed up by WHICH version are you playing? Then WHY that version? I think age should be the least of their concerns, if at all.

From a marketing perspective, new and young players are the priority. And players our age are a very small percentage of the player base; this board is not representative. If I'm WotC, I'm far more interested in what a 20 year is thinking than a 57 year old like me.

 

[Clint_L]

The question isn't so much "Do [we] trust WotC to do right by [us}?", it's "Do we trust WotC to do right by the game in general?"; and to that, other than their brief period of ownership before Hasbro bought them out, the answer is a somewhat reluctant "No."

Not to me. I think 5.5e, though not my perfect version, is the best published version of the game and I'm running two campaigns in it. I love DnDBeyond, and think WotC have been very good stewards of the game.

 

[Zaukrie]

Not to me. I think 5.5e, though not my perfect version, is the best published version of the game and I'm running two campigns in it. I love DnDBeyond, and think WotC have been very good stewards of the game.

This is mostly how I feel.

 

[Lanefan]

James Wyatt, Wes Schneider, Makenzie De Armas, and most importantly Justice Ramin Arman are all still around and making the game. I don't expect they will change the game again until 2034.

I'm standing by my forecast from last year (or two years ago?): 6e playtest starts in 2029. 6e release at GenCon 2031.