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.

 

[Parmandur]

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

Nah.

 

[Remathilis]

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

We already have 2026's books on the menu and UAs for things we probably won't see until 2027. Dragonlance, Spelljammer and Planescape are all open for a second product, we haven't gotten a Tasha-like book or monster book, and only one module. At the current rate, you are predicting two additional years (8 books) before WotC throws it all away to start anew.

I don't think 6e is going to be radically different from 5e and 5.5, and I DON'T think it will be in a direction that's going to appease people who played when AC went downwards. It's going to be a larger revision of 5e, not a revolution. And everyone waiting for 6e now will be predicting 7e in 3-5 years, and then 8e shortly after that.

 

[mamba]

I don't think 6e is going to be radically different from 5e and 5.5, and I DON'T think it will be in a direction that's going to appease people who played when AC went downwards. It's going to be a larger revision of 5e, not a revolution.

agreed, I doubt it will be a whole new system and expect a larger step than 5.5 was

And everyone waiting for 6e now will be predicting 7e in 3-5 years, and then 8e shortly after that.

I am fine with a 5e base with bigger changes than 5.5 dared to make. To me they threw away most of their good ideas this time around. I wish they would have stuck with them

Even if I do not like 6e either, the reality is that we do not get a new system within 5 years of the last one, unless sales tank pretty much right away. So one can hope for a new edition, but predicting it is going against very strong odds

 

[Zardnaar]

agreed, I doubt it will be a whole new system and expect a larger step than 5.5 was


I am fine with a 5e base with bigger changes than 5.5 dared to make. To me they threw away most of their good ideas this time around. I wish they would have stuck with them

Even if I do not like 6e either, the reality is that we do not get a new system within 5 years of the last one, unless sales tank pretty much right away. So one can hope for a new edition, but predicting it is going against very strong odds

I don't think we will get a 5 year ir less cycle.

Sales would have to tank for tgatvto happen.

Earliest 6E I think would be 2031. I'm expecting it by 2034 at the latest.

Could be wrong.

Think ive got about 3 years left in 5.5. This campaign, next one maybe 1 more.