D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article)

Charlaquin · Wednesday at 8:10 PM

AlViking said:
I'm not going to argue about the speculation, but I think the "...there’s evidence that suggests it hasn’t quite been the home run WotC was hoping for" for example is speculation reframed as fact. There were some people claiming evidence such as book scan numbers that have been thoroughly debunked.

Even if you disagree with that possibility, it’s only one of five mentioned in the article, and you seem to be dismissing the entire article based on it.

AlViking said:
The conclusion of the article is also pretty much standard doom and gloom of D&D losing market share for reasons. They may lose market share, they may gain, honestly we don't really know.

I don’t get that from the article at all. Taken as a whole, the message of the article seems to me to be “there are a lot of possible reasons WotC might not have announced anything for 2026 yet, and even if there ends up being a gap in the releases, 3PP can fill that gap.” Perhaps you and I are inclined to read the article with different degrees of charitability.

AlViking said:
I could just as easily speculate that HASBRO has been taken over by Martians and are currently laying the groundwork for invasion. That would be slightly less plausible but it's just speculation, right?

It’s not speculation about any relevant current events though. This article is. And, again, apart from one, arguably two possible reasons given here, all of it is based on observed facts, which this is clearly not.

Paul Farquhar · Wednesday at 9:34 PM

Parmandur said:
More than Perkins or Crawford, the changeover on the marketing side of WotC probably play a role, and the overall restructuring from a studio model to a franchise model.

Yep, I doubt the changeover would have lead to products that were well underway being axed, but a change in the marketing strategy with regards to products being announced seems likely. Especially given the string of foul-ups with regards to the marketing being done and then the product being postponed for one reason or another. That must have significantly hurt sales and wasted the marketing budget.

Announcing the product and then blitzing the marketing about a month before you are confident the product will be delivered would be sensible.

Parmandur · Wednesday at 9:59 PM

Paul Farquhar said:
Yep, I doubt the changeover would have lead to products that were well underway being axed, but a change in the marketing strategy with regards to products being announced seems likely. Especially given the string of foul-ups with regards to the marketing being done and then the product being postponed for one reason or another. That must have significantly hurt sales and wasted the marketing budget.

Announcing the product and then blitzing the marketing about a month before you are confident the product will be delivered would be sensible.

There were never any delayed 5E products prior to Covid, probably largely because they only announced them a few months in advance as stuff was going to the printer.

Reynard · Wednesday at 10:41 PM

AlViking said:
I'm not going to argue about the speculation, but I think the "...there’s evidence that suggests it hasn’t quite been the home run WotC was hoping for" for example is speculation reframed as fact.

That isn't what any of those words mean.

This seems to happen a lot: any "suggestion" (this here is a pertinent word) that WotC did not hit s home run is refrained by WotC fans as an attack. It's exhausting.

FitzTheRuke · Wednesday at 11:56 PM

Ruin Explorer said:
What is your definition of "usual", Fitz?

See Parmandur's response. It has been the recent trend, sure, but not the standard for the edition. That's all I meant.

Ruin Explorer said:
Because "something someone typically does" is to me, the definition of "usual". And you seem to be saying exactly that WotC typically does this thing you're saying is not usual? Am I going insane?

"They didn't always do it" is fine but that's different from "it's not usual". Like, I "usually" visit a specific restaurant near me about once a week. That restaurant has only existed for like, four years, and I've only visited it for like two and a bit. Does that mean it's not "usual" for me to do it because some years ago, I didn't? You seem to be redefining "usual" as "always" here. I definitely agree WotC didn't always do it. But I don't think makes it not unusual that they've changed from the pattern of the last few years.

You're getting pretty semantic here.

Ruin Explorer said:
You strongly implied there was by talking about the need for patience, absolutely. Outright said? No. Hence me asking.

No, I meant what I said. You inferred that I was somehow slighting the article, fine - but I didn't imply it. What I said was pretty straightforward.

Ruin Explorer said:
On which subject, exactly? This article? WotC not announcing anything? Dark Sun specifically?

The middle one. I don't expect you to remember everything everyone says, but we've been discussing why they haven't released 2026 info yet in a few other threads, and the subject of just how "usual" it was for them to do it in the past has come up. That's all I was implying, there. Seems you missed that conversation, which is okay.

Ruin Explorer said:
How so exactly?

Well, you seem to be jumping on me for saying something I meant in reasonable support of it for one...

Belen · Thursday at 12:10 AM

They have been making a lot of Beyond updates to bring back 2014 content that they messed up in the character builder when they launched 2024.

They are also doing a massive database rebuild.

AlViking · Thursday at 1:10 AM

Charlaquin said:
Even if you disagree with that possibility, it’s only one of five mentioned in the article, and you seem to be dismissing the entire article based on it.

I don’t get that from the article at all. Taken as a whole, the message of the article seems to me to be “there are a lot of possible reasons WotC might not have announced anything for 2026 yet, and even if there ends up being a gap in the releases, 3PP can fill that gap.” Perhaps you and I are inclined to read the article with different degrees of charitability.

It’s not speculation about any relevant current events though. This article is. And, again, apart from one, arguably two possible reasons given here, all of it is based on observed facts, which this is clearly not.

The entire article is speculation and conjecture. There's just not any real reporting or news here, which I guess is fine.

AlViking · Thursday at 1:14 AM

Reynard said:
That isn't what any of those words mean.

This seems to happen a lot: any "suggestion" (this here is a pertinent word) that WotC did not hit s home run is refrained by WotC fans as an attack. It's exhausting.

There is no "evidence". To claim evidence you have to have some proof.

Charlaquin · Thursday at 2:00 AM

AlViking said:
There is no "evidence". To claim evidence you have to have some proof.

…Proof Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins left WotC?

AlViking · Thursday at 3:00 AM

Charlaquin said:
…Proof Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins left WotC?

That was factual, as I stated above. Pretty much everything else is speculative. The example I was talking about was the statement (presented as fact) that the 2024 books are not selling as well as expected. We have no idea how well they are selling or whether WOTC is satisfied with the sales.

That's all. Speculation isn't evidence.

D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article)

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