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I wouldn't bet on this. Each edition is different enough that it would be very difficult to make any edition that was compatible with more than one of them, and favoring one edition over any other would just add more fuel to the edition wars. Not to mention, Wizards has little incentive to...

There are plenty of people who enjoy fluff and crunch. And even if Wizards has to settle for some sort of compromise, there's just no way they can get away with selling a book that's 90-100% crunch if all that crunch is going to be on DDI anyway.

This is probably close to what actually will happen. Wizards is not going to release any 90% crunch books because all that information will be available for free on DDI anyway. On the other hands, lots of players like crunch. I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to a 50/50 ratio, like...

Here is every Dork Tower comic ever: Panel one: Statement Panel two: Reiterate statement Panel three: REITERATE STATEMENT LOUDLY Panel four: Statement contradicting original statement LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Thank God. I can't believe people actually wanted them back. Just because 5e is trying to emulate the feel of older editions doesn't mean it has to bring back all their terrible ideas.

There is absolutely no way that the mechanics of 4e material will be compatible with 5e. In the next year we'll likely see a shift to material that focuses on fluff that can be easily adapted to a 5e campaign. New classes, powers, and such will not translate over. I'd bet that the resources...

The best news is that all the core classes will be getting early treatment. It was frustrating when 4e first released but we couldn't move over our campaign because the party had a druid and sorcerer. I'm also glad they're fixing the insane option bloat problem in Vancian magic.

Unfortunately, we have no way to know which of the information is true. A ton of people are going to put fake leaks on the Internet just to troll. Do you remember how many fake Harry Potter spoilers were online before the last book released? I would take any leaks from the playtest with a...

They've confirmed there will be an open playtest where everybody can print out the material and play at home.

I sincerely hope races as classes, if they do happen, are not part of the core. Then Wizards will have to keep supporting them for the entirety of the new edition. And I think the number of people who will be nostalgic over them will be outnumbered by the number of people who go WTF. And...

I don't think you can read too much into this. He clearly made that list off the top of his head. The core game is going to be very accessible to the vast majority of D&D players, the ones who began playing within the last 10 years. There is no way Wizards is going to cater to the small...

It sounds like Wizards learned their lesson that incrementally changing the system every few years is not sustainable. Of course, option bloat requires that a new edition will be released eventually. I would be satisfied if this edition lasts around ten years.

Wizards' goal is to reunite the fractured D&D base into one edition. Making rules that's compatible with books that haven't been sold for thirty years would go against that goal. They might update a few late 4e books into D&D Next (like they converted some 3.5 books to 4e), and they might...

It has been confirmed that the default game does have stuff like attack modifiers and HP. Whatever version of D&D people play, it will involve the players rolling dice and adding numbers to it.

I've decided to add my voice to the mob by predicting what D&D Next might actually look like, not what I want it to look like or what's the most outrageous thing for it to look like. Here are my predictions: 1. D&D Next is not going to slaughter any sacred cows. There will be no massive...

The core rule book, the first thing a new player sees, absolutely must have a simple set of rules that the player can read through and understand right away. The worst possible mistake Wizards can make is to make the core books too intimidating for new players. A group of five kids, having...

While we're at it, stop putting over-sexualized women on the cover. It alienates half the potential market, makes the rest of us look like sex starved 14-year-olds, and raises the question of why a woman would wear makeup and a dress for an eight hour slog through an orc infested forest. Or at...

I want to see more digital integration with the new D&D. With the purchase of every book, give us a free digital copy of that book. I remember what a fiasco it was when Wizards released pdfs of 4e books, so DRM the hell out of it if you feel the need, it's still free. Make a proprietary app...

That's alright, no harm done. Wizards said recently that they were releasing the autumn and winter druids, so that should happen at least.

Just so you know, "jipped" is a racial slur.