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That's pretty much my read of the situation. I think they very much are looking to have 5E be an evergreen edition - in essence trading cyclical booming sales of new core books for slower book sales with minimal overhead spent on . They're likely banking on the non-RPG components of the brand...

Apologies in advance, I'm definitely going off on a tangent here, but multiplayer games get a bad rep for a lot of reasons, some well deserved, others not so much. A lot of games get horribly marred by intrusive DRM, rushed release schedules and server issues leaving them unplayable at release...

Keeping in mind I still haven't had the opportunity to actually watch the video yet, so if he outright implies the meetings are unnecessary, feel free to disregard the following... That depends on Wizard's view of what he's being paid for, not yours or mine, doesn't it? Sure, if they're making...

Oh man, my personal D&D wishlist has it as monthly setting articles in a resurrected Dragon e-zine, but an official wiki with ongoing content additions would be SO MUCH BETTER.

Very interesting! Can't really watch the video right now, as I'm ENWorlding at work (heh), but the vibe I'm getting off the summary is that we won't be seeing any campaign setting books this year or next year. I was never 100% convinced we would, but I figured it was a good contender for a...

Having never played Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, I was immediately hooked on your description of your players' "Ironaxe Halls" play through. It sounded awesome, and I think I'll definitely be incorporating waves of enemies into my campaigns in the future. I'm familiar with and a fan of the...

Strictly speaking this is of course true, but now we're debating what exactly qualifies as trying to "give the impression that a certain set of customers were its primary focus". Does simply continuing to sell them products while viewing other parts of the brand as more profitable constitute a...

What "certain impression"? I'll repeat my earlier point: Respectfully, that's how it would go over if people on the internet were reasonable. Instead it would immediately turn into multiple 50+ threads about how Wizards is running D&D into the ground and not giving it the attention it deserves.

Well, I'd agree that a con appearance is more official than Twitter comments, but saying "we'd like to do X but don't know when we'll get around to it" isn't exactly a formal announcement, you know? And with respect to the conversion documents being dangled in front of you and taken away - yeah...

"Lying" wasn't in either scenario of the hypothetical though, at least not in how I was interpreting it when I created it. One was announcing their focus on non-tabletop components of the brand, while the other was simply focusing on said components while not calling attention to it. In neither...

Do you think there will be a sudden uproar in 2016 when the fans suddenly realize they've been hoodwinked into playing a game with a light release schedule? Far more likely that fans not satisfied with the level of support the game is receiving simply leave the game for other RPGs whose support...

Would we all appreciate that? Sure. Would it be beneficial to Wizards? I doubt it. Hypothetical scenario: Let's say Wizards tomorrow releases a statement saying exactly what I just said. I'm sure they'd put it in more marketing-savvy language and try to spin it as a positive such as "Now D&D is...

You're right of course - though from my own POV, said expectations were "conversion docs will appear in early 2015", and with the new info re: jury duty my expectations are now "conversion docs will appear a few months from now." I do think it would have been better to not mention it in the...

I agree, companies facing out-of-house difficulties are definitely more sympathetic than those with in-house difficulties as are companies who are upfront and open about developments. In-house difficulties are why some companies pursue a policy of "radio silence", however - keeping basically...

Police Precinct was a Kickstartered product, though - its backers are absolutely entitled to know what's happened to their money. D&D products, on the other hand, are funded solely by WotC. They've not taken anybody's money yet and are under no obligations to share information with anyone but...

And I think that's an entirely reasonable opinion to have - the only caveat I would say is that they haven't actually talked about an OGL or PDFs in months. The last discussion example of someone from WotC discussing either would be Chris Perkins discussing both back in November, and even then...

I'm starting from the premise that the only "communication" anyone should expect to get from WotC are release announcements. A fan asked Mearls a question about the conversion documents and he gave a straight answer. If you were in charge of that communication - you had to answer the question...

If I'm understanding correctly, you don't seem to have any complaints about how Mearls (or Crawford, Perkins, et al.) handle their personal communications with fans, but are upset with the level of "official" communication from the D&D team. Is that a fair summary? From what we've seen so far...

Old edition wars never die, Gundan... they just fade away.

You bold the word should, but even so I read it and mentally adjust that to the word could. You're right - the D&D team is small, but WotC could invest more resources to the department to prevent delays over someone being pulled due to jury duty. But should? It's clear they've decided from a...