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The 2E PHB sold 300,000+ units in its first year, according to the 1990 TSR catalog. Given the various changes of the past 25 years, I'm not surprised 5E is doing even more sales.

On the philosophical topic, there's a quote from Wizards Presents: Races and Classes that's stuck with me: "The new system [4E] is not overly concerned with simulating interactions between monsters and nonplayer characters when the PCs are not on stage." Theorems we can derive from that...

It is--and it's pretty darned impressive that it's still so high on the rankings, since it's been out for over a year and a half.

The 4E core set sold out its original print run before release, and that was a larger print run than the original 3.0 run. People were definitely interested. It's a new D&D; it's going to dominate the market with anything short of an obvious disaster. That doesn't mean 5E is a failure or...

It is--and it's pretty darned impressive that it's still so high on the rankings, since it's been out for over a year and a half.

The 4E core set sold out its original print run before release, and that was a larger print run than the original 3.0 run. People were definitely interested. It's a new D&D; it's going to dominate the market with anything short of an obvious disaster. That doesn't mean 5E is a failure or...

It's been in a video game and some board games, but is most famous for being the foundation for the first two editions of Runequest and has moved through several other systems since then. It's also the oldest RPG setting still in production, AFAIK.

I've been thinking we may see something similar. Based on the Eberron material and their approach to the Realms, I have a mental image of "Unearthed Arcana: Worlds of D&D". A single book that gives a broad overview of each setting, any minor mechanical widgets it might need (so this would have...

I'm not familiar enough with Barsoom to find a good analogue to Tharks, but aren't rakasta essentially D&D-ified Kzinti?

I was always under the impression that that was a completely different Chris Perkins than the "DM to the Stars". Was I mistaken?

Organized Play is a very popular and productive thing, but I think Laeknir has a point in that WotC seems to be putting almost all their eggs into that basket. Perhaps it's just my own tendency to really dislike 'exclusivity' or things that make it harder for people to acquire material. I...

I'm not at all invested in 5E, but I can't help but wonder if things are going to get stale if they keep on doing the "megacampaigns based on nostalgic 1E AD&D concepts and vaguely shoehorned into the Forgotten Realms" pattern that we've seen and has been hinted at so far. (Riff on DL1-14...

I wasn't sure if Morrus was talking about Lankhmar or your earlier speculation of the Forgotten Realms. :) I wasn't counting Lankhmar as a D&D/TSR setting, since it's an adaptation. For some values of 'counted'. It had its own line logo, but it was never broken out from the core AD&D...

The individual components aren't unheard of--the conversion of Dragonlance to the (IMO superior) SAGA Rules System in 1996, and the licensing of Ravenloft to White Wolf in 2001. The two elements have never been combined in one, and I'm not sure how likely it is with the big 'mention every...

The end of that post suggests a possible design team member and announcement date: "What has Steve Kenson been working on the last five months? Find out in April!" Lord of the Rings is licensed, Green Ronin already has Game of Thrones ... what else is big in fantasy? World of Warcraft?

And we just got that quote from Mearls that 'too many D&D products are bad for the game.' I'm not sure if that's true, but I'm sure that WotC thinks it's true, at least. So, what would be the rationale for that? 1. Accessibility: Too many books scare people away from the game, so they're...

It happened before, with stuff that had been officially announced and even mentioned in published products. The Nentir Vale Gazetteer comes to mind, as well as the Class Compendium. I'm not convinced by Mearls' assertion that "a lot of products hurt D&D". Unless perhaps the plan is to build...

They're also available at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG in both PDF and Print on Demand format. You pay about the original cover price for the PoD versions, and can add the PDF to the purchase for no additional charge. If you only want PDFs, though, you'll save a few bucks buying straight from the Hero...

I'd note that my hometown B&N looked a bit like this ... but that was because most of the 5E stuff was included in their "Gifts for Gamers" endcap. I'm still Neutral Ambivalent on 5E and the broader D&D culture, but it's a good sign as far as marketing success goes.

And you've hit on the key reason why I've never given serious thought to using this monster. :)