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We obviously don't have any hard data yet, everything here is just people stating there opinions. However the OneD&D playtest has been incredibly popular, with more people downloading the 1st packet than all of the D&DNext playtest. It's not hard proof, but it is a pretty good indicator that...

If you don't want to discuss this anymore, I will stop replying to you.

I am not trying to bully you. I am sorry I used the word forced in my first post, that could be read as more hostile than I intended. I only used it because you used it in all capitals in your post. I was just responding to your claim that " nothing has truly stayed evergreen", and then you...

I don't really care, I was just pointing out that Gary Gygax wasn't above making disingenuous self-serving statements when he wanted to. Maybe take his statement that Tolkien had very little influence on D&D, with a grain of salt, particularly when he said that after be threatened with a...

WotC called the playtest D&D Next, just like they are calling the current playtest OneD&D. Neither were ever considered the name of the edition, just the playtest. I know there is one of their YouTube videos where they discus why they used a codename for the play test, I think it might have...

I think you misread that. I added a comma for clarity. I said "people like you", who consider the game stagnant.

Will you please stop with the belittling and insulting comments like this. Just because you don't like the direction of the game and their release schedule, it doesn't mean that they are "abandoning the the field of RPG development." It is incredibly condescending and insulting to the...

Why should WotC care if people like you, consider the game "mechanically stagnant" if it still keeps selling incredibly well and people are still enjoying playing the game? Just because you consider being "mechanically stagnant" doesn't mean everyone agrees with you.

I am not the one who brought up IT in the first place, you are. All I was saying is that the Software model has nothing in common with tabletop games. Sure RPG's aren't exactly board games, but they are a lot closer to them than software is. Why even bring up IT in the first place if you...

It's not like Gygax had to use Chainmail. There were lots of other wargames he could have based D&D on. He also didn't need to keep using those races in his game. Gary included the fantasy races because that was what he wanted people to play. Also, Gygax didn't steal ideas from Tolkien, he...

Why wouldn't it be?

You keep insisting it will split the fan base, I don't think it will. I guess we will find out next year won't we? The phb was the 76th best sell book on Amazon last year, a decade after it came out. If that isn't working, every rpg publisher on Earth would kill for that sort of "failure"...

Because they want to? The game has been out for almost a decade and over that time they have found some rough edges they want to smooth out. Is it really that surprising that after 10 years the developers have some new ideas for the game? Ideas that they think will make it even more fun and...

I am sure that WotC would, and ultimately they are the ones making the decisions.

Is d&d 5e showing any signs that they are going to start loosing money any time soon? I would say splat book churn is what stopped all of those editions from being profitable. All of those edition had a business model of trying to sell lots of book to every player. It works for a while, but...

Gary claimed he wasn't a Tolkien-guy after he was threatened with a lawsuit from the Tolkien estate for heavily stealing ideas from LotR. I don't really think Gygax's statements should be taken at face value. He was just trying to cover his ass. Just look at the original races in D&D...

Ok, forcing may have been a bit strong. But it doesn't affect my point. You were looking at the Software model of "evergreen" and claiming that evergreen products never work. Computer programs and board games are completely different products in different industries. Instead of looking at...

I just did some back of the envelope calculation on what my group has spend on 5e. I think in total we have bought around 15 books in 10 years. At 50 bucks a book, that is around $750 combined. Split 6 ways over 10 years comes out to $12.50 per person per year. That is literally pennies per...

You mean the "stagnant" game that keeps growing and growing bringing in more and more players every year? Any other game company would literally kill to have that sort of "stagnation". Sure, you might want changes and a new game, but you are not the only player. Ask the millions of new 5e...

Well good thing the IT model isn't the only example. Hasbro is a toy and board game company instead of an IT company. How about we look at their own model for evergreen products, and don't try to force the IT model onto it. Hasbro has been publishing evergreen games for literally decades...