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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4726159" data-attributes="member: 59082">Looking over the release schedule for 4E hardcover books it is easy to see a pattern and possible to at least speculate on what might be coming to a FLGS near you in 2010. If this has already been discussed--or more so, there have been official "spoilers"--I was not aware so I apologize. But let's have some fun and speculate a bit. Below is a list of the 2008-09 hardcover release schedule; notice I say schedule...Martial Power and Dungeon Delve were both at least a couple weeks late, but Wizards of the Coast's intention was (and is, seemingly) to release one hardcover book per month, occasionally two:2008JUNEPlayer's HandbookDungeon Master's GuideMonster ManualJULYNoneAUGUSTForgotten Realms Campaign GuideSEPTEMBERForgotten Realms Player's GuideAdventurer's VaultOCTOBERMartial Power (November release)NOVEMBERDraconomicon 1: The Chromatic DragonsDECEMBERManual of the Planes2009JANUARYOpen GraveFEBRUARYDungeon Delve (March release)MARCHPlayer's Handbook 2APRILArcane PowerMAYMonster Manual 2JUNEEberron Campaign GuideJULYEberron Player's GuideDivine PowerAUGUSTAdventurer's Vault 2 SEPTEMBERDungeon Master's Guide 2 OCTOBERPrimal Power NOVEMBERDraconomicon 2: The Metallics DECEMBERThe Plane Below------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENTS:Again, I placed Martial Power and Dungeon Delve where they were originally planned to be released--the month before their actual release--so that we could see the pattern of WotC's intention: After 7/08, one book per month or, in the case of the campaign setting player's guides, two books (I assume they feel that not enough folks will be appeased by just the player's guide, which seems like sound reasoning to me).You could also categorize the different books thusly:Core Rulebooks - PHB, MM, DMGCampaign Setting Books - Campaign Guides, Player's GuidesClass Power Books - Martial, Arcane, Divine, and Primal PowerMonster/Encounter Books - Draconomicon, Open Grave, Dungeon DelvePlanar Books - Manual of the Planes, The Plane BelowI'm not sure how you'd classify Adventurer's Vault except to say that it is an accessory to the Player's Handbook. You could also say that some books are for DMs (DMG, MM, campaign guides, monster themes, planar) and some for players (class power, player's guides), and some for both (Adventurer's Vault).So here goes my speculated 2010 Schedule:JANUARYMonster/Encounter Book (Demons?...would go with the prior month's The Plane Below, if it is actually about the Abyss. Including Devils?)FEBRUARY Monster/Encounter book (Devils? Fey?)MARCHPlayer's Handbook 3 (Shadow and Psionic Characters?)APRILClass Power Book (Shadow? Psionic? Mystic?)MAYMonster Manual 3JUNENew Campaign Guide (Dark Sun? New world?)JULY New Campaign Player's GuideClass Power Book (Shadow? Mystic? Psionic?...Psionic would go with Dark Sun)AUGUSTAdventurer's Vault 3SEPTEMBERDungeon Master's Guide 3OCTOBERClass Power Book (That is, they are going with Power Sources beyond the known four and the possible Shadow and Psionic...and then my speculated "Mystic", something for Monks and the like...or what about something akin to Eberron's technology? Elemental?)NOVEMBERMonster Theme Book (Draconomicon 3?)DECEMBERPlanar Book (The Astral Sea?)What do you think?</blockquote>

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