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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 9377435" data-attributes="member: 20564">Edition has a specific meaning in the context of RPGs, and has been used since TSR times and across the industry.&nbsp; A new set of core books that invalidate the previous core books does not match that definition of &quot;same edition&quot;.&nbsp; We have an established term, establish by the very company publishing this, for what they did.&nbsp; A half edition.&nbsp; Like 3ed to 3.5.We've just been boggled by the fact that they weren't honest that was what they were doing.&nbsp; It fits the definition.&nbsp; But... do sales drop off, especially of new material, when a new edition is announces?&nbsp; We saw that with 3.5 to 4e and 4e to 5e.&nbsp; I don't know if that's why they haven't used the proper terminology for the change, but the terminology that they did use - it's the same edition - is not upheld by what they did.&nbsp; This is not industry usage of &quot;the same edition&quot;.Again, we all knew that it was an update.&nbsp; If it's truly &quot;5e:, then like every other 5e book that came out you can mix and match.&nbsp; You can't.&nbsp; And again, the problem isn't that you can't, the problem is that they have been insisting by their choice of terms that you can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 9377435, member: 20564"] Edition has a specific meaning in the context of RPGs, and has been used since TSR times and across the industry. A new set of core books that invalidate the previous core books does not match that definition of "same edition". We have an established term, establish by the very company publishing this, for what they did. A half edition. Like 3ed to 3.5. We've just been boggled by the fact that they weren't honest that was what they were doing. It fits the definition. But... do sales drop off, especially of new material, when a new edition is announces? We saw that with 3.5 to 4e and 4e to 5e. I don't know if that's why they haven't used the proper terminology for the change, but the terminology that they did use - it's the same edition - is not upheld by what they did. This is not industry usage of "the same edition". Again, we all [I]knew[/I] that it was an update. If it's truly "5e:, then like every other 5e book that came out you can mix and match. You can't. And again, the problem isn't that you can't, the problem is that [U]they have been insisting by their choice of terms that you can[/U]. [/QUOTE]

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