D&D (2024) 50th Anniversary: 6E in 2024?

[Horwath]

Has there ever been a new edition on a major anniversary? Or is this all just pie in the sky?

well, there is 5th edition on 40th anniversary...

 

[TheSword]

well, there is 5th edition on 40th anniversary...

I Ninja’d you lol by answering my own question lol.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Definitely a missed opportunity if they don’t make a 6E

It's only a missed opportunity if 5e is losing money at that time.

 

[grimslade]

New covers for the 5E rule books with updated errata. The game is still growing. WotC/Hasbro are not going to take risks. The Unearthed Arcana shows us that every month... I expect there will be a major setting release or a Beyond the Yawning Portal with updated sequels to original modules. A new rule set is not needed until the game starts to ramp down.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I dare to say the 5.5 edition will not be published in paper but in a videogame, for example in Baldur's Gate 3 where the favored enemy by the ranger is altered. WotC will use the videogames to test lots of different ideas, for example new classes with special game mechanics.

Other option would be not the same book with different cover but a "videogame", something like a virtual tabletop.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

for example in Baldur's Gate 3 where the favored enemy by the ranger is altered.

You know, the good favored enemy/foe.

I don't think WotC will do a 5.5e in video game style. They (hopefully) learned from 4e that catering towards video game players instead of the community that was already there is a bad idea.

 

[ppaladin123]

Dungeons and Dragons 5e: Turbo Championship Edition. Changes to races, more fully integrating the new proficiency bonus approach, revisting some of the original material (e.g. sorcerer subclasses with no bonus spells), clean-up on aisle Monk, etc. Fully comptaible with existing material since the underlying math is basically the same.

 

[Weiley31]

I don't care if we get or don't get a 6E. If we do, it better be backwards compatible with 5E materials.

 

[TerraDave]

Pretty close, and close to a year out.

Not bad.

 

[Marandahir]

It’s 5.5e.
If they call it 6e, it’s in name only.
This is more like BECMI, Player’s Option, 3.5e, and 4e Essentials.