7 Years of D&D Stories? And a "Big Reveal" Coming?

When asked what he was working on, WotC's Chris Perkins revealed a couple of juicy tidbits. They're not much, but they're certainly tantalizing. Initially, he said that "Our marketing team has a big reveal in the works", and followed that up separately with "Right now I'm working on the next seven years of D&D stories". What all that might mean is anybody's guess, but it sounds like there are plans for D&D stretching into the foreseeable future! Thanks to Barantor for the scoop!

 

[BryonD]

Aaaaand we're done here. Good day sir.

Cool

Use logical fallacy. Coverup logical fallacy by leaving conversation in feign disgust over having your logical fallacy flagged.

Actually quite fitting and much easier than defending.

If that is all you got, then yeah, me too.

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[Bugleyman]

Aaaaand we're done here. Good day sir.

You, sir, are a wiser man than me.

 

[graves3141]

GAMA Trade show just started today. Wizards is a Cosponsor. ( They're higher on the marquee than any other publisher. ) They have a two hour block of time in a room today, 7-9pm. They have an entire room tomorrow, 11am-7pm. I expect news to begin to trickle out pretty soon. Furthermore, I'm sure they're readying a public announcement of their plans over the coming year. Just a little more patience.

I hope you're right... some news about their future products would be very cool and also give us something new to talk about. I'm hoping for a campaign setting confirmation myself, maybe in the form of a boxed set the same size as the Starter Set? That would be about perfect.

 

[bmfrosty]

I hope you're right... some news about their future products would be very cool and also give us something new to talk about. I'm hoping for a campaign setting confirmation myself, maybe in the form of a boxed set the same size as the Starter Set? That would be about perfect.

That would be really damn sexy. Having something new to argue about other than everyone's straw man arguments.

 

[Fildrigar]

I hope you're right... some news about their future products would be very cool and also give us something new to talk about. I'm hoping for a campaign setting confirmation myself, maybe in the form of a boxed set the same size as the Starter Set? That would be about perfect.

Box sets are too expensive to be general RPG products. Besides starter sets and anniversary sets, who's made a box set RPG in the past ten years? ( And I'm quite certain someone will turn some up. Doesn't matter, they're too expensive for general use. )

 

[bmfrosty]

Box sets are too expensive to be general RPG products. Besides starter sets and anniversary sets, who's made a box set RPG in the past ten years? ( And I'm quite certain someone will turn some up. Doesn't matter, they're too expensive for general use. )

I just think of them as a good way to package maps with a campaign setting.

 

[Fildrigar]

I just think of them as a good way to package maps with a campaign setting.

These days, it's all about sticking a map in the back of the book with snot. ( I *think* that's the technical term. Sure feels like it. )

 

[Fildrigar]

Believe me, I miss box sets, too. But there's a reason you don't really see them all that often these days.

 

[Kramodlog]

That doesn't seem to be hurting Paizo or Monte Cook Games.

So the problem is just WotC.

 

[Kramodlog]

The Hoard of the Dragon Queen Expeditions accessory puts that season from August 20th to March 11th. The Elemental Evil one puts the season March 2015 to August 2015.
So there's no real gap.

The last downloadable adventure for play in stores was released December 1st 2014. http://dndadventurersleague.org/tyranny-of-dragons-premier-adventures/ The other adventures are available only at Cons if I understood correctly.

For EE it is a bit unclear. Adventures could be available in March in Cons and maybe April for stores.
http://dndadventurersleague.org/storyline-seasons/elemental-evil/

I see Tyranny stopping in december for most people, but I guess March could work if we just consider Cons.

So I guess they are planning release in September if all goes well with the developement. October wasn't too far off. It is true March was the the original month of release.

Too many books is bad. One big splatbook per annum isn't likely to be too many.

Who knows?

Especially if they stop after a couple years.

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But if they want to just release the next AP and give us a free PDF, I'm cool with that too. More room for me to design my own stuff.

I'm not sure other APs will get a free PDF. This PDF was supposed to be a splatbook, but it got cancelled. Instead of shelving it and wasting the money invested in it, they decided to give people free goodies. If too many books are bad, the next AP just won't see a companion being develop, so no free PDF to give people.

The other reason why it could have been dropped is that it was too hard to develop two books at a time for SG and/or WotC. So maybe they could be more prepared for the next release. If it happens.