D&D 5E Any info on next release?

[Morrus]

Each of the three publishers WotC has worked with so far have said they enjoyed the experience but it was a lot of work and they don't want to do it again anytime soon.

They have? I missed those!

 

[Jester David]

They have? I missed those!

At GenCons panels recorded by the Tome Show both Wolfgang Baur (of Kobold Press) and Chris Pramas (of Green Ronin) said it was great working with WotC but they're busy and didn't want to do it again. In Green Ronin's case, it was working with all the demon lords that swayed them.
There was nothing official recorded with Rich Baker (of Sasquatch) but in a recording prior to the Pramas panel (a pre-GenCon podchat) the host of the show commented on how he had spoken with Baur and Baker and both expressed that they were not in any rush to work on another licensed adventure.
So, two recorded and on record as not wanting to, and one on record but not recorded.

Which makes sense. All have their own books and product lines. They're busy.

-edit-
Without re-listening to three hours of audio, here are the links to what I believe are the podcasts:
http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/gencon-2015-pre-show-review/
http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/gencon-2015-green-ronin-future-plans/
http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/gencon-2015-kobold-press-5th-edition-dnd-plans/

 

[Z. H. Darkstar]

WotC has the means to make sure that there's always a publisher to work with, as Cobra Command (Hasbro) wants to make sure that the brand is still relevant by the movie's release. I highly doubt that any of the companies who got started from the OGL will say no to WotC knocking on their doors. Whether or not we realize it, the relationship with WotC and publishers is going to shape the eventual license that was promised to come.

 

[CapnZapp]

Just don't expect it to be about any setting other than FR. I predict that we'll be stuck in FR until at least the middle of 2017, possibly longer based on movie success.

Why would you think we're ever leaving FR?

Dividing up your player base into many campaign worlds isn't what makes WotC money. I would assume they rather bring in choice bits from those other campaign worlds into Forgotten Realms, and leave the rest for the fan sites to support.

 

[Jester David]

WotC has the means to make sure that there's always a publisher to work with, as Cobra Command (Hasbro) wants to make sure that the brand is still relevant by the movie's release. I highly doubt that any of the companies who got started from the OGL will say no to WotC knocking on their doors. Whether or not we realize it, the relationship with WotC and publishers is going to shape the eventual license that was promised to come.

Well, except the three big names have said they will say "no", especially because they have Kickstarters to fulfill and their own books to release. The money is likely good, but if it isn't worth the work involved - i.e. they can make more money doing 2-3 books in the same time with the same effort - then either WotC has to incentive their work with offers of more money, better profit sharing, or lighter oversight. Which they might very well not do, due to the hard bottom lines management expects.

I can think of only a 2 or 3 print publishers who have worked with WotC in the past and are capable of matching the expected quality and working in colour art. Everyone else is limited to PDFs, does black-and-white books only, doesn't have a relationship with WotC, doesn't have the staff to meet a short deadline, or doesn't work with the d20 rules.

We'll see though. Maybe WotC can change people's minds.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

You've inserted the "shortly" yourself. I was merely indicating that the previous product wasn't out yet.

Oh. I...hadn't expected that meaning. I mean, if that's what you're going for, it's basically a truism. "More info will come at some point after this event that will happen really soon." Well, yes, they'll almost certainly say more release things eventually, and "eventually" almost surely entails a time the day of, or any day after, the release of SCAG. I figured the only reason to highlight the relationship to the SCAG release date was to imply proximity to it; otherwise, it would be no different from saying, "I'm sure we'll hear something when there's something to hear."

But maybe I'm just splitting hairs now. Fact is, the OP's question is pretty decisively answered: no, we really don't know anything (official/provable) about the "next release," other than the "Shakespeare-inspired Giants story" pseudo-summary of the next adventure path. (I mean, really, "Shakespeare-inspired" etc.? Everything from King Lear and Hamlet to A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew qualifies there--plus some decidedly unsavory things like Titus Andronicus. At this point, given Shakespeare's influence on modern English, it's hard to call a native English work not "inspired" by Shakespeare to one degree or another!)

 

[Parmandur]

Well, except the three big names have said they will say "no", especially because they have Kickstarters to fulfill and their own books to release. The money is likely good, but if it isn't worth the work involved - i.e. they can make more money doing 2-3 books in the same time with the same effort - then either WotC has to incentive their work with offers of more money, better profit sharing, or lighter oversight. Which they might very well not do, due to the hard bottom lines management expects.



I can think of only a 2 or 3 print publishers who have worked with WotC in the past and are capable of matching the expected quality and working in colour art. Everyone else is limited to PDFs, does black-and-white books only, doesn't have a relationship with WotC, doesn't have the staff to meet a short deadline, or doesn't work with the d20 rules.



We'll see though. Maybe WotC can change people's minds.

I would say they probably have a few companies to go through before they have done this with all of the 3PP that can do it. A few bigger than Sasquatch out there, probably.

 

[Jester David]

I would say they probably have a few companies to go through before they have done this with all of the 3PP that can do it. A few bigger than Sasquatch out there, probably.

Sasquatch likely got the contract due to allums.

What other 3PP or potential 3PP can you think of?
(Mostly asking out of curiosity. I can think of quite a few for Pathfinder but most are PDF only and/or have no 5e experience.)

 

[Parmandur]

Goodman Games? Monte Cook? Frog God/Necromancer? Probably more, others might know, but those three are about as big as the three they have worked with already.

 

[Henry]

It would surprise me if it were Monte -- between The Strange and Numenera and the kids' game, he seems to have quite a lot on his plate, and I believe it's only Shanna, Bruce, and him, IIRC.