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<blockquote data-quote="Toxic_Rat" data-source="post: 7660664" data-attributes="member: 80675">Oh.&nbsp; Here is where we do disagree then.&nbsp; I think that digital (talking about tools here, not the pdf's) of necessity does lag behind the game development.&nbsp; It's just lost work if the digital side starts coding the character generation when the rules team is still changing things.&nbsp; Can digital and pre-press run at the same time?&nbsp; Yes, but I suspect that getting the book ready for printing takes less time than development of a digital tool suite.&nbsp; Plus, when you have to commit to a deadline, it's easier to predict when X copies of the book will be available vs. when the digital tools will be ready for release.&nbsp; They had to have books ready for GenCon '14.&nbsp; Anything that got in the way of making that deadline probably got shelved until after that time had passed.At any rate, more manpower would definitely have been needed, or at least a decent subcontractor.&nbsp; Remember,&nbsp; while 5E is a success now, there was no guarantee it would be.&nbsp; It would make better business sense to get 5E out the door as soon as possible (and have it be a quality product) and make sure it was well received, than to spend the time/money on adding digital to the mix.&nbsp; I just don't think that adding digital tools makes or breaks the success of 5E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Toxic_Rat, post: 7660664, member: 80675"] Oh. Here is where we do disagree then. I think that digital (talking about tools here, not the pdf's) of necessity does lag behind the game development. It's just lost work if the digital side starts coding the character generation when the rules team is still changing things. Can digital and pre-press run at the same time? Yes, but I suspect that getting the book ready for printing takes less time than development of a digital tool suite. Plus, when you have to commit to a deadline, it's easier to predict when X copies of the book will be available vs. when the digital tools will be ready for release. They [I]had [/I]to have books ready for GenCon '14. Anything that got in the way of making that deadline probably got shelved until after that time had passed. At any rate, more manpower would definitely have been needed, or at least a decent subcontractor. Remember, while 5E is a success now, there was no guarantee it would be. It would make better business sense to get 5E out the door as soon as possible (and have it be a quality product) and make sure it was well received, than to spend the time/money on adding digital to the mix. I just don't think that adding digital tools makes or breaks the success of 5E. [/QUOTE]

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