D&D 4th Edition Next Year?

harmyn

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I heard a rumor at Gencon from a fairly big industry type that did not come across at all like a joke or jest; and that was a planned release of a 4th edition in late 2006 (or early 2007 at latest). Has anyone anywhere heard from any other seemingly legit sources about such a monster?

Just VERY VERY curious.
 
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Look, another week, another "4e Rumor" thread.

No, WotC has said repeatedly that they have no intentions of creating another edition, and that if they did they will give at least one years notice, possibly two. Since even if they were quietly planning on 4e, it would be under a non-disclosure-agreement until it's formally announced, if some "fairly big industry type" knew about it and was spreading it, they'd be inviting some big lawsuits, so I seriously doubt anybody who would really know would be saying. Professionals don't break NDA's to spread random rumors to strangers.

They know 3.5 is selling well, and they even admit that a 4th edition is inevitable, one day, they've said repeatedly that they don't want to mess with something that's working quite well for them now. Now, idle speculation by people who may be "in the industry" but still don't know what's going on could say anything, but that's idle speculation.

WotC will certainly debut any new edition at Gen Con, which means that any announcement is likely to happen at Gen Con. At the earliest, I could see an announcement in August '06 for an August '07 release, but even then I think it will be a few more years.
 

francisca said:
Yup. It's been three or four weeks since one of these threads started. Wondered why it was taking so long.

Yeah, I was starting to wonder where all the 4th edition threads had gone! Guess we were due for another one!
 

4e is a rumor that should be beat down.

For the record- My group has already declared that if a 4e comes out in less then ten years sense 3.5e, we will not be purchasing even one book from WotC.
 


harmyn said:
I heard a rumor at Gencon from a fairly big industry type that did not come across at all like a joke or jest; and that was a planned release of a 4th edition in late 2006 (or early 2007 at latest). Has anyone anywhere heard from any other seemingly legit sources about such a monster?

Just VERY VERY curious.
I love the vagueness of the rumor. This has all the basics of an urban legend.
Unconfirmed "reliable" source.
No real evidence
Assurance that it is not a prank or joke.

Let the weekly 4th edition troll begin.
 

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