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<blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 2573109" data-attributes="member: 426">I think there will eventually be a 4th edition, but I think that there will be several things considered before any announcement.&nbsp; These include an analysis of whether the bulk of existing customers would purchase a new edition, financial considerations by WotC and Hasbro, and the state of the rules.&nbsp; So far, it seems D&amp;D 3.5 is doing well, so there may be little pressure to release a new edition.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know how much it cost WotC to do the work for 3rd edition -- as I recall, some preliminary work was being done at TSR before it was sold -- but I imagine that creating a new edition involves considerabale resources -- financial as well as creative.I would imagine that one thing WotC might&nbsp; consider doing prior to development work on a new edition is to survey existing customers about the rules and how they play the game.&nbsp; This was done prior to 3rd edition, and was reflected in such concepts as an assumption of a 4-player adventuring party and the current rate of level advancement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Ronald, post: 2573109, member: 426"] I think there will [I]eventually[/I] be a 4th edition, but I think that there will be several things considered before any announcement. These include an analysis of whether the bulk of existing customers would purchase a new edition, financial considerations by WotC and Hasbro, and the state of the rules. So far, it seems D&D 3.5 is doing well, so there may be little pressure to release a new edition. I don't know how much it cost WotC to do the work for 3rd edition -- as I recall, some preliminary work was being done at TSR before it was sold -- but I imagine that creating a new edition involves considerabale resources -- financial as well as creative. I would imagine that one thing WotC [I]might[/I] consider doing prior to development work on a new edition is to survey existing customers about the rules and how they play the game. This was done prior to 3rd edition, and was reflected in such concepts as an assumption of a 4-player adventuring party and the current rate of level advancement. [/QUOTE]

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