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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9430419" data-attributes="member: 18182">Come on Morrus. TSR, and later WotC, used the term &quot;edition&quot; to refer to the switch from AD&amp;D to 2nd Ed AD&amp;D, then to 3.0 D&amp;D, then to 4th, then to 5th.They did not use the term to describe the shift from White Box D&amp;D to the Rules Cyclopedia (with all the Basic sets in between), or from 3.0 to 3.5, or from 4E to Essentials, or from 2014 D&amp;D to 2024 D&amp;D. Although, they certainly could have done so correctly.Within the tradition of D&amp;D revisions, major changes to the games are &quot;editions&quot; and minor changes are &quot;revisions&quot; (if labeled at all).Calling each reprint with any sort of changes or updates to the text, lore or rules could certainly be (correctly) called a new edition, but that isn't how our hobby developed and that is what drives the discussion. WotC is avoiding the word edition now because it implies to the fanbase that 2024 D&amp;D is radically different than 2014 D&amp;D and they want to avoid a split in the fanbase as has happened in the past with the major editions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9430419, member: 18182"] Come on Morrus. TSR, and later WotC, used the term "edition" to refer to the switch from AD&D to 2nd Ed AD&D, then to 3.0 D&D, then to 4th, then to 5th. They did not use the term to describe the shift from White Box D&D to the Rules Cyclopedia (with all the Basic sets in between), or from 3.0 to 3.5, or from 4E to Essentials, or from 2014 D&D to 2024 D&D. Although, they certainly could have done so correctly. Within the tradition of D&D revisions, major changes to the games are "editions" and minor changes are "revisions" (if labeled at all). Calling each reprint with any sort of changes or updates to the text, lore or rules could certainly be (correctly) called a new edition, but that isn't how our hobby developed and that is what drives the discussion. WotC is avoiding the word edition now because it implies to the fanbase that 2024 D&D is radically different than 2014 D&D and they want to avoid a split in the fanbase as has happened in the past with the major editions. [/QUOTE]

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