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<blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 5085747" data-attributes="member: 14848">I believe it was Monte Cook who admitted after the announcement of 4e that they had actually started planning it just after the release of 3e.&nbsp; I think what he was referring to is that in the back of everyone's minds they started thinking how they could make the game better.&nbsp; I would hope that anyone who designs a game would continue, after its release, trying to adjust it until they were completely satisfied.&nbsp; Even then they probably couldn't give it completely up.&nbsp; In a sense game design is like poetry in that &quot;a poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;&nbsp; (Can't remember who said that, but it fits.)I can understand why someone representing WotC would say no about the possibility of 5e being currently designed, because who wants to hurt sales.&nbsp; Just take a look at the last days of 3e after the announcement of 4e to see that.&nbsp; As for the cycle of putting out editions, I think it depends on how well the current game is selling.&nbsp; Some games see a new edition amost every other year and others are still chugging along on their first.&nbsp; Compared to other game systems D&amp;D has some of the longest periods between editions.&nbsp; Champions and CoC for example, which are now in their 6th or later editions, are not quite as old as D&amp;D.I personally would love to see 5e, but realistically I'd expect a 6-10 year window between it and 4e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dm4hire, post: 5085747, member: 14848"] I believe it was Monte Cook who admitted after the announcement of 4e that they had actually started planning it just after the release of 3e. I think what he was referring to is that in the back of everyone's minds they started thinking how they could make the game better. I would hope that anyone who designs a game would continue, after its release, trying to adjust it until they were completely satisfied. Even then they probably couldn't give it completely up. In a sense game design is like poetry in that "a poem is never finished, only abandoned." (Can't remember who said that, but it fits.) I can understand why someone representing WotC would say no about the possibility of 5e being currently designed, because who wants to hurt sales. Just take a look at the last days of 3e after the announcement of 4e to see that. As for the cycle of putting out editions, I think it depends on how well the current game is selling. Some games see a new edition amost every other year and others are still chugging along on their first. Compared to other game systems D&D has some of the longest periods between editions. Champions and CoC for example, which are now in their 6th or later editions, are not quite as old as D&D. I personally would love to see 5e, but realistically I'd expect a 6-10 year window between it and 4e. [/QUOTE]

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