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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6141832" data-attributes="member: 37579">Just re-checked an interview, and Mearls says 3-5 months for a hardcover book and 9 for a boxed set. The variance is likely based on print run size (so the core rules would hit closer to 5). Which means you can't change the rules for this 3-month window after you send the box to be printed in China (or as high as 6-months). Which means if you're planning a box for release in GenCon 2014 it needs to be finished and material sent to China in late November of 2013. But if you want a hardcover released the month after GenCon you need to finish it late May 2014.Which means one of a few options:a) there are going to be differences between the starter box and the core rules, orb) the starter box has to come out after the core rules, orc) the core rules are less polished than they could be.Those are hard choices. I think "b" is the least offensive and gives them the most time to test. Aim for core books at GenCon and a starter box for Christmas. Or, they could just dismiss boxes as unnecessary and release a starter book.</blockquote>