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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9224007" data-attributes="member: 7035894">WotC actually addressed this point explicitly, and have chosen the emphasize the word &quot;evolve&quot; for precisely this reason, IMO. Note that they didn't say backwards compatible forever.Evolution doesn't create hard breaks between species. It creates gradual drift. And that's what we are seeing with the 2024 revision. They are backwards compatible in that they can still interbreed, so to speak, with the 2014 stuff. But the next edition of, say Curse of Strahd, will likely be updated to the latest version. And over time, that will happen repeatedly. Until eventually, the current version of D&amp;D will not be as easily backwards compatible with the 2014 version.But instead of there being a hard break where you have to replace all your stuff at once, the game will update gradually over time. It will evolve. I think that, for consumers, this is a much better model, since I am heavily invested in the 2014 version of the game and if I was told I needed to replace it all, I might just say, &quot;nah.&quot; In fact, this has been a problem for the game over the years: it has essentially become its own biggest competitor due to splitting its audience every time it put out a new edition. OneD&amp;D largely eliminates that problem.Yes, but you don't need to throw out an entire edition at once to bring in new ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9224007, member: 7035894"] WotC actually addressed this point explicitly, and have chosen the emphasize the word "evolve" for precisely this reason, IMO. Note that they didn't say backwards compatible [I]forever[/I]. Evolution doesn't create hard breaks between species. It creates gradual drift. And that's what we are seeing with the 2024 revision. They are backwards compatible in that they can still interbreed, so to speak, with the 2014 stuff. But the next edition of, say [I]Curse of Strahd, [/I]will likely be updated to the latest version. And over time, that will happen repeatedly. Until eventually, the current version of D&D will not be as easily backwards compatible with the 2014 version. But instead of there being a hard break where you have to replace all your stuff at once, the game will update gradually over time. It will evolve. I think that, for consumers, this is a [I]much[/I] better model, since I am heavily invested in the 2014 version of the game and if I was told I needed to replace it all, I might just say, "nah." In fact, this has been a problem for the game over the years: it has essentially become its own biggest competitor due to splitting its audience every time it put out a new edition. OneD&D largely eliminates that problem. Yes, but you don't need to throw out an entire edition at once to bring in new ideas. [/QUOTE]

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