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<blockquote data-quote="Beginning of the End" data-source="post: 5369475" data-attributes="member: 55271">I like the made up numbers coupled with unintelligible grammar.Really? You're not Dancey? Shocking.Anyway, let's analyze the lethargic pre-WotC pace of D&amp;D revisions:1974: OD&amp;D1977: Holmes1979: AD&amp;D (last core rulebook published)1981: Moldvay1983: BECMI1989: AD&amp;D21991: Rules Cyclopedia1995: AD&amp;D2 RevisedAnd then post-WotC:2000: D&amp;D32003: D&amp;D3.52008: D&amp;D42010: D&amp;D4 EssentialsThat's intervals of 3, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, and 2 years between releases of new/revised editions of the game over the course of its history. (And I skipped the orange spines for AD&amp;D1.)This doesn't necessarily mean that frequent revision isn't a problem (or that the sea-change of completely altering the core gameplay with D&amp;D4 isn't a problem), but &quot;frequent revision&quot; has pretty much been D&amp;D's modus operandi since the beginning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beginning of the End, post: 5369475, member: 55271"] I like the made up numbers coupled with unintelligible grammar. Really? You're not Dancey? Shocking. Anyway, let's analyze the lethargic pre-WotC pace of D&D revisions: 1974: OD&D 1977: Holmes 1979: AD&D (last core rulebook published) 1981: Moldvay 1983: BECMI 1989: AD&D2 1991: Rules Cyclopedia 1995: AD&D2 Revised And then post-WotC: 2000: D&D3 2003: D&D3.5 2008: D&D4 2010: D&D4 Essentials That's intervals of 3, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, and 2 years between releases of new/revised editions of the game over the course of its history. (And I skipped the orange spines for AD&D1.) This doesn't necessarily mean that frequent revision isn't a problem (or that the sea-change of completely altering the core gameplay with D&D4 isn't a problem), but "frequent revision" has pretty much been D&D's modus operandi since the beginning. [/QUOTE]

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