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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6428595" data-attributes="member: 59082">I'm trying to parse together bits and pieces of what Mearls and Perkins have said (yes, its called "reading into") to come up with a very hypothetical, quite tentative future release schedule for 5E. Let's take a look at what we know:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two storylines per year </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Storylines planned out through 2018 </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Storylines may or may not include a companion book (e.g. the "Elemental Adventurer's Handbook") </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's material for at least the start of another monster book (Monster Manual 2/Fiend Folio) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The over-arching strategy is to avoid bloat </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Forgotten Realms campaign book has been implied </li> </ul>So not a whole lot, but it gives us something. Now let's look at the release schedule so far:2014:July - Starter SetAugust - Player's Handbook; Hoard of the Dragon QueenSeptember - Monster ManualOctober - NoneNovember - Rise of TiamatDecember - Dungeon Master's Guide2015:January - DM's ScreenFebruary - NoneMarch - Princes of the Apocalypse; Elemental Player's HandbookWhile it is hard to extrapolate too much from that simply because it is the first year, and that given the "bloat lite" approach, it is unlikely that we can expect three rulebooks in five months again, we might get some glimmers of what is ahead, namely:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Storylines in Spring and Fall </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Major release in Summer (GenCon?) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gaps of no more than a month at a time with at least something released (incl. "gizmos" ala the DM Screen), with books being no more than 2-3 months apart </li> </ul>So let's speculate. Here's how I could see the rest of 2015 unfolding:2015 Continued (*Speculative!*)April - NoneMay - Elemental Evil Part 2?June - NoneJuly - NoneAugust - Major release (Forgotten Realms book?)September - Storyline 3, Part 1 October - NoneNovember - Storyline 3, Part 2December - None; or major release (Fiend Folio?)2016 (*Speculative!*)January - None (or "gizmo" product)February - NoneMarch - Storyline 4 begins...Or something like that. Adjust the months here and there, but I think that's the basic gist of it. There are plenty of imaginable alternate versions--for instance, the GenCon release could be either a monster book and/or the first part of Storyline 3, with part 2 coming in October and only one major release coming in November or December. Or GenCon could be an adventure/handbook combo, like an "Against the Illithid" adventure with a supplement focusing on psionics and Underdark adventures.Either way, what we'd be seeing is from 3-6 "Storyline books" per year (say 3-4 adventure books and 1-2 supplements) plus 1-2 "major releases," and maybe one or two smaller bits and bobs (like the DM screen). As far as "major releases" are concerned (a term I haven't seen them used but I'm using just as a handy referent), I'm guessing that these will mainly be either campaign guides, monster books, or the occasional multi-purpose splat (e.g. Unearthed Arcana) - bu not specific or focused "Complete/Power" books; that sort of info will be woven into the supplements for the storylines, and maybe eventually accessible in whatever online tools they come up with. What say you?</blockquote>

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