D&D 5E I have a sneaking suspicion about how they are going to expand 5e via splatbooks....

[Jester David]

Why do so many people just assume that every gamer will check the Wizards site and always know about these updates? Not all gamers are obsessives. Not all gamers are as connected to the net as the hardcore plugged-in types that frequent D&D forums in the middle of a weekday. Besides, what they've released is playtest material, not the final drafts. Look at the Pscionics... there's what, five levels of progression there. The thing's clearly not finished. There would be more, new spells and items, fully fleshed out progression, oh... and art. There's a lot that can be done to pad out the pages.

Very true. However, a not-insignificant percentage does check the D&D site, or is directed to the site by sites like this, Twitter, the Dragon+ app, Facebook, and the like.

And those non-obsessive gamers might also not be interested in buying a new book, since not every gamer buys accessories. Assuming they even know there is a new book: if they're not checking the website they won't know a book has been released.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Why do so many people just assume that every gamer will check the Wizards site and always know about these updates? Not all gamers are obsessives. Not all gamers are as connected to the net as the hardcore plugged-in types that frequent D&D forums in the middle of a weekday. Besides, what they've released is playtest material, not the final drafts. Look at the Pscionics... there's what, five levels of progression there. The thing's clearly not finished. There would be more, new spells and items, fully fleshed out progression, oh... and art. There's a lot that can be done to pad out the pages.

Yep.

I'm a lawyer in a gaming group primarily composed of computer software & hardware engineers. Yet, when it comes to RPG gaming, I'M the one who is the most connected. And I don't bother with purely online gaming products. Resources like SRDs? Yes. But not products to purchase.

 

[DerekSTheRed]

WotC probably isn't sharing everything they're working on. They can put out a splat book whenever they want based on the crew they have or free lancers they can hire. What they're waiting for is a mystery to me.