D&D (2024) Is 5th edition too big for there to be a 6th edition?

[robus]

It’s a difficult thing to foresee. The critical component in D&D is the DM, no DM no D&D, bad DM maybe no more D&D. DMing is work and DMing well is an art (and something I keep trying to get better at) and I think players might be getting more aware and wary of bad DMing? And maybe more demanding of good DMing (see the Mercer effect). Not sure where I’m going with all that except to say that there’s a lot of labor required beyond just learning the rules and buying books. And perhaps there will be burnout from that?

As for 5e, it seems to be a very solid foundation for the future (certainly some opportunity for minor revision but nothing egregious). I’m less certain about the Forgotten Realms as that seems stale as old boots. (but perhaps that’s just me )

 

[darjr]

D&D Legend of Zelda!!!! Ohahoha!

 

[DND_Reborn]

Since WotC considers 5E simply "D&D" I think we will certainly see a new 6E coined "AD&D", in following with tradition. However, this won't happen until there is a new mechanic or revised simpliciation or something that warrants an entirely new edition. Even then, everything should be backwards compatible or else many fans would be upset IMO.

 

[Jer]

D&D Legend of Zelda!!!! Ohahoha!

I would be first in line for a Zelda themed Essentials kit.
I'd be almost as quick for a Mario themed one...

 

[Sacrosanct]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Don't you know D&D 5e is vaporware?

Man, and I had managed to go literally years totally forgetting Frank Trollman existed. So thanks for that. I’ll give him this though, it takes a lot of...something...to be so wrong, so adamant about it, and keep digging the same hole for 7 years and running. There is a whole lot denial of reality going on in that thread.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I imagine the next edition while a ways off, will be backwards compatible with 5e.

 

[FrogReaver]

I expect 5e to last quite some time. They could probably have good luck at some point with partnering with more mainstream fantasy settings and making a PHB and Setting book those worlds.

D&D Game of Thrones edition
D&D Harry Potter Edition
D&D Middle Earth Edition

etc.

 

[Zardnaar]

Eventually they will hit peak D&D or saturation point.

They probably can't make 6E to radical and I don't expect 6E until 2024 at the earliest.

 

[Yaarel]

Possibly, they will leave D&D 5e alone, and market the next edition of D&D under a different brandname.

The new brandname allows designers more creative freedom, and they will see how gamers respond to it.

 

[FrogReaver]

Eventually they will hit peak D&D or saturation point.

They probably can't make 6E to radical and I don't expect 6E until 2024 at the earliest.

I'm thinking more like 2030. At the rate they've put out material they could make each of those books into a splat book and stay afloat on splat alone till then. And we still wouldn't be close to the level of splat in 3.5e