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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6276553" data-attributes="member: 22424">The only way I can see D&amp;D going more than 5 years without a new edition being published is if Hasbro pull the plug and a new edition is never published. (Even if someone picks up a license, I expect the very first thing they'll do is a new edition.)Nitpick: 1st Ed was completed in 1979 with the release of the DMG, and 2nd Ed released in 1989 - exactly those 10 years. Although there was a new set of core rulebooks in that time, the &quot;orange spine&quot; versions were simply a matter of new covers - the interior contents were unchanged (apart from errata). Likewise, 2nd Ed released in 1989 and 3e in 2000, giving 11 years, again with a new set of core rulebooks that were just a matter of reprints.In both cases, there were some &quot;game changer&quot; supplements - UA for 1st and &quot;Player's Options&quot; for 2nd, but in both cases they could quite happily be ignored. It would be like declaring &quot;Book of Nine Swords&quot; to be 3.75e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6276553, member: 22424"] The only way I can see D&D going more than 5 years without a new edition being published is if Hasbro pull the plug and a new edition is [i]never[/i] published. (Even if someone picks up a license, I expect the very first thing they'll do is a new edition.) Nitpick: 1st Ed was completed in 1979 with the release of the DMG, and 2nd Ed released in 1989 - exactly those 10 years. Although there was a new set of core rulebooks in that time, the "orange spine" versions were simply a matter of new covers - the interior contents were unchanged (apart from errata). Likewise, 2nd Ed released in 1989 and 3e in 2000, giving 11 years, again with a new set of core rulebooks that were just a matter of reprints. In both cases, there were some "game changer" supplements - UA for 1st and "Player's Options" for 2nd, but in both cases they could quite happily be ignored. It would be like declaring "Book of Nine Swords" to be 3.75e. [/QUOTE]

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