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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 7997168" data-attributes="member: 59082">To be frank, that's on you (being disappointed). I mean, I get it: I too get a bit excited when I see the word &quot;new&quot; with regards to a D&amp;D product, especially a setting. But a few things to consider:1. There will be more settings. In a 20-month span, we've gotten four setting books--Ravnica, Eberron Wildemount and soon Theros. This implies that not only are settings doing well for them, but we'll see more in the years to come. My guess is that we'll see one or even two a year (or maybe three every two years), perhaps alternating classic D&amp;D settings and Magic settings, which are &quot;new&quot; (to D&amp;D, and many of us) for all intents and purposes.2. While I don't think it is set-in-stone that what they meant is Theros, it is the most obvious answer and anything other than that is pretty groundless and requires wild speculation. Occam's Razor and all that.3. I would suggest to be open to surprises, but don't expect them. Ravnica was a surprise. A full treatment of Wildemount was a surprise. Theros was a surprise. WotC seems to like surprising us and doing things a bit differently than in previous editions (e.g. Volo's and Mordenkainen's), so I, ahh, wouldn't be surprised if at some point they surprise us with something totally unexpected.Now they could have meant Icewind Dale (or whatever the new FR story arc is) as the &quot;new setting,&quot; and then withdrawn that as it was misleading. But we already know that we're getting a new setting in July, so it just makes sense that that is what they are referring to when they say that they are going to talk about the &quot;new setting.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 7997168, member: 59082"] To be frank, that's on you (being disappointed). I mean, I get it: I too get a bit excited when I see the word "new" with regards to a D&D product, especially a setting. But a few things to consider: 1. There will be more settings. In a 20-month span, we've gotten four setting books--Ravnica, Eberron Wildemount and soon Theros. This implies that not only are settings doing well for them, but we'll see more in the years to come. My guess is that we'll see one or even two a year (or maybe three every two years), perhaps alternating classic D&D settings and Magic settings, which are "new" (to D&D, and many of us) for all intents and purposes. 2. While I don't think it is set-in-stone that what they meant is Theros, it is the most obvious answer and anything other than that is pretty groundless and requires wild speculation. Occam's Razor and all that. 3. I would suggest to be open to surprises, but don't expect them. Ravnica was a surprise. A full treatment of Wildemount was a surprise. Theros was a surprise. WotC seems to like surprising us and doing things a bit differently than in previous editions (e.g. Volo's and Mordenkainen's), so I, ahh, wouldn't be surprised if at some point they surprise us with something totally unexpected. Now they could have meant Icewind Dale (or whatever the new FR story arc is) as the "new setting," and then withdrawn that as it was misleading. But we already know that we're getting a new setting in July, so it just makes sense that that is what they are referring to when they say that they are going to talk about the "new setting." [/QUOTE]

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