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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DNH" data-source="post: 5810928" data-attributes="member: 63615">Setting the Pace, in the Legends and Lore column, discusses release schedules of past editions. He doesn't reach any hard-and-fast conclusions but this is interesting: "Complexity stands as perhaps the biggest argument against a rapid release schedule. One of the things R&D must consider is what it’s like for a new player to enter a store and pick up a D&D product. If that new player is greeted by a wall of books andboxes, buying into the game becomes that much more daunting. It’s easy for an experienced player to navigate that maze, to understand that the Player’s Handbook is the key to getting started while Complete Warrior and Martial Power are optional expansions.However, that isn’t clear from their titles or even how they are arranged in the store. Compare that to many board game lines, where the core set is in a bigger, more expensive box and expansions in smaller ones. That might seem like a minor detail to an experienced gamer, but such visual cues are really helpful to beginners. It’s easy to understand that the big box is a starting point and the small box is an expansion."I will now join the trend and draw some wild and unfounded conclusions from this: D&D Next's core product will be a boxed set (a la Red Box or Pathfinder's Beginner Box) with additional products in a clearly different format and released at a conservative pace.</blockquote>