D&D 5E [Merged] D&D Next/5E Release Schedule Threads

[Iosue]

Also courtesy of Mearls, this article on the new logo:
'Dungeons & Dragons' Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Fiery New Logo

 

[Osgood]

So half of them, then?

I'd call it a third.

• OD&D (won't count it, since it was the original)
• 1E
• 2E * (though the '95 reprints don't mention an edition either)
• BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia
• 3.0
• 3.5 *
• 4.0 (One could argue the Essentials, but I wont)

 

[ExploderWizard]

Staggered release. Hah!

These kids today think a few months is too long to wait for a complete core set. Back in the day, AD&D was released at a rate of ONE CORE BOOK A YEAR! You played with what you had and you liked it.

 

[Morrus]

FYI Mashable released an article on D&D's new logo http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/dung...:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfcjVkcXg1YXZ6YTBma291eSJ9

Yeah, I got that. I was thinking more the one on the top of the books.

 

[delericho]

These kids today think a few months is too long to wait for a complete core set. Back in the day, AD&D was released at a rate of ONE CORE BOOK A YEAR! You played with what you had and you liked it.

See, now you're just being ridiculous. The notion that a D&D fan could ever like anything D&D related is so unlikely as to be absurd.

 

[Morrus]

I'd call it a third.

• OD&D (won't count it, since it was the original)
• 1E
• 2E * (though the '95 reprints don't mention an edition either)
• BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia
• 3.0
• 3.5 *
• 4.0 (One could argue the Essentials, but I wont)

So discounting OD&D,a s the first of anything can't have an edition number:

1E's edition was "Advanced"
BECM and I all had edition names
2E didn't
3E didn't
3.5 had the edition number
4E didn't
Essentials did, but I'll agree that's not worth counting

So I make that 3 with editions, 3 without.

 

[Thaumaturge]

I am very pleased with the logo. That ampersand. That does it for me.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Iosue]

Yeah, I got that. I was thinking more the one on the top of the books.

Time for a new banner, eh?

 

[DMZ2112]

2e & 3e were both staggered releases iirc. And one edition was intended to be staggered but player demand prior to release meant that it was changed to "all at once", though I can't remember if that was 3.5 or 4.

D&D4 was a simultaneous release because we freaked out like rabid weasels all over the Wizards forums. In retrospect, though, the DMG has changed a lot in 10 years and I don't think a staggered release is that big a deal anymore. I will say this, though:

*removes fan hat, dons editor hat*

From Mearls on twitter: ". @ Wild mikebennett PH/MM/DMG releases were split because stacking them causes big quality issues, a la the 4e errata. Too much work at once."

Come on, simultaneous releases don't cause quality issues. Not starting your development and publishing process early enough causes quality issues.

*removes editor hat, dons fan hat*

SO EXCITED OMG.

Does anyone recognize the artists involved? I can't pick up on who did these covers.

Rise of Tiamat, at least, is definitely Komarck. The others could be his but it is hard to tell at such low resolution.

 

[Plaguescarred]

Yeah the new ampersand kick burn ass!