D&D (2024) More People Test One D&D Origins Playtest Than D&D Next

WotC has announced that more people have playtested the first One D&D playtest than the number of people who playtested the entirety of the D&D Next playtest 10 years ago, which led to the release of D&D 5E. The number of people who playtested D&D Next, according to the credits in the 5E Player's Handbook, was over 175,000 people.

In the first week alone, more of you have playtested One D&D than in the entirety of 5e playtesting!

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape the future of Dungeons & Dragons!

 

[Parmandur]

I’m not sure how they’d know. Maybe download and some measure of play reports? It’s a bold claim and if it’s based on downloads it’s still very impressive.

In the first week alone, more of you have playtested One D&D than in the entirety of 5e playtesting!

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape the future of Dungeons & Dragons!

I mean, with the Beyond sign-up they have much more solid data on who is downloading stuff than they did with just a hosted PDF.

 

[Burnside]

Are they interpreting "downloaded the UA" as equal to "playtested"?

Because, I mean, I downloaded and read it. I haven't used any of it at the table, and probably won't. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

 

[Reynard]

I am implementing some rules but my players have roundly rejected rebuilding with the UA chargen rules.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Considering that a lot of their playtesting that they ask the public for is just players opinions on the ideas and fluff of the stuff they made (and whether people are interested in the directions the bits are going)... just having enough interest to download the packet is probably considered valid playtesting to a certain extent for them. And all of our discussions here on EN World about the various bits and pieces (even if we don't play them in a game per se) is still info they will use to make further assumptions for what folks will want to see in later packets

 

[Nikosandros]

I mean, with the Beyond sign-up they have much more solid data on who is downloading stuff than they did with just a hosted PDF.

Didn't they had some kind of registration for downloading the Next material? I seem to recall one, but I'm not sure.

On the main topic: it's probably actually many more. I'm positive that in many groups someone will have downloaded the PDF and then shared with others who didn't bother with the registration.

 

[dave2008]

Are they interpreting "downloaded the UA" as equal to "playtested"?

Because, I mean, I downloaded and read it. I haven't used any of it at the table, and probably won't. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

I am sure that is what they mean. However, that is likely the same data the have for the Next playtest, so I guess it is an apples to apples comparison

 

[darjr]

Didn't they had some kind of registration for downloading the Next material? I seem to recall one, but I'm not sure.

On the main topic: it's probably actually many more. I'm positive that in many groups someone will have downloaded the PDF and then shared with others who didn't bother with the registration.

I have seen a lot of pdf sharing of the pdf as well.

 

[TwoSix]

Are they interpreting "downloaded the UA" as equal to "playtested"?

Oh yea, that's exactly what they mean.

Still, having more people download the 1st UA document than the entirety of the playtest packets from 10 years ago is a strong indicator of how much the player base has grown.

 

[dave2008]

PS Isn't the survey supposed to be available today?