GrissTheGnome
Explorer
When D&D5th was coming out, they mentioned that they had some of the guys from the Magic the Gathering marketing department helping out. Then I noticed something, D&D has two storylines a year, one that begins in March, and one that begins in October.
Magic also does something similar, they have blocks. The current Blocks are two sets, one big that has a lot of cards, and a follow up that is smaller and has less. The two card sets tell a story. The new set, Shadows Over Innistrad (which incidentally is ALSO gothic horror inspired) comes out this Friday.
So now D&D and Magic have a similar schedule, in March/April they have a new story come out. Then in October or so they have another one come out. On a six month schedule.
But wait there is more. Magic "typically" follows a format where they go to a new plane, where they generate new content, then they go and revisit an older plane and have a sequel to existing fluff. D&D is also following this. Tyranny of Dragons was original, Elemental Evil was a reboot/sequel, Out of the Abyss was original, Curse of Strahd was a reboot/sequel.
If this pattern holds true, the next D&D story will be original with a new plot. Then around this time next year we will be discussing the adventure that is a reboot/sequel of a classic D&D adventure.
Magic also does something similar, they have blocks. The current Blocks are two sets, one big that has a lot of cards, and a follow up that is smaller and has less. The two card sets tell a story. The new set, Shadows Over Innistrad (which incidentally is ALSO gothic horror inspired) comes out this Friday.
So now D&D and Magic have a similar schedule, in March/April they have a new story come out. Then in October or so they have another one come out. On a six month schedule.
But wait there is more. Magic "typically" follows a format where they go to a new plane, where they generate new content, then they go and revisit an older plane and have a sequel to existing fluff. D&D is also following this. Tyranny of Dragons was original, Elemental Evil was a reboot/sequel, Out of the Abyss was original, Curse of Strahd was a reboot/sequel.
If this pattern holds true, the next D&D story will be original with a new plot. Then around this time next year we will be discussing the adventure that is a reboot/sequel of a classic D&D adventure.
