Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6362855" data-attributes="member: 9789">Because it's a completely valid name for D&amp;D 5.0?&nbsp; I'm kind of surprised you're the second or third person to bring it up as a question.All I can come up with is that I suspect people who started with different editions (especially 4th) may be more comfortable with using the word &quot;edition&quot; in the name; my first extended exposure was 3.0 and later 3.5, so I'm more comfortable with the X.Y nomenclature.&nbsp; Considering this version of D&amp;D is simply called &quot;Dungeons and Dragons&quot; I don't think anyone can really claim anything is more right than anything else, it's really just up to whoever is saying it to make themselves clear, and both ways to write it are equally clear.&nbsp; Plus, it's future-proofing, for when 5.5 comes out:&nbsp; I won't have to change my nomenclature.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Ps.&nbsp; The 3.5 books that came out in 2003 actually had &quot;3.5&quot; on the cover.&nbsp; (I think it was popular a decade ago to use X.Y names for many things.)&nbsp; The 4.0 books that came out 5 years later didn't have the word &quot;edition&quot; or a number on the cover, but they did use the words &quot;4th edition&quot; inside the book.&nbsp; I am pretty sure calling it &quot;4.0&quot; in 2008 was extremely common, especially since the previous version was 3.5.&nbsp; Now, a little over 5 years later, it seems weird to me that anyone would question the &quot;5.0&quot; label, even if they might prefer &quot;5th edition.&quot;&nbsp; I haven't done a &quot;find&quot; on the text of the book since I don't have it in PDF, but the 5.0 PHB doesn't seem to use the word &quot;edition&quot; to describe itself at all, but rather they pulled an Apple and just started calling the latest version &quot;D&amp;D&quot; as if it were the only one all along.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 6362855, member: 9789"] Because it's a completely valid name for D&D 5.0? I'm kind of surprised you're the second or third person to bring it up as a question. All I can come up with is that I suspect people who started with different editions (especially 4th) may be more comfortable with using the word "edition" in the name; my first extended exposure was 3.0 and later 3.5, so I'm more comfortable with the X.Y nomenclature. Considering this version of D&D is simply called "Dungeons and Dragons" I don't think anyone can really claim anything is more right than anything else, it's really just up to whoever is saying it to make themselves clear, and both ways to write it are equally clear. Plus, it's future-proofing, for when 5.5 comes out: I won't have to change my nomenclature. :) Ps. The 3.5 books that came out in 2003 actually had "3.5" on the cover. (I think it was popular a decade ago to use X.Y names for many things.) The 4.0 books that came out 5 years later didn't have the word "edition" or a number on the cover, but they did use the words "4th edition" inside the book. I am pretty sure calling it "4.0" in 2008 was extremely common, especially since the previous version was 3.5. Now, a little over 5 years later, it seems weird to me that anyone would question the "5.0" label, even if they might prefer "5th edition." I haven't done a "find" on the text of the book since I don't have it in PDF, but the 5.0 PHB doesn't seem to use the word "edition" to describe itself at all, but rather they pulled an Apple and just started calling the latest version "D&D" as if it were the only one all along. [/QUOTE]

Verification