Silver Moon
Adventurer
Well, that's what "Paranoid" did - they went straight from 2nd Edition to 5th!Arkhandus said:Not really, folks have mentioned before the impending 5th Edition, or that they might just skip 4E and go straight to 5E.
Perhaps no D&D 4th Edition is Being Planned Yet
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Remathilis
Legend
Silver Moon said:Well, that's what "Paranoid" did - they went straight from 2nd Edition to 5th!
Information on 3rd and 4th edition are classified, citizen. Can I see you papers?
Very nice.Echohawk said:Ah, gotcha. You were using "book" to mean "product that I like", rather than the more traditional meaning of "bound papery thing with words in it".
While I'd also like to see some Forgotten Realms bo.... um... products that focus on regions and/or lore and have some crunch in them, I'm looking forward to the Grand History of the Realms and I also like the current hardcover adventure line. So at least for me, I reckon those count as books.
Yeah, FR hasn't seen much in the way of pure sourcebooks recently; I wonder how their sales were...
I much prefer seeing adventures, though. They build the setting in a way that sourcebooks don't.
Cheers!
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
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You're kidding, right?
Guys? He's kidding, right?
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
I certainly hope he is.Kamikaze Midget said:
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Hussar
Legend
Wow, that's funny. I can't be the only one to remember a D&D Saturday Morning Cartoon. Never mind that the average age of gamers is around 25 and has been for a decade according to Dragon polls anyway. And, as far as alienating customers, well, they may have alienated you but, I'm not sure how you can make sweeping statements like that.
I gotta admit though, I like the OP's theory.
meomwt
First Post
I think the OP may have a point.
Launching DI and announcing 4e at virtually the same time makes little or no business sense to me. What WotC need to do is build up DI and get regular readers, then tease them with 4e hints. I'd suggest a year (minimum) between DI going online and release of 4e.
They did virtually the same thing in 1999 when they teased 3e for a year in Dragon magazine. They'd bought out TSR earlier and started work on 3e, but re-built the readership of the magazine before announcing 3e as a cert.
Caveat - I am merely an engineer who understands volts, amps and natural 20's. I do not have any publishing or business experience.
But I was a Dragon reader in the year before 3e hit, so I know of what I speak.
Launching DI and announcing 4e at virtually the same time makes little or no business sense to me. What WotC need to do is build up DI and get regular readers, then tease them with 4e hints. I'd suggest a year (minimum) between DI going online and release of 4e.
They did virtually the same thing in 1999 when they teased 3e for a year in Dragon magazine. They'd bought out TSR earlier and started work on 3e, but re-built the readership of the magazine before announcing 3e as a cert.
Caveat - I am merely an engineer who understands volts, amps and natural 20's. I do not have any publishing or business experience.
But I was a Dragon reader in the year before 3e hit, so I know of what I speak.
Can't say if he's right or wrong about the gaming hobby, but in general, I feel he's probably right.
Back when I was in law school in the early '90's, many of my fellow classmates chided me for reading books for pleasure.
Some even bragged that they only read newspapers & news magazines.
I had to explain to several of them some of the classical allusions our professors made, like the meaning of "Sword of Damocles" and how it applied to certain laws.
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