OK, but they are less interested in what you would buy than they are in the next batch of Middle schoolers. And Curse of Strahd is all new to them. No need for updates, it is already ready to go with 2024 rules.
Exactly. If they keep the original in print, it will only sell to new players. But an updated version will sell to new and existing players. Combine that with the things that do need updated to match 5e Revised rules (like the Haunted One background) and it's an obvious choice.
10th anniversary is a pretty easy excuse, yup.
The comic looking bits are credited to a guy named John Grello. Here's a photo of its manufacturing info...
Doomspace was so egregiously bad, it fully converted me from "desperate for an official 5e Dark Sun campaign guide" to "Afraid of what an official 5e Dark Sun campaign guide might look like." If Doomspace was any indication at all of the lines WotC is thinking along when it comes to updating Dark Sun, I'd rather they just leave it alone. I'm hoping that the references in the new PHB were just meant as mild nostalgia bait and not an indication that they're actually considering taking another crack at it. They're just too bound by the need to "play it safe" politically speaking, and there's just no "safe" way to do Dark Sun justice. It's too deeply, inherently political, and while I happen to think its political message is a good one, I don't think WotC is willing to risk alienating the people that would disagree with me about that. A Dark Sun that doesn't have anything to say is no Dark Sun at all.
Ironically, WotC choosing not to have Athas get sucked into a black hole is another example of them playing it safe!
I don't know that it's ironic. They correctly recognized that the only safe way to do Dark Sun was to not do Dark Sun at all.
