D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases

[Reynard]

I mean, so is a utterly incompatible 6e that forces you to start your collection over again. 5.5 was a compromise between trying to innovate enough to justify a new PHB without sacrificing sales of their settings and supplements.

I would be very surprised if we do not see updated reprints of most of the catalogue if 5E 2024 remains the current edition for another decade.

 

[Remathilis]

I would be very surprised if we do not see updated reprints of most of the catalogue if 5E 2024 remains the current edition for another decade.

I don't think we're going to see new versions of modules, and I think settings will be updated in expansions (like Forge of the Artificer) rather then reprints. So I don't see Curse of Strahd 2024 or Van Richten's Guide 2024, but I do see a new Ravenloft book or module that updates mechanics in it (in fact, we've already seen both subclasses, dhampir and the inquisitive background updated, so there isn't much left to revise).

The only books that will be invalidated are Xanathar's and Tasha's. Everything else will be patched via supplement.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I would be very surprised if we do not see updated reprints of most of the catalogue if 5E 2024 remains the current edition for another decade.

Whist I sure there isn’t a 6e in the immediate future, I very much doubt it will be as much as a decade. 6-8 years until D&D the Daggerheart edition.

 

[Reynard]

I don't think we're going to see new versions of modules, and I think settings will be updated in expansions (like Forge of the Artificer) rather then reprints. So I don't see Curse of Strahd 2024 or Van Richten's Guide 2024, but I do see a new Ravenloft book or module that updates mechanics in it (in fact, we've already seen both subclasses, dhampir and the inquisitive background updated, so there isn't much left to revise).

The only books that will be invalidated are Xanathar's and Tasha's. Everything else will be patched via supplement.

Only time will tell.

I do think there will be a X&T replacement sooner rather than later.

 

[bedir than]

Oh please no...

I tried to like DH. It's too loosey goosey for my tastes. I'd much prefer 5.75 over DH if that's the direction they go in...

This is why iterative changes are most likely for the market leader. They can be the second favorite for a large swath of players. But they can't be the favorite for a narrow band and ignored by most.