D&D 5E So, I have been out of town for a few weeks, did I miss something?

[TerraDave]

I guess I will go bump some recent 5E threads...there seem to be a lot of them.

 

[Crothian]

New edition and its what everyone is talking about.

 

[Mercurius]

Only the announcement of 6E.

 

[Hannerdyn]

Only the announcement of 6E.

"You must spread some Experience Points around before giving it to Mercurius again."

Yeah, well... I guess that's fine.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Only the announcement of 6E.

Crap. I sign off of EN World to get a couple hours of shut eye and this is what happens. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

I'm going back to the news page to hit refresh every ten seconds so I don't miss these critical scoops.

 

[sgtscott658]

I'm sure WotC is working on 6.0 as we speak and will release it in 3 to 4 years. Of course after you had spent 1000's of $$ on 5E gear lol

Crap. I sign off of EN World to get a couple hours of shut eye and this is what happens. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

I'm going back to the news page to hit refresh every ten seconds so I don't miss these critical scoops.

 

[TerraDave]

funny thing is, they have actually been pretty quite. Two big cons, limited announcements, at least for the "tabletop" game.

I guess they want to build up to that 6E launch.

 

[SkidAce]

you folks are making me break out in hives....

 

[Remathilis]

Only the announcement of 6E.

Available in 2017, just in time to coincide with Pathfinder 2.0.

 

[Mercurius]

Well let's see...

Gap between 1st and 2nd edition: 12 years (1977-89)
Gap between 2nd and 3rd edition: 11 years (1989-00)
Gap between 3rd and 4th edition: 8 years (2000-08)
Gap between 4th and 5th edition: 6 years (2008-14)

I'm not a mathematician, but if the pattern holds then 6E would be out sometime between 2017-19, and 7E 2-3 years later.

At some point, perhaps editions will reach some kind of Kurzweilian critical mass and the Singularity Edition will haveth arrived.

EDITED to fix my error.