The big announcement: 4dventure

[Olgar Shiverstone]

To be fair, I never saw "it's several years off" quoted from WotC staff. What I saw was "it won't be soon" (earlier this year). Soon is so vague as to almost be meaningless.

From D&D EXP, FEB 2007:

"I'm surprised it took this long for someone to ask that. It's going to come at some point. It's a long ways away. You'll get an announcement when that happens, but it's a long ways away. We have a lot of good stuff coming out through 2008."

Which implies no earlier than 2009, or later.

 

[Dire Bare]

Marketing. Publicity. Headlines. Impact to drive sales.

And because calling it "D&D 3.75" is just lame.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

And because calling it "D&D 3.75" is just lame.

Well . . . there is that.

 

[WayneLigon]

We already know it is 4E being announced, WL. Somebody got into the Gleemax forum before they locked it and the moderators created a slew of 4E threads and posted that it was announced.

I saw those, and it.. just struck me as it could be taken either way. Like it could be a 4E announcement OR it could be an attempt to create a central place for 4E suggestions and the like. Some of the initial posts in there made me think of it like that, though I'd assume that if 4E were announced that all the initial playtesting would be over by now and most suggestions would be moot; I think a year from the launch, they'd be ready for more intensive second- or third-phase playtesting.

But yeah, my money is on a 4E announcement of some type.

 

[KingCrab]

I just hope they really did a lot of marketing research before adopting this strategy.

 

[johnnype]

Buying a 3.5 book and buying a 4.0 book should cost the same. I knew there was a reason I stopped buying crunch books over a year ago.

And a tip of the hat to Monte Cook who called this a long time ago.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

You know, that's actually an interesting idea. EN World is perhaps the largest single community of RPGers in existence.

I was going to say rpg.net was larger, but now that I look I notice they have about twice as many POSTS, they actually have fewer MEMBERS. Interesting.

 

[Xyxox]

Sorry, I didn't mean "no confirmation" I meant "no information". We've got nothing really to go on, other than there will BE a 4e. We don't even know WHEN...

And yes, "nothing" is hyperbole, but still.

Hell, for all we know the books are already printed and ready to go.

 

[Baron Opal]

No Dragon

No Dungeon

No 3e......?!?


sigh...........

Don't worry, you'll love it. Just go to sleep with this book next to your bed, and when you wake up, you'll be just the same.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Which implies no earlier than 2009, or later.

Yeah, keep living the dream. No later than 2008, more like it.