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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 1753967" data-attributes="member: 22424">My predictions...Personally, I would be surprised if, three years from now, we aren't busy counting down to 4th Edition (or playing it already). I also fully expect it to be tied a lot more closely to the miniatures, for the funds.I wouldn't be surprised if 4th Edition had a collectable bestiary (so, instead of a big Monster Manual, you get a small sample of monsters in the DMG, and have to buy miniature boosters for the rest), and a collectable grimoire (ditto spells in the PHB). The main challenge I would see in Wizards implementing this would be in persuading DMs to (a) buy lots of miniature boosters and (b) accept players bringing new and unseen spells to the table, with all the balance issues that would threaten.Mechanically, I expect 4th Edition to be similar to 3rd, but with a few layers of complexity shaved off. Oh, and earlier comments about &quot;out of the box playability&quot; are almost certainly correct.In terms of the RPG market as a whole, I expect things to be much the same as they are now. Wizards will still be huge relative to everyone else, with White Wolf closest (probably with a 2nd edition of Exalted in the works, to move to the new WoD ruleset), and then the rest. d20 will remain the dominant system, but by no means the only game in town.I don't expect to see anything groundbreaking, but if I did, I would be making money off it already&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 1753967, member: 22424"] [b]My predictions...[/b] Personally, I would be surprised if, three years from now, we aren't busy counting down to 4th Edition (or playing it already). I also fully expect it to be tied a lot more closely to the miniatures, for the funds. I wouldn't be surprised if 4th Edition had a collectable bestiary (so, instead of a big Monster Manual, you get a small sample of monsters in the DMG, and have to buy miniature boosters for the rest), and a collectable grimoire (ditto spells in the PHB). The main challenge I would see in Wizards implementing this would be in persuading DMs to (a) buy lots of miniature boosters and (b) accept players bringing new and unseen spells to the table, with all the balance issues that would threaten. Mechanically, I expect 4th Edition to be similar to 3rd, but with a few layers of complexity shaved off. Oh, and earlier comments about "out of the box playability" are almost certainly correct. In terms of the RPG market as a whole, I expect things to be much the same as they are now. Wizards will still be huge relative to everyone else, with White Wolf closest (probably with a 2nd edition of Exalted in the works, to move to the new WoD ruleset), and then the rest. d20 will remain the dominant system, but by no means the only game in town. I don't expect to see anything groundbreaking, but if I did, I would be making money off it already :D [/QUOTE]

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