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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8073994" data-attributes="member: 58197">This timeline treats the period from 2012 to 2014 as if D&amp;D ceased to exist entirely, which makes no sense. You could argue that those 2 years should be credited to 4E as the then-current edition, or to 5E since the Next playtest was in progress. You could even split the difference and give one year to each. But D&amp;D was certainly still a going concern during that time.Personally, I would count editions as follows:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A &quot;minor edition&quot; of D&amp;D starts when its Player's Handbook or equivalent is published, and continues until the start of the next minor edition.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A &quot;major edition&quot; comprises one or more minor editions which are mechanically compatible, such that material from one can be used in another with little or no conversion required.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the special case of BD&amp;D and AD&amp;D, where we had two parallel product lines, each is considered a separate major edition, with 3E as the successor to both.</li>
</ul>Thus, the major editions of D&amp;D would include:OD&amp;D (1974-1977)BD&amp;D (1977-2000): Minor editions Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules CyclopediaAD&amp;D (1977-2000): Minor editions 1E, 2E3rd Edition (2000-2008): Minor editions 3E, 3.5E4th Edition (2008-2014): Minor editions 4E, Essentials5th Edition (2014-present)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8073994, member: 58197"] This timeline treats the period from 2012 to 2014 as if D&D ceased to exist entirely, which makes no sense. You could argue that those 2 years should be credited to 4E as the then-current edition, or to 5E since the Next playtest was in progress. You could even split the difference and give one year to each. But D&D was certainly still a going concern during that time. Personally, I would count editions as follows: [LIST] [*]A "minor edition" of D&D starts when its Player's Handbook or equivalent is published, and continues until the start of the next minor edition. [*]A "major edition" comprises one or more minor editions which are mechanically compatible, such that material from one can be used in another with little or no conversion required. [*]In the special case of BD&D and AD&D, where we had two parallel product lines, each is considered a separate major edition, with 3E as the successor to both. [/LIST] Thus, the major editions of D&D would include: OD&D (1974-1977) BD&D (1977-2000): Minor editions Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules Cyclopedia AD&D (1977-2000): Minor editions 1E, 2E 3rd Edition (2000-2008): Minor editions 3E, 3.5E 4th Edition (2008-2014): Minor editions 4E, Essentials 5th Edition (2014-present) [/QUOTE]

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