D&D 5E The Printers Can't Handle WotC's One D&D Print Runs!

One of the reasons why the three new core rulebooks next year will not be released together is because D&D is such a juggernaut that the printers can't actually handle the size of the print runs!

Jeremy Crawford told Polygon "Our print runs are pretty darn big and printers are telling us you can’t give us these three books at the same time.” And Chris Perkins added that "The print runs we’re talking about are massive. That’s been not only true of the core books, but also Tasha’s Cauldron. It’s what we call a high-end problem."

 

[UngainlyTitan]

are those two ‘unofficial sources’?

I would say so, but I am not the one making the claim.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

No, you are some rando on the internet, not Polygon quoting Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins

Feel free to show me where they are saying that...

From unofficial sources, Tasha's initial print run for ONE of WotC's distributors was larger than the full print numbers for all of 4e combined.

 

[Plageman]

I am still utterly baffled by people who insist on the need to tell all and sundry that they haven't bought any WotC D&D products lately and are unlikely to buy 2024 D&D.

Ooookay? I mean, I'm not likely to buy a new Honda Civic either. There's a million and one things I'm unlikely to buy. Heck, I didn't buy most WotC books on release - only buying them later when I found a need for them/found that they filled a niche I wanted for my game. Yet, surprisingly, I don't feel compelled to jump into every single thread, day after day, week after week, YEAR AFTER YEAR to tell everyone that I am or am not going to buy a new WotC book.

Are people just that starving for attention? What's the point?

Look, unless I'm mistaken we're all entitled our opinion

As far as I'm concerned I've bought a lot of WotC products including -recent- products. Call me a boomer if you will but I'm not the target audience for the current market of WotC products. I'm genuinely curious about their 5e refresh but I'm also aware of all the existing (or soon to be alternatives).

I'm very happy of this situation as I feel that such a wide diversity of 5e variations can only encourage innovation and new takes on a very old system.

If you're happy with everything that WotC produces theses days, be it, it's great for you and I'm happy. For me I've always loved to experience new games, new settings and new mechanisms.

 

[darjr]

Errr... that is just nonsense. Unless they mean 'this one printing place printed more Tashas than this same place ever printed 4e books', which might well be true, first of all because they might not even have existed 10 years ago.

But I've seen enough 4e haters doing their thing, that I have no doubt some people are spreading that sort of information in all seriousness. Right behind claiming that Pathfinder1 always outsold 4e, despite Paizo themselves stating that they never did.

Yea cause Dyson Logos doesn’t know anyone at WotC or anything……

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Feel free to show me where they are saying that...

Ok They did not say that, they just said there were issues with prints runs that large but

Yea cause Dyson Logos doesn’t know anyone at WotC or anything……

What he said. I will give some credence to something Dyson Logos says.

 

[Zaukrie]

I am still utterly baffled by people who insist on the need to tell all and sundry that they haven't bought any WotC D&D products lately and are unlikely to buy 2024 D&D.

Ooookay? I mean, I'm not likely to buy a new Honda Civic either. There's a million and one things I'm unlikely to buy. Heck, I didn't buy most WotC books on release - only buying them later when I found a need for them/found that they filled a niche I wanted for my game. Yet, surprisingly, I don't feel compelled to jump into every single thread, day after day, week after week, YEAR AFTER YEAR to tell everyone that I am or am not going to buy a new WotC book.

Are people just that starving for attention? What's the point?

In every thread. It's baffling .

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

They've staggered the release in every edition.

4th at least came out all at once and had an option for a slipcase collection day 1.

You're right for quite a few editions though.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I mean, TSR and WotC have staggerd the core books for juat about every Edition.

Yep. I can remember running a hybrid 1e/2e game while waiting for the rest of the core books to drop.

I'm sure the OneD&D PHB will be the first release, but it'd be funny if they started with the Monster Manual, just like 1e did, for the 50-year anniversary.

 

[jerryrice4949]

I am still utterly baffled by people who insist on the need to tell all and sundry that they haven't bought any WotC D&D products lately and are unlikely to buy 2024 D&D.

Ooookay? I mean, I'm not likely to buy a new Honda Civic either. There's a million and one things I'm unlikely to buy. Heck, I didn't buy most WotC books on release - only buying them later when I found a need for them/found that they filled a niche I wanted for my game. Yet, surprisingly, I don't feel compelled to jump into every single thread, day after day, week after week, YEAR AFTER YEAR to tell everyone that I am or am not going to buy a new WotC book.

Are people just that starving for attention? What's the point?

Yes!! So many people on this site who obviously are done with D&D and WoTC have to come into the threads to say they hate it or don’t intend to play it, etc. Why do that? If it isn’t your thing move on to a thread or topic that is. You don’t see me posting in the Candelera Obscura thread about how I am not going to play it. Because the thread is for those who are interested.

 

[Michael Linke]

Yep. I can remember running a hybrid 1e/2e game while waiting for the rest of the core books to drop.

I'm sure the OneD&D PHB will be the first release, but it'd be funny if they started with the Monster Manual, just like 1e did, for the 50-year anniversary.

I think the MM would be the most needed, though. They say the MM is correcting the balance of monsters, so that they actually have a challenge that matches their listed CR. The PHB changes seem to be less about balance, and more about massaging class identity and offering new options. The DMG seems to be the least critical of releases, but also probably doesn't require any playtesting, so is likely already being written.