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."

 

[Micah Sweet]

You backed Level Up, which didn't print until after the release. I believe some of Russ's products have had printing delays.

They had pdfs, which were in fact what I backed.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Then you are not the audience. Wait for finished product to appear like it's 1988.

Plenty of Kickstarters have content ready for immediate download, with physical priduct coming later. Those are the ones I back, sometimes just the pdfs.

Any other vague insults you'd like to lob at me?

 

[bedir than]

They had pdfs, which were in fact what I backed.

Are you denying that publishers big and small have had printing issues since early 2020?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Are you denying that publishers big and small have had printing issues since early 2020?

Nope, I'm denying that my Kickstarter habits have any thing to do with my feelings on the matter at hand.

 

[Parmandur]

The MM could be furthest along in development, too. They have probably been updating MM monsters since MMoM came out. The PHB may be what we've been playtesting, but it's totally possible that the MM could drop first.

Based on what we've seen then saying, they probably have structurally complete drafts at this point for all 3. They might not know what the final Cleric will look like exactly, but they can have a spot blocked out for it. And most pf thenrules, are not even changing.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Wondering when the number of D&D Beyond subscribers passes the print run of dead trees...

 

[EpicureanDM]

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

The guy who draws maps for D&D may know some people who work on D&D, but his claim is ludicrous on its face.

How many copies of Tasha's - a single 5e book that's not a core book - do you think WotC printed?
How many copies of all 4e books ever published were printed? Keep in mind that this figure will include the core books.

 

[EpicureanDM]

The game may be doing great profitably but it's dying in every other aspect.

The game is not doing well profitably.

 

[EpicureanDM]

If I am not interested in something, I find it quite easy to ignore. I have no need to tell everyone that I do not like it.

This noble principle doesn't seem to extend to people complaining about WotC.

 

[JDR]

It's supposed to be a kickstart. Not a kick finish.

The Tanares folks are still writing the books now. It's been 2 years since the KS. Does not make me want to back future products from them...