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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gothmaugCC" data-source="post: 3754772" data-attributes="member: 54883">Well since you guys are loooking for the old announcement, i'll dig it up for you. Anyhow this is the post that started the 2011 rumors waaaay back in 2002. Here it is:<a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20010401a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20010401a</a>This is thier old "countodwn to 4th edition" announcement, originally slated for 2011. I copied the text and posted it below:"Following on the heels of its successful, yearlong "Countdown to Third Edition" promotion for the new version of its Dungeons & Dragons game, Wizards of the Coast announced today that it would begin the "Countdown to Fourth Edition," which is due out April 1, 2011. A Wizards spokesperson, citing continuing strong sales of third edition D&D, said the company decided that "ten times the countdown," should result in "ten times higher" sales of Fourth Edition. Though initially reticent on the issue, former D&D Brand Manager Bryan Rancey admitted (after we poured salt on his wounds) that the Fourth Edition countdown was beginning. "Yeah. Sure. Whatever," said Rancey. "Let me go." Sources say that the new edition will use the revolutionary d30 system, but this is, as yet, unconfirmed."As you can see the post is really old, but it does show that WoTC was making 4th edition plans from the outset of 3rd edition. Remember guys they are in business to make money just like everyone else, and a new edition does just that.</blockquote>

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