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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 3721047" data-attributes="member: 22260">First, a new edition will always be on its way. I call 5th ed right now.If the question is when, then near time signs:Release Schedule: This is the big one. WotC had a schedule lacking the sort of stuff they had really been pushing the previous 7 years. And this will be the best indicator for the future. Quality Rumors: when it goes from &quot;a friend of a friend&quot; to people at Green Ronin, Necromancer, etc posting it online, you know something is up.Whats X doing: Sort of a mix of the first two. Has a designer suddenly gone quite, or is not doing much in terms of forthcoming books, but still works for the company...are there five or six that fall in that catagory...indicates something is up. New Bussiness Plan: are they making a bunch of other changes that would fit with/support a new edition? Actually, even for 3.5, there wasn't a change of bussiness plan per se, but first they fired a bunch of people, then there was a total revamp of what they where releasing, starting, first and foremost, with the minis. Time: We won't see a new edition in the next five years. After that, start to get nervous. At about year 7 or 8, put it in your sig (wish I had).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 3721047, member: 22260"] First, a new edition will always be on its way. I call 5th ed right now. If the question is when, then near time signs: [B]Release Schedule:[/B] This is the big one. WotC had a schedule lacking the sort of stuff they had really been pushing the previous 7 years. And this will be the best indicator for the future. [B]Quality Rumors: [/B] when it goes from "a friend of a friend" to people at Green Ronin, Necromancer, etc posting it online, you know something is up. [B]Whats X doing:[/B] Sort of a mix of the first two. Has a designer suddenly gone quite, or is not doing much in terms of forthcoming books, but still works for the company...are there five or six that fall in that catagory...indicates something is up. [B]New Bussiness Plan: [/B] are they making a bunch of other changes that would fit with/support a new edition? Actually, even for 3.5, there wasn't a change of bussiness plan per se, but first they fired a bunch of people, then there was a total revamp of what they where releasing, starting, first and foremost, with the minis. [B]Time: [/B] We won't see a new edition in the next five years. After that, start to get nervous. At about year 7 or 8, put it in your sig (wish I had). [/QUOTE]

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