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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ph0rk" data-source="post: 8284725" data-attributes="member: 16266">3.5 was some rules tweaks, and it was backwards compatible. You could play modules designed with 3.5e in mind in 3e and vice versa. Most likely what will happen with 5e, like it or not. Come to think of it, the story in the early to mid 2000s was about how 3e was part of a DnD resurgent and an overall rise in popularity of P&P RPGs.People say it was because 3e was failing, but as WotC isn't releasing sales numbers and most certainly did not claim 3e was failing while the books were still on shelves, this seems dubious.And - what will Hasbro do when the pandemic-driven boom fades? It wouldn't take much for 50m players to become 20, 15, or even fewer. That's still more players than there were in previous editions, but will seem like the end of an edition in a fiscal sense. They've printed money in 2020, but that can't last.</blockquote>