D&D 5E (2024) What Improvements Would You Want with 6E?

[Parmandur]

Thanks, don't know how I coulda gotten those confused.

Where's the 20mil from? (link wouldn't hurt, even)

It came from the same place, lemme look around later.

 

[Tony Vargas]

It came from the same place, lemme look around later.

I'm in no hurry. It sure would be a nice factoid though: "there are as many people playing D&D today, as played it in the preceding 40 years" kinda thing. Lovely sound-bite way of talking about growth.

 

[Eric V]

But when the specific quality has proven popular, it is relevant. The 5E adventures, using the 5E adventure guidelines, have been successful, ergo we can conclude that the adventure guidelines are not contrary to the game's popularity.

OR

When there's so little (relative to previous editions) material being released in a year, -anything- gets bought.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that was the economic reasoning behind not flooding the market with books.

 

[Tony Vargas]

When there's so little (relative to previous editions) material being released in a year, -anything- gets bought.

That's certainly why I own OA, UA, and the Survival Guides for 1e.

 

[Eric V]

That's certainly why I own OA, UA, and the Survival Guides for 1e.

The ninja and samurai for me for the first one, but agreed with the others.

 

[Parmandur]

OR

When there's so little (relative to previous editions) material being released in a year, -anything- gets bought.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that was the economic reasoning behind not flooding the market with books.

On the contrary, 4E's publishing history is adequate demonstration that folks won't just buy because it is there.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm in no hurry. It sure would be a nice factoid though: "there are as many people playing D&D today, as played it in the preceding 40 years" kinda thing. Lovely sound-bite way of talking about growth.

"According to Wizards of the Coast, the company that has published D&D since the late ‘90s, over 40 Million people are estimated to have played Dungeons & Dragons."

...

"Wizards reported a 41% rise in the number of active players (year over year) in 2017, and 52% in 2018. Starter Set sales alone increased 65% year over year in 2018. In fact, EVERY YEAR since D&D’s 5th Edition launched has seen the game’s biggest growth."

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[Eric V]

On the contrary, 4E's publishing history is adequate demonstration that folks won't just buy because it is there.

Same argument, just different side of the pendulum.

 

[Tony Vargas]

"Wizards reported a 41% rise in the number of active players (year over year) in 2017, and 52% in 2018. Starter Set sales alone increased 65% year over year in 2018. In fact, EVERY YEAR since D&D’s 5th Edition launched has seen the game’s biggest growth."

I can't understand why they wouldn't just volunteer the number of active players rather than the growth %, that chart, in particular, with the first bar just data-free.
It's frustrating.
I mean, I can understand, but I don't like what it implies.

 

[Parmandur]

I can't understand why they wouldn't just volunteer the number of active players rather than the growth %, that chart, in particular, with the first bar just data-free.
It's frustrating.
I mean, I can understand, but I don't like what it implies.

Trade secrets.