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<blockquote data-quote="Anguirus" data-source="post: 5782575" data-attributes="member: 41413">I'm glad to see others agree with me to CALL IT WHAT IT IS, the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons.&nbsp; It may not be the best marketing move, but it's the most honest move.They have very ambitious plans for this game, but that does not guarantee its financial success or its legs in the long term OR its success in bringing all players of all editions together.&nbsp; Right now you have to assume that it won't be any more successful or universal or popular than 3E and 4E, which were the other big WotC rollouts.&nbsp; So in the future, having the fifth edition of D&amp;D not called that will just create confusion among gamers.On the other hand, if 5E is everything that they have hoped for, the name doesn't harm them.&nbsp; Many RPGs have rolled out more editions than D&amp;D.&nbsp; The newbies and the grognards that they wish to attract won't have any trouble understanding that this is the most recent incarnation of D&amp;D and they would like you to give it a shot.&nbsp; If 5E is the backwards-compatible edition, well done!&nbsp; But it doesn't mean that you have to give it some weaksauce marketspeak name.Although, props for having &quot;D&amp;D Extreme&quot; as one of the poll choices.&nbsp; That's kind of what I see in my head when I think of any title that's not just &quot;D&amp;D Fifth Edition.&quot; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/angel.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angel:" title="Angel&nbsp; &nbsp; :angel:" data-shortname=":angel:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anguirus, post: 5782575, member: 41413"] I'm glad to see others agree with me to CALL IT WHAT IT IS, the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons. It may not be the best marketing move, but it's the most honest move. They have very ambitious plans for this game, but that does not guarantee its financial success or its legs in the long term OR its success in bringing all players of all editions together. Right now you have to assume that it won't be any more successful or universal or popular than 3E and 4E, which were the other big WotC rollouts. So in the future, having the fifth edition of D&D not [I]called that[/I] will just create confusion among gamers. On the other hand, if 5E is everything that they have hoped for, the name doesn't harm them. Many RPGs have rolled out more editions than D&D. The newbies and the grognards that they wish to attract won't have any trouble understanding that this is the most recent incarnation of D&D and they would like you to give it a shot. If 5E is the backwards-compatible edition, well done! But it doesn't mean that you have to give it some weaksauce marketspeak name. Although, props for having "D&D Extreme" as one of the poll choices. That's kind of what I see in my head when I think of any title that's not just "D&D Fifth Edition." :angel: [/QUOTE]

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