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<blockquote data-quote="Rasyr" data-source="post: 1898247" data-attributes="member: 2855">The last time this topic came up, I know I said 2006-2007, with the reasoning behind that being that Hasbro, liking the CCG business model so much that it has applied it to D&amp;D.Also, there is the fact that 3.5 was originally scheduled to be released in 2005, but was moved up 2 years (3 years seems to be the cycle on M:tG). Now if 3.5 was due in 2005, it makes sense that 4.0 would be out in 2010. However, since 3.5 was released in 2003 (2 years ahead of schedule), that means that if 4.0 sticks with the original 5 year span that was scheduled between 3.0 and 3.5 you could it in 2008. However, since they cut two years off the time for 3.5, if they do the same to the development of 4.0, that makes 2006 the earliest you might see it.Ealier this year, Charles Ryan (brand manager for D&amp;D) was interviewed, and the interviewer asked about 4.0. Charles was slick though. He refused to comment on anything more than 18 months down the pike (which would be around the beginning of 2006), and basically gave &quot;no comment&quot; answers by side-stepping the question when asked in several different ways.Now, no matter when 4.0 is coming out, don't expect any announcements until early in the year that it will be released (and expect it to be a GenCon release, like both 3.0 &amp; 3.5) as they start ramping up for the new edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rasyr, post: 1898247, member: 2855"] The last time this topic came up, I know I said 2006-2007, with the reasoning behind that being that Hasbro, liking the CCG business model so much that it has applied it to D&D. Also, there is the fact that 3.5 was originally scheduled to be released in 2005, but was moved up 2 years (3 years seems to be the cycle on M:tG). Now if 3.5 was due in 2005, it makes sense that 4.0 would be out in 2010. However, since 3.5 was released in 2003 (2 years ahead of schedule), that means that if 4.0 sticks with the original 5 year span that was scheduled between 3.0 and 3.5 you could it in 2008. However, since they cut two years off the time for 3.5, if they do the same to the development of 4.0, that makes 2006 the earliest you might see it. Ealier this year, Charles Ryan (brand manager for D&D) was interviewed, and the interviewer asked about 4.0. Charles was slick though. He refused to comment on anything more than 18 months down the pike (which would be around the beginning of 2006), and basically gave "no comment" answers by side-stepping the question when asked in several different ways. Now, no matter when 4.0 is coming out, don't expect any announcements until early in the year that it will be released (and expect it to be a GenCon release, like both 3.0 & 3.5) as they start ramping up for the new edition. [/QUOTE]

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