Why the secrecy? Oh, already know the answer to that one...

[AGFlynn]

You want WotC to stop publishing D&D entirely for three whole years, because they had started preliminary work on the next edition? I don't know about you, but I've bought some great books in the past years and got some good use out of them.

And imagine the uproar! "3.5 only came out 2 years ago, and now you're going to completely stop supporting the game because of a product you'll be publishing in 3 years?!?"

How about "3.5 just came out four years ago and now you're going to completely stop supporting the game because... you need to make more cash with a reboot?"

What, you want to keep investing $30 a pop in a system that you dump when, assuming you want to, you switch over to the new one? Sure, they can publish all they want -- more power to them, it must be a real poke in the eye to be producing material for a soon-to-be-defunct product line -- but I'm plunkin' down a buying freeze right now.

Yes. Yes, I want them to stop publishing for three whole years. (Or 13, if you're into hyperbole).