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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9678513" data-attributes="member: 2629">It is what is not written that have people thinking in terms of a new edition plan.  It is common practice at WotC to change regime about a year or two into a new edition and then hire people to work on the 'next new thing', whether that is a new edition or a half edition like 3.5 or 4E essentials.  They may be bucking the trend, but they tend to keep discussion of a new edition under wraps until they're ready to announce it.  To that end, we'll know when we know, but we can suspect...In terms of when or if we'll see another edition, it is really pretty simple: They'll sell a new edition if they think that a new edition could get them more money, either in the short term or long term depending upon the Hasbro business plan. Hasbro has been comfortable driving IPs into the ground to optimize short term profits in the past.  To that end, it can be hard to predict because a short term focused plan may not make as much sense to many of us.Right now we're seeing the fracturing of the community created by all the different game systems.  Daggerheart, MCDM, Tales of the Valiant and Pathfinder all have their fans that formerly focused on D&D.  That is a change in the RPG world and we'll have to see how it pans out.  I think whatever happens, people will say it is a response to this fracturing.</blockquote>