Hasbro is supposed to announce really low third quarter earnings on Monday due to the Toys R' Us fiasco, and announce a round of layoffs with them.  I doubt they'll spend the money on a new edition soon.

No idea.  WotC and "competence" seem to have a schizophrenic relationship.  They are fully capable of making exactly the right moves, and also fully capable of a massive screw up.  I wouldn't even begin to predict in that environment.

6E is nowhere on the horizon. 5E's PHB is still selling like hotcakes.

If/when there is a new edition of D&D, my money is on a streamlined version that's compatible with 5E. The growth in the hobby is overwhelmingly towards the casual end of the market. Just like with boardgames, this is going to influence what kinds of games get published, with ease of introduction and play at the table being paramount. 5E is actually a pretty complex game, and D&D has grown in popularity in spite of that complexity. But if Hasbro/WotC are interested in growing the market, it will definitely be with simpler, more accessible systems and products. And personally, I'd be all for that.

There won't be a 6e. This is the last full edition of D&D for the rest of our grognard lives.

Also, I wouldn't buy it. Not for any protest or indictment of its quality. I'm just not into the platform anymore. I like the "other" games.

Quote from: trechriron;1060869There won't be a 6e. This is the last full edition of D&D for the rest of our grognard lives.

Also, I wouldn't buy it. Not for any protest or indictment of its quality. I'm just not into the platform anymore. I like the "other" games.

If enough people's house rules for the game seem to be constantly converging on certain points than there'd be justification for a revised edition.

Quote from: Haffrung;10608586E is nowhere on the horizon. 5E's PHB is still selling like hotcakes.

Pricing on that thing is bizarre.  Fifty bucks retail.  Guys on eBay selling it for $65 - and getting that.  I bought a brand new copy for $22 shipped.  It’s all over the map.

Quote from: trechriron;1060869There won't be a 6e. This is the last full edition of D&D for the rest of our grognard lives.

Yeah, this.  I wouldn't even think of buying another edition unless it was sold off to someone else than wotc.

I'd wait to read the reviews before committing to anything.  5e works well enough with some house-ruling.  A 6e is far off into the future, so long as 5e sales continue to remain strong.  And they are strong.

I'm pretty happy with 5e for what it is.
If WotC were to announce 6e tomorrow for example. No I'd probably not buy into it, well at least not for a long while and after I'd taken a good long look at it and see it if was any better than 5e.

I expect there WILL be a 6e at some stage. But TBH, 5e pretty much fulfills what I expect from Dungeons and Dragons. If there were never another edition, I'd be ok with it.

Still, if a new version came out in a few years and it was just a refined version of 5e, it's likely I'd buy into it, as the outlay of money vs reward for DnD and RPGs in general is very good.
So eventually buying a 6e of DnD would be something I'd probably buy on a whim at some stage unless it was really awful, such as going back to something like 4e.

IF they did a new edition I do not think they would actually replace the one they have, rather, I think they might try to do an "advanced" version, a new AD&D, if you will.

There's no need for a new edition, ever, because the system isn't a hot mess anymore. They'll do a big update the art at some point to keep up with trends and rewrite some of the text, but you're not going to see an overhaul as radical as the last several. What would the point be?

Quote from: Razor 007;1060752How likely are you to drop coin and buy the Books?

I'm suspicious that a percentage of players will cling to 5E; assuming they are still rolling with D&D.

5E is more popular than 3.5 was, and people chose to cling to it.

Nerds will buy into the latest version of anything.

Quote from: fearsomepirate;1060918There's no need for a new edition, ever, because the system isn't a hot mess anymore. They'll do a big update the art at some point to keep up with trends and rewrite some of the text, but you're not going to see an overhaul as radical as the last several. What would the point be?

Something like 2e AD&D's Revised version seems more likely than a 6e, yes. Something that sells more books but doesn't prompt current players to stop playing.

Quote from: fearsomepirate;1060918There's no need for a new edition, ever, because the system isn't a hot mess anymore.

Strongly disagree. I find it MORE of a hot mess than any other edition, but I focus on higher level play and 5e breaks down sooner than other editions and when it breaks the answer is always "make custom monsters"

I do not even find 5e higher level combats to be shorter, the rounds are shorter and sure it may not last as long as some 4e combats, but dang if I am going to lose the mechanical depth of 3.X, I expect things to proceed faster and be more balanced.

Quote from: Rhedyn;1060952Strongly disagree. I find it MORE of a hot mess than any other edition, but I focus on higher level play and 5e breaks down sooner than other editions and when it breaks the answer is always "make custom monsters"

Obviously, not enough people agree with you to keep Pathfinder from dying.