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What's the release schedule for 5e products looking like?

Started by thedungeondelver, February 22, 2015, 08:48:54 PM

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thedungeondelver

I know a lot of folks have their fingers on the pulse of what's been announced, what's been cancelled, etc.  Just curious.
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Skywalker

#1
The only product on the schedule at the moment is "Princes of the Apocalypse" due on 7 April. It is a big campaign (level 1 to 15) designed by Sasquatch Studios (as Tyranny of Dragons was designed by Kobold Press). It will be accompanied by release of material either in Basic or free online such as the Genasi.

You can expect a similar campaign being released every 6 months or so (http://www.nerdsonearth.com/2014/12/dungeons-dragons-5e-release-schedule-2018/).

There was some suggestion that it was going to be released with a companion book called "Adventurer's Handbook" but that book was never announced. Some critics have termed this to be a "cancellation" but I think that this is a stretch. In any case, it seems likely that the salient material will be that which is going to be released either in Basic or free online.

FWIW you can keep up to date with all the most recent 5e schedule developments here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1847-D-D-5th-Edition-Release-Schedules

Skywalker

#2
As to speculation as to further releases, the only one I have seen was Chris Perkins seeming to tease that some sort of Greyhawk book/product. You can see that here: http://twitter.com/chrisperkinsdnd/status/520385395323060224. This could be the "Alice in Wonderland" inspired Campaign due later this year, given Gary Gygax's use of that theme in two modules that were set under Castle Greyhawk.

Omega

They also released the DM screen and spell cards also through second party publishers.

Shipyard Locked

Cue folks proclaiming "dead edition walking" on other forums.

danskmacabre

I'm pretty happy with what I have now, the 3 core books.
I'd probably buy a decent GM screen.
I'd definitely buy a MM2.

As to adventure and campaign adventures..  
I'd buy a compendium book of mini adventures/encounter book
I'd probably not buy a major campaign book, as I have lots of that sort of material already I can convert.
I WOULD buy a converted Greyhawk setting for 5e, that'd be pretty cool.
 
Other than that, I think the 3 core books are pretty complete for my needs.
I doubt I'd buy splat books and so on, such as more classes and spells and stuff.

Doom

Yeah, the screen is looking good to me.

I think another MM is due, I just can't seem to make do with the one. I imagine part of the reason is I'm playing Emerald Spire, and it keeps referencing monsters not in the 5e MM, and I can't readily find anything comparable (eg, Gibbering Mouther).
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A nice education blog.

danskmacabre

Quote from: Doom;817152Yeah, the screen is looking good to me.

Cool, good to know.
It's pretty cheap anyway.

Quote from: Doom;817152I think another MM is due, I just can't seem to make do with the one. I imagine part of the reason is I'm playing Emerald Spire, and it keeps referencing monsters not in the 5e MM, and I can't readily find anything comparable (eg, Gibbering Mouther).

Yeah MMs are really useful and I love just reading them for fun anyway.
I love reading all the details of their backgrounds and they're great for seeding ideas for adventures.

TBH, I'll probably buy pretty much all MMs that are released for 5E, as they are always useful to have.

Omega

Who produced the Starter? Was that WOTC or another 2nd party gig?

danskmacabre

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Quote from: Omega;817162Who produced the Starter? Was that WOTC or another 2nd party gig?

AFAIK that was WOTC.

I didn't get it, although it was also pretty cheap and a decent purchase for someone new to DnD and RPGs in general.
It's just I was pretty happy with the free PDFs until the actual core books came out.

Skywalker

Quote from: Omega;817162Who produced the Starter? Was that WOTC or another 2nd party gig?

WotC.

Novastar

Having bought it, I'll say it was definitely a nice introduction to 5th Edition.

And I have to say, those 3rd-party Spell Cards? They're looking very attractive...
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thedungeondelver

You know, I think it kind of funny that people might say 5e is moribund due to low supporting product release.  Are they so addicted to splat-treadmill that a Montana Mule-Choker's worth of new shoddily-tested skills, powers, items and monsters being released thrice quarterly is their only measure of a game being alive?
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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selfdeleteduser00001

I really like the release schedule, it's about right. Not too much, just enough, good quality control (whether you like the result or not it's well controlled).

Suppose that if you are running older campaigns you might want some more monsters, but a: you probably can convert them and b: I think Kobold press are muttering about a new monster book.

I think avoiding splatbooks and character escalation supplements is a very good idea.

Plus this is meant to be the edition to repurpose and re-use all the stuff you have on your shelves already folks!
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tuypo1

Aww still no manual of the planes thats literally all i want from this edition so i can steal everything thats not bolted down and run cackling with glee back to a better edition with the loot in my hands.
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