Doc Sammy
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So, January of 2024 will mark the 50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and the RPG hobby as a whole. While this is obviously quite a ways off and too early to really figure out what WOTC will do for such an occasion, it's not too early to wildly speculate about it.
On a more serious note, I've always been curious about what the 50th Anniversary would hold, since the year of the 40th Anniversary gave us 5th Edition, the best-selling edition of the best-selling RPG of all time. 5E is a dominant game even by D&D standards and it was designed to be a more "evergreen" edition to boot.
Even with some of the more recent changes made to the game, the three core books from 2014 are still widely available in print and show no signs of letting up. So I'm honestly unsure a 6th Edition would even be in the works for 2024.
I would say there would be another limited run re-release of OD&D but since all the booklets are now available for sale on DTRPG, I'm unsure if that's a given or not. It's probable but not a guarantee.
My personal theory as to what will happen for the 50th Anniversary would be we'd see another limited reprint of OD&D and probably special reprints of the other edition core rules as well. We might see a more official 5.5 series of core books but I don't see 6E being on the horizon except maybe as a very vague announcement for a future release.
Aside from what we think might or might not happen, what would you want to see happen for the 50th Anniversary of the world's oldest roleplaying game?
On a more serious note, I've always been curious about what the 50th Anniversary would hold, since the year of the 40th Anniversary gave us 5th Edition, the best-selling edition of the best-selling RPG of all time. 5E is a dominant game even by D&D standards and it was designed to be a more "evergreen" edition to boot.
Even with some of the more recent changes made to the game, the three core books from 2014 are still widely available in print and show no signs of letting up. So I'm honestly unsure a 6th Edition would even be in the works for 2024.
I would say there would be another limited run re-release of OD&D but since all the booklets are now available for sale on DTRPG, I'm unsure if that's a given or not. It's probable but not a guarantee.
My personal theory as to what will happen for the 50th Anniversary would be we'd see another limited reprint of OD&D and probably special reprints of the other edition core rules as well. We might see a more official 5.5 series of core books but I don't see 6E being on the horizon except maybe as a very vague announcement for a future release.
Aside from what we think might or might not happen, what would you want to see happen for the 50th Anniversary of the world's oldest roleplaying game?