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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [dicebreaker] Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:41:52 -0700
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On 3/25/2024 8:20 PM, gbbgu wrote:
> On 15 Mar 2024, kyonshi wrote:
> 
>> This feels partly the fault of Wizards of the Coast itself. Since One
>> D&D - now called Dungeons & Dragons 2024 - was first announced in
> 
> Confusion about the release isn't helping. 6e, 5.5e, 5.1e, no it's just 5e
> really, one dnd, dnd 2024... I'm sure I've missed some in there.

> Just pick a version, call it that and be consistant. I get they don't want to
> alienate all the new 5e players that bought stuff off the back of the
> popularity bump of 2020, but pathfinder managed this with the remaster
> release. Everyone knew it was a remaster, made sure the fans understood what
> was coming, the compatability etc, and I don't recall seeing any complaints.

5e was D&D Next before it was released.  It's common practice to call a 
creative product something else and change the name for release, which 
makes sense as it's in flux and may be incorrect before finalized.

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