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#1 StoneBeholder Mar 25, 2014 7:35:58	In 70 books published in 3 and a half months ( exactly 15 weeks) and of this total only 3 books are of the 3° edition. 15 weeks only 3 books ! Stay the questions :   The WotC only publish in DnDClassics , 3rd edition books after finishing 2nd edition ? The 2nd edition books outsell the 3rd edition in DnDClassics ? It's something the folks at WotC team with the 3rd edition ? With the launch of the 5th edition, WotC does not want to release more books in the 3rd edition DnDClassics ? The training team ran out of options for the 3rd edition ? The WotC have afraid of a possible failure of the 5th edition, facing 3rd edition or Pathfinder ? Some concern about having nothing more to launch after the 3rd edition ? The opinion of the DnD fans mean nothing to WotC ?   The team responsible , please manifest with some reason . It's hard to understand why not go out at least one book of the 3rd edition per week . I understand that books like Spell Compendium (2005 ) and Magic Item Compendium (2007 ) should come out in future, but the other suggested books do not disturb anything. It really makes no sense not to release at least one book of the 3rd edition per week . Some concern about having nothing more to launch after the 3rd edition ? Sometimes I have the impression that the team that prepares the material for DnDClassics has something personal with the 3rd edition . Is it? The strange thing is that the team itself answers nothing , not manifest , as if the opinion or desire of the fans of DnD were worth nothing . If lack of the option to launch , follow some suggestions :   Book of Challenges ( 2002) Planar Handbook (2004 ) Cityscape (2006 ) Dungeonscape (2007) Frostburn (2004) Sandstorm (2005) Stormwrack (2005)   If necessary contact the executives at WotC , let us know so we can help you. The books above anything hinder the release of the 5th edition . Why so many books in the 2nd edition and none of the 3rd edition ? After 15 weeks and 70 books , only 3 are from the 3rd edition . It gets really difficult to understand . Forum goers , what do you think it might be?   Regards:   Stone Beholder
#2 lawrencehoy Mar 25, 2014 8:28:46	The quantity of products available on D&DClassics.com right now is:   Basic/Expert:                              36 AD&D (1st Edition):                   59 AD&D (2nd Edition):               173 D&D 3rd Edition (3.0 & 3.5):    99 D&D 4th Edtion:                         29 D&D Next (5th Edition):               3   So, I think 3rd Edition is pretty well represented, in comparison. Don't you?   Perhaps they are trying to keep the numbers proportional to the amount of material ever printed, per edition.   In any case, I don't think there is much to complain about here; 3rd Edition has the 2nd highest quantity of products available (and that's probably proportional to the number of products published for each edition.
#3 Kiraya_TiDrekan Mar 25, 2014 9:21:27	There have been approximately 1892 D&D products since 1974 including novels (I may have missed a few character sheet products and geomorphs and such).   Roughly 888 products were published during the 2nd Edition era (1989 to early 2000).   Roughly 488 products were published during the 3rd Edition era (mid 2000 to 2007).   So, the proportions are about right, maybe even skewed a bit in 3rd Edition's favor.
#4 StoneBeholder Mar 25, 2014 9:45:20	Yes , but I do 15 weeks and only 3 books are the 3rd edition, while the other 68 are from other editions .In this case there is no proportion . Even if a book is released the 3rd edition per week , the proportion mentioned by you not cease to exist . But the way they are doing , the 3rd edition is practically discontinued ( 3 in 71 books only) . There is no doubt , for some obscure reason they are not releasing virtually nothing 3rd edition of the almost 4 months ( just 3 books ) . As I mentioned , will be of personal interest ? Because the 5th edition ? The 3rd edition does not sell as much as the others? Is fear of WotC players prefer the 3rd edition instead of 5th edition ? Honestly , I do not believe they are keeping a possible proportion ( almost 4 months and are only 3 books of 3rd edition) . Is there anything secret in this decision , otherwise , why not publish a single book 3rd edition per week , from five ? They can launch 6 books a week instead of 5 . Earlier leaving up to 10 books a week . It gets really difficult to understand . It would be something of a personal nature the team that prepares the material ? Regarding his argument , the ratio would remain should cast themselves first book 3rd edition per week . This argument does not immediately justified only 3 books in almost 4 months. The proportion mentioned by Kiraya, is between 2 to 1. But in almost four months, we have only 3 books from 68 or is 1 to 17. Disproportionate to the extreme. If only one book out of the 3rd edition per week, the proportion mentioned by him will continue, but with 1 book for every 17 ... impossible. There really is something obscure this WotC's decision ... but what would it be?
#5 Kiraya_TiDrekan Mar 25, 2014 10:11:58	I don't think there's any big conspiracy behind it.  If we were to go that route, I'd start complaining about them releasing the GAZ and Dragonlance modules and then stopping all of a sudden.  I'm content to be patient, however.  Everything will end up in PDF eventually, I'm sure.
#6 StoneBeholder Mar 25, 2014 10:35:10	I wonder how many books each issue they still intend lanar PDF. According to the proportion mentioned, it would be interesting to know how many of each issue are lacking. So it would be easy to have a notion. The GAZ and stopped Dragonlance modules and other modules like Ravenloft are coming more frequently. Was it because Ravenloft outsells other modules? It would be interesting if the site DnDClassics would release statistics on this. I respect your opinion, as not to be a conspiracy, but I did not mean that there is a conspiracy, just that there is a reason behind avoiding being the 3rd edition ... something of marketing character. They simply do not decide.