I would not at all be surprised if one day they moved everything to digital formats and then just slapped a big ol’ subscription fee on it all for access. I give D&D another 5-10 years before they stop printing paper books entirely. Just a hunch, of course, but…yeah.

For all the good parts of 4E, one problem was that it was certainly over-monetized, with hardbacks being released every month and a very expensive online character builder. With 5e, the plea to the higher-ups reportedly was that “just let us make a version ‘for the fans’, a labor of love, and you make money off of t-shirts and pinball games and such if D&D becomes a valuable brand again”… and it became the best-selling edition.

Now I don’t know what the heck they are doing. The fact that they own D&D beyond is not a good sign.

I would like more computer games, especially ones that aren’t in early access for 3+ years, but when burgies and their lackeys talk in that tone, they usually mean things even more scummy than the constant MTG gallop.