According to the New York Times, Wizards of the Coast is crowd-sourcing the upcoming 5th edition of D&D because, as Greg Tito, games editor for The Escapist, said, “if handled correctly, [this] could be exactly what’s needed to make players feel invested in D&D again.”
Wizards of the Coast already publishes a steady stream of products set in the D&D universe: fantasy novels (by authors like R. A. Salvatore), comic books and board games. To combat the perception that the game requires hours of planning, the company organizes weekly drop-in sessions called D&D Encounters, run in game shops nationwide; they’re billed as an easy way “to fit your game in after school or work.
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