The enhanced edition of Dungeons & Dragons 5E will not arrive until next year… for its own good

By now there is no doubt: the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons marked a before and after in the game. Since its implementation in 2014 by Wizards of the Coast, they have dared to touch little things here and there in different manuals, usually to add classes and races, but the sixth edition is still far away (if it ever comes). Instead, Hasbro has been claiming for some time that they are working on an improved edition of 5E, but it is taking its time. And that is, contrary to what we are used to in video games, very good.

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Role-playing books fill my shelves

Anyone who has never played role-playing games believes that there is only one manual for D&D, but the truth is that every few years the game system is modernized and improved, with strong points like the 3.5 edition and very low points like the fourth, which still remains infamous for most people. This kind of version 5.5, which would celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary, has been being tweaked since 2022 to try to fit into all gaming tables. It’s not easy: it must be similar enough to 5E to be easily accepted and different enough to make it worth getting the manual. If the delay is to achieve this in an almost alchemical way, it will be welcome.

To be fair, it must be said that in 2025 only the revised monster manual will be released, and before that we will have the Dungeon Master’s guide and the player’s guide. In Spain, we still don’t know when they will be translated, but by the time they are, we should already have the most important rule variations in our hands. Start getting out the twenty-sided dice, because tonight we’re playing properly again.

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