4dventure

On August 15, 2007 had created a count down page for a product called 4dventure, suspending all other Dungeons & Dragons articles on their site in place of the countdown. announced on August 16, 2007 that this was the announcement of Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. The article stated that core books will be released in monthly installments, same as third edition: In May, 2008 the Player's Handbook will be released, in June the Dungeon's Master's Guide, and in July the Monster Manual.

The day before the announcement, Wizards of the Coasts usual pages on their site were replaced by a "4dventure" page along with a countdown. Shortly after the countdown had ended a few people got to glimpse a few pages the website announcing 4th edition before it crashed under the sheer numebr of people flooding the site. For those unable to see the new site they shortly found out about the truth behind 4th Edition's official announcement when a new subforum appeared devoted to it. Until then there was only speculation about a possible 4th Edition because some people had stumbled across the subforum in an administrator-only forum of the website that had not been locked to prevent general users access. At this time the website is still under pressure from many people trying to connect at once so it has been temporarily been placed under maintenance.

While the site rollout didn't go as planned, more information will still be posted to the GenCon report page on the Wizards of the Coast site to allow people to know what things are in store for the future of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition as they are revealed at the convention.

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