How many pages will the 5E PHB have?

[Fifth Element]

What's your best guess?

 

[ggroy]

What's your best guess?

If they really really streamline the system, maybe 160 pages?

 

[Jasperak]

None.

5e will have us buying an electronic game aid that you have to pay $30 per month to update and to use.

No more need for tables, dice, paper, nor pencils. Since it is self contained, you can play D&D anywhere including the subway. If your neighborhood does not have a subway, you will be able to use it on the bus.

 

[Dice4Hire]

So you are assuming 5E will be a paper book?

 

[ScottS]

Some multiple of 32 (with appropriate filler if necessary).

 

[Doug McCrae]

One. But it will be really big.

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

32 cards.

 

[ggroy]

32 cards.

5E D&D being turned into a Magic the Gathering type card game?

 

[drothgery]

More seriously, assuming they're still trying to sell a hardbound book the same size as most non-SWSE RPG books, it'll probably be 320 pages again. It's very rare to go bigger than that, but for the main rulebook for D&D, you always want more pagecount. They'll probably aim for 288, and keep trying to get there, but end up with 320.

 

[ggroy]

More seriously, assuming they're still trying to sell a hardbound book the same size as most non-SWSE RPG books, it'll probably be 320 pages again. It's very rare to go bigger than that, but for the main rulebook for D&D, you always want more pagecount. They'll probably aim for 288, and keep trying to get there, but end up with 320.

Maybe the 5E D&D system will be streamlined enough such that both the PHB and DMG will be in the same book in 320 pages (or less), similar to the Pathfinder PFRPG core book.