I have been calling the upcoming release “D&D 5.5”, but now I think it would be better to refer to it as “D&D 5.2”. Here’s why. After the release of the Player’s Handbook (Sept 2024), Dungeon Master’s Guide (Nov 2024), and Monster Manual (Feb 2025) Wizards of the Coast will release an updated versi
Are you quoting something with those ellipses?
If “5.2” were a marketing decision, then it would probably be getting used in their marketing materials. But there you see stuff like “One D&D.”
Incrementing the second number here is in line with general “geek numbering system” convention. It doesn’t seem to me like marketing barged into the production room and insisted on a more “marketable” version number — not that that has never happened, but marketing would most likely have wanted “5.5” not the inscrutable “5.2.”