D&D 5E Upcoming D&D Tidbits: Phandelver, Book of Many Things, Venger, & More!

D&D Beyond has shared some more tidbits of information about upcoming products, including this summer's new Phandelver campaign, and information about Vecna, Planescape, and spring's Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, and more.

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Here are the highlights:

• In the 2024 Vecna adventure, you will visit various worlds.
• Art by Brian Valezer and Kent Davis from fall 2023's Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants was shared (see below), along with art from the Phandelver campaign by José Manzanedo. There was additional art from Planescape and more which you can see in the video.
• The new Phandelver book will include the existing adventure Lost Mines of Phandelver in the first half and then continue on to higher levels from there.
• They're reimagining Planescape for today's audience--honouring the roots then expanding.
• More cards are being added to the Deck of Many Things in winter 2023's Book of Many Things. A new product type--a deck of cards and an accompanying book. The book digs into the history of the deck and its cosmic place as a force of chaos. It contains player and DM content.
• Venger, the villain from the 1980s D&D cartoon who will be featuring in an upcoming storyline and WotC's Chris Perkins might have hinted he is actually a Red Wizard--'a redder Red Wizard' was the phrase used.
• Many of the various bad guys in the League of Malevolence appeared in the D&D cartoon series -- Kelek, Warduke, etc.

Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (art by Brian Valezer)

Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (art by Kent Davis)

Phandelver Campaign (art by José Manzanedo)

Book of Many Things (art by Craig J. Spearing)​

 

[Parmandur]

it’s 64 pages, levels 1-5, so more like a third than like a fifth or less

Huh, remembered it being 32pages, but it's been a while.

Of course, a significant chunk of that page count us for Magic Items from the DMG and Monsters from the MM, which they won't reprint in this hardcover, so more like 45-48 pages of this full text: probably around a quarter or less.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

redder then venger

D&D Beyond has shared some more tidbits of information about upcoming products, including this summer's new Phandelver campaign, and information about Vecna, Planescape, and spring's Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, and more.

​

Here are the highlights:

• In the 2024 Vecna adventure, you will visit various worlds.
• Art by Brian Valezer and Kent Davis from fall 2023's Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants was shared (see below), along with art from the Phandelver campaign by José Manzanedo. There was additional art from Planescape and more which you can see in the video.
• The new Phandelver book will include the existing adventure Lost Mines of Phandelver in the first half and then continue on to higher levels from there.
• They're reimagining Planescape for today's audience--honouring the roots then expanding.
• More cards are being added to the Deck of Many Things in winter 2023's Book of Many Things. A new product type--a deck of cards and an accompanying book. The book digs into the history of the deck and its cosmic place as a force of chaos. It contains player and DM content.
• Venger, the villain from the 1980s D&D cartoon who will be featuring in an upcoming storyline and WotC's Chris Perkins might have hinted he is actually a Red Wizard--'a redder Red Wizard' was the phrase used.
• Many of the various bad guys in the League of Malevolence appeared in the D&D cartoon series -- Kelek, Warduke, etc.

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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (art by Brian Valezer)
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants (art by Kent Davis)

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Phandelver Campaign (art by José Manzanedo)

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Book of Many Things (art by Craig J. Spearing)​

Its actually "Whose Redder then Venger?" and the context is they were doing an adventure with the Red Wizards of Thay, looked over saw Venger and realized shares a world view and a sense of fashion with them, and so what was I think a Red Wizard of Thay/Vecna multiversal adventure for D&D's 50th, became a RWT/Vecna/D&D Cartoon/DADHAT/League of Malvelence multiverse story.

This naughty word is going to get weird next year, but at least it should be alot less destructive then March of the Machine was for MtG.

 

[Parmandur]

what nostalgia, you could still buy it maybe 6 months ago

2014 was a quarter of my life ago: before all my kids were born, even! Sure, this was more readily available for purchase just a year ago, but the number of people who have fond memories of Phandelver from the past decade is significant.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Honoring the roots of Planescape and then expanding has me wondering what kind of expansion and where the naughty word are they going to get room to expand Planescape in a 96 page Gazeteer while respecting its root?

Throughing some guesses out there but the most obvious one is mixing in Eberron Cosmology and Radiant Citadel & its settings into the mix. Possibly also discussing Astral Dominions of the Gods in the Astral Sea? Placing D&D Theros, Ravnica, and Arcivous into the 5e/RD&D Great Wheel? Domains of Delight mention? Discussing the World Axis survivirs like the Feywild, Shadowfell, and Elemental Chaos? Adding more none Western cultural influences?

 

[mamba]

2014 was a quarter of my life ago: before all my kids were born, even! Sure, this was more readily available for purchase just a year ago, but the number of people who have fond memories of Phandelver from the past decade is significant.

not disagreeing with that, but most of those people have it / could have easily bought it until recently. I am not seeing a large demand from people who missed out on it and now cannot wait for it to finally be available again

 

[mamba]

Of course, a significant chunk of that page count us for Magic Items from the DMG and Monsters from the MM, which they won't reprint in this hardcover, so more like 45-48 pages of this full text: probably around a quarter or less.

yeah, quarter is probably about right, page count wise

 

[Henadic Theologian]

A few years ago Lost Mines was on Amazon for $6.99 in a post Christmas sale. I bought 4 extra copies just to stock up.



Yeah, unfortunately it's not, but Perkins isn't the most reliable guy. He told us Dragon Heist was a heist and the Icewind Dale adventure was like The Thing.

We don't know what his criteria for success are, its obviously not a box office success, but he could be referring to its effects on merch sales, which is more important then Box Office in the long run and/or positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

 

[R_J_K75]

Worth noting that the new Starter Set is being positioned as forwards compatible, and WotC it will remain the Starter Set on shelves after the new Core books hit.

So if Im understanding things right and I may not be but has a 2024 Starter Set been announced?

 

[Parmandur]

not disagreeing with that, but most of those people have it / could have easily bought it until recently. I am not seeing a large demand from people who missed out on it and now cannot wait for it to finally be available again

Sure, bit the main point there is the expansion, and giving people who have heard stories, like from the Advebture Zone, to get the full experience.

 

[Parmandur]

So if Im understanding things right and I may not be but has a 2024 Starter Set been announced?

No, the new Starter Set came out last year, but will remain in print for the foreseeable future past the introduction of the new Core books, per Crawford.