"Stream of Many Eyes" -- WotC To Announce New Storyline In June

On June 1st, WotC will be hosting a three-day streaming event called the Stream of Many Eyes. Similar to previous events, it will feature comedians, actors, and streamers, as the new Dungeons & Dragons storyline is unveiled.

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Here's the full press release:

On June 1 – 3 2018, D&D will bring tons of Twitch streamers, actors, comedians and D&D luminaries to the Stream of Many Eyes, a three-day livestreamed extravaganza full of cosplay, crazy sets and amazing stories. During the Stream of Many Eyes – #SOMEDND - the D&D team will unveil the new adventure story coming this year and showcase extraordinary D&D live play entertainment, and it will all stream live on twitch.tv/dnd.

The Stream of Many Eyes starts at 4pm PT on Friday, June 1st, with a visual tour of the studio led by host Anna Prosser Robinson and a roundtable conversation with the D&D team on the new storyline and what makes it so exciting. Dungeons & Dragons will then present live D&D play sessions with Force Grey & Dice, Camera, Action.

On Saturday, June 2nd, the livestream kicks off at 10 AM PT with Sirens of the Realms. Saturday’s games will feature well-known D&D gaming group Girls, Guts, Glory as well newer groups Rivals of Waterdeep and Dark & Dicey, all previewing content from the new story. The entertainment will run all day, wrapping up at 7 PM PT.

Four groups will perform on Sunday, June 3rd, beginning at 11 AM PT and streaming until 8 PM PT. Games will include members of Critical Role, High Rollers, Force Grey and the entire cast of Dice, Camera, Action performing together in costume for the first time.

D&D fans around the world can watch all the excitement unfold on twitch.tv/dnd, and on Sunday only, fans in the Los Angeles area can buy tickets to watch one of the live games in person. The live ticketed experience includes a curated set tour, live performances from musicians, dancers and stunt-people, food trucks, a D&D pop-up store full of merch, and of course some of your favorite gaming groups.

Check out the full schedule and buy tickets at dnd.wizards.com/some. Tickets are limited – so if you’ll be in the L.A. area on June 3rd make sure to grab them quick! Check out the D&D website, follow D&D on Twitter or subscribe to the Dragon Talk podcast feed for all the latest updates and for interviews with our special #SOMEDND guests.

You can read more here.

 

[Prakriti]

Last year, the name of the stream pretty much gave it away (Stream of Annihilation = Sphere of Annihilation = Tomb of Horrors sequel, i.e. Tomb of Annihilation).

"Stream of Many Eyes" isn't quite as much of a dead giveaway, but I do agree with others that Xanathar, Waterdeep, and Undermountain look like the most likely storyline elements. All the other evidence points that way too.

Congrats to everyone who figured it out.

 

[DQDesign]

so can we reasonably affirm that we will not have a non-FR product at least until Xmas? And consequently no new settings allowed on DMsGuild in the next months?
Terrible for me.

 

[Curmudjinn]

And undermountain means Skullport means spelljamming means psionics. Me=happy

 

[Ath-kethin]

so can we reasonably affirm that we will not have a non-FR product at least until Xmas? And consequently no new settings allowed on DMsGuild in the next months?
Terrible for me.

Nonononono. They're relocating Waterdeep to Greyhawk and Undermountain to Mystara. You'll be fine.

 

[DQDesign]

Nonononono. They're relocating Waterdeep to Greyhawk and Undermountain to Mystara. You'll be fine.

I'm terribly sad. And I don't understand why they 'block' campaign settings they have no interest in developing barring the possibility for authors to write related stuff on DMsGuild.

 

[kenmarable]

I hope that if it features Waterdeep, there are some real urban adventure aspects. Wilderness and ruins/caves/dungeons are nice, but we could really use a solid urban adventure.

There's also the hint about "the artifact's return," so it sounds like a MacGuffin hunt.

 

[kenmarable]

so can we reasonably affirm that we will not have a non-FR product at least until Xmas? And consequently no new settings allowed on DMsGuild in the next months?
Terrible for me.

I'm still holding out hope, but we'll see. I know Nathan Stewart in the same Fireside Chat that he revealed Mordenkainen's said they have exciting plans (changes?, I forget the exact word he used) for DMs Guild this year, so I keep hoping it's opening up more settings. Pleasepleaseplease

 

[Parmandur]

so can we reasonably affirm that we will not have a non-FR product at least until Xmas? And consequently no new settings allowed on DMsGuild in the next months?
Terrible for me.

Well, we have a Greyhawk/Planescape book coming out this month, and apparently three books coming out later this year. Too early to say what we won't be getting, though the Waterdeep/Undermountain angle is obvious by this point.

 

[GloomyGus]

I hope that if it features Waterdeep, there are some real urban adventure aspects. Wilderness and ruins/caves/dungeons are nice, but we could really use a solid urban adventure.

There's also the hint about "the artifact's return," so it sounds like a MacGuffin hunt.

An artifact that occasionally vanishes and then returns sounds a lot like the Deck of Many Things. "Deck of Many Things" also sounds a lot like "Stream of Many Eyes".

 

[DQDesign]

Well, we have a Greyhawk/Planescape book coming out this month, and apparently three books coming out later this year. Too early to say what we won't be getting, though the Waterdeep/Undermountain angle is obvious by this point.

I'm totally sure about the fact that the Mordenkainen's book will never open neither Greyhawk nor Planescape to be used by DMsGuild authors.