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Rob Wieland

Upcoming D&D

2021

_{Available Now}
_{Fizban's Treasury of Dragons}

_{Available Now}
_{Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos}
_{Setting/Adventure}

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_{January 2022
Rules Expansion Gift Set
(includes Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Universe)}

_{March 2022
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep
Adventure}

_{2 Classic Settings}

_{2022 or Beyond}

_{2 Brand New Settings}

_{Another Classic Setting}

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_{Revised Core Rulebooks
(D&D 50th anniversary)}

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Rob Wieland

I am a game designer with over 15 years worth of game credits and industry experience. My work includes licensed games based on worlds like Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly, classic game worlds like Dungeons & Dragons and Shadowrun and my own creations like Camelot Trigger and Save Game. I play a wide variety of games as part of Theatre of the Mind Players and have been the guest of honor at several conventions. I live with my family in Wisconsin, born near the heart of RPGs (and just a few short years younger than they are).

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