According to
ComicBook.com, WotC's Brand Director, Nathan Stewart, told them that WotC plans to open up a couple more D&D settings for play later this year. He said "
It's going to be more like at the level of how Barovia [introduced in the Curse of Strahd adventure storyline] is in terms of stuff. Here's a thing that's going to give you a taste of the setting, but we're not going to that setting yet, we're just letting you get in there and start doing it."
Stewart didn't say which settings would be revealed, but did say that it would appeal to "hardcore" fans. Could it be
Spelljammer (from
recent clues at GAMA and in
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes), or
Dark Sun (from Mike Mearls' psionics previews on his video series)? It should be noted that Chris Perkins said that
Dungeon of the Mad Mage would include a spelljammer helm.
Spelljammer and
Dark Sun don't sound like bad guesses, and
Planescape seems like a strong contender. But these are just guesses.
There are no vacant "placeholder" slots for WotC at Amazon and the like, so it's a reasonable guess that these offerings will be digital in nature. It could be anything from an
Unearthed Arcana article to a full PDF like the
Magic: the Gathering crossovers WoTC has released. Time will tell!
And when will this happen? Stewart says
"We have two surprises that I think hardcore D&D fans are really going to love coming this summer, and then I think we got one surprise that's going to release later this year that we've not told anyone about. We're going to announce it in July."
kbrakke said:
I didn't see this anywhere else, but it looks like we might be getting official support for other settings soon. My guess would be open up DMs guild support and a SACG style book but with a multitude of settings (Or at least, that's what I want. Small primer on the plane, discussions on how the races and classes fit in there, a new race or archetype. Repeat for 200 pages, add 50 pages of monsters). If the announcement is coming in July and we get an extra 4th book this year it could be a big year for 5e.
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