Details from the WotC 2010 Spring catalog

[thalmin]

Thanks as always thalmin for tpying this up. I really appreciate it. One question about the catalog though, does it also happen to list WotC novels? If so could you do me a favor and list off any campaign settings that are getting novels in this quarter. If not then don't worry about it.

I've been ignoring the novels section since they only list the hardcover or trade sized books, and even then most are reprints, either outright or first-time-in-this-format. But here is the list, complete, they offer:

The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book I a Forgotten Realms omnibus by R.A. Salvatore
Collection of Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn
Jan 5, 2010 Trade $14.95

The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book II a Forgotten Realms omnibus by R.A . Salvatore
Collection of The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, and Sea of Shards
Feb 2, 2010 Hardcover $27.95

The Curse of the Chain Veil a Magic: the Gathering Planeswalker novel by John Vornholt
Feb 2, 2010 Trade $14.95

The Raistlin Chronicles a Dragonlance omnibus by Margaret Weis & Don Perrin
Collection of The Soulforge and Brothers in Arms
March 2, 2010

Avenger: Blades of the Moonsea, Book III a Forgotten Realms novel by Richard Baker
Final volume of Blades of the Moonsea. I think this is a new novel, at least it got a 2-page spread.
March 2, 2010 Hardcover $24.95

The Captive Flame: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Book I a Forgotten Realms novel by Richard Lee Byers
The return of the Brotherhood of the Griffon introduced in Byers' The Haunted Lands trilogy. This appears to be new.
April 6, 2010 Trade, $14.95

That is the complete list.

 

[Ranadiel]

I've been ignoring the novels section since they only list the hardcover or trade sized books, and even then most are reprints, either outright or first-time-in-this-format. But here is the list, complete, they offer:

Thanks a ton, it didn't have what I was looking for(a clue to next year's setting), but I really appreciate you putting in the effort to type them up. You really are a great guy.

 

[JeffB]

Now there it is: Wotc's own words. The planes are big dungeons, no matter how much sugar people put in it.
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respectfully-How did you draw that conclusion from the product description above? I didn't read it that way at all, and it's certainly not the impression I get reading through the 4E MOTP. There ARE dungeons in the planes, but the Planes are big dungeons????

 

[Nymrohd]

Why should we never get a chance to visit the planes as places to adventure in in the traditional old school style? The Planescape type planes had amazing flavor but were crap poor as places to do heroic adventures at, and D&D has in all editions stressed heroic adventures and based its ruleset on these. Yet for some reason the planes have been sparsely tapped as a source for adventuring locations, and are more there for interaction, social roleplaying and intrigue. The biggest monsters and the most ancient civilizations are in the planes, ofc there have to be dungeons there

 

[Cadfan]

The word "dungeon" has grown awfully meaningless over the past few years. Has anyone here recently adventured in a "dungeon" that was an actual dungeon?

 

[Alt F4]

Galaxy of Intrigue a Star Wars Roleplaying Game Supplement by Rodney Thompson, Eric Cagle, and Gary Astleford
224 page hardcover, $39.95

The Unknown Regions a Star Wars Roleplayiong Game Supplement by Rodney Thompson
224 page hardcover, $49.95

Ouch, a 25% increase in the cost of the Star Wars books is gonna make a lot of Saga fans unhappy.

 

[thalmin]

Ouch, a 25% increase in the cost of the Star Wars books is gonna make a lot of Saga fans unhappy.

My error. The correct price is for The Unknown Regions is $39.95

 

[Nai_Calus]

Wasn't the entire point of Planescape to make the planes more accessible to low-level characters, or am I just reading an entirely different version of the setting than everyone else? >_>

I don't care about the Dragonborn book, since I can't stand Dragonborn, though the Eladrin one when/if they come out with it might be interesting. I like Eladrin and they need more coverage.

Hoping the Astral Plane book will give us much better coverage of the Astral Dominions than MotP did. The writeups of those in MotP were only slightly less dull than dishwater.

 

[Sammael]

One of the points of Planescape was, indeed, to make the Planes more accessible to low-level characters - but MOST EMPATHICALLY NOT as planar mega dungeons to slay the Fiend of the Month. That was the shtick of 1st edition AD&D.

 

[ggroy]

To add one more title to the list, (according to amazon)

Dungeon Magazine Annual Vol. 1: A 4th Edition D&D Compilation

with a release date of May 18, 2010.