D&D 5E WotC Delays New D&D Book Announcement

This from WotC — “Get the quasits out of our office! Our plan to make a D&D book announcement on Thursday has been changed. Adventurers, mark your calendars for Monday, January 13.”

The book was due to be announced on Thursday 9th January after a mysterious entry appeared on Amazon with a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020. See the original news item here:

D&D 5E - March's D&D Book To Be Announced On January 9th

A mysterious entry has appeared on Amazon! With a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020, this $49.95 hardcover release will be revealed in under a week! The description reads "Your first look at the next...

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They haven't given a reason; back in November WotC delayed the launch of the sapphire D&D anniversary dice at the last minute, too.

D&D General - $300 D&D Dice Delayed

WotC has delayed the sale of the $300 dice. They haven’t said why.

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[dwayne]

as long as it is not forsaken realms or burparron i will be happy give me darksun, or a psionics book something thats not the same old craptasic things have been. Thank god for 2nd party releases other wise i would be going crazy, it's not like we need another adventure. Heck i would settle for planesscape setting that would be "epic"

 

[Henry]

Could be that key personnel are out of the office at the moment and not due to return until the 13th?

 

[Tiles]

Why do you say that?

D&D News today mentioned they are not connected

 

[mach1.9pants]

D&D News today mentioned they are not connected

What is DnD news?

 

[Tiles]

Twitch and YouTube- D&D News , (today’s episode will likely post on YouTube in a couple days) if you have a twitch account you can check it out now. Greg Tito mentions and displays all the cards/map-!

 

[Parmandur]

The dice set is NOT linked to a campaign, so the odds of a new Xanathar’s is my guess...

D&D News today mentioned they are not connected

Exact quote, please.

 

[Tiles]

Exact quote, please.

“It is not tied to a specific campaign “

 

[Parmandur]

“It is not tied to a specific campaign “

Didn't say it wasn't tied to the book. Doesn't sound like a storyline book, which is what a campaign would signifiy.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Gregg Tito "This one was designed to be a bit more evergreen, it's not tied too a specific campaign..."

 

[Prakriti]

Gregg Tito "This one was designed to be a bit more evergreen, it's not tied to a specific campaign..."

So it was a giant red herring after all? Interesting.