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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[R_J_K75]

Wait, the title isn't "Coming Soon"?

And here I was thinking the book was about a troupe of bards and their ambitions for a new song and dance number (which involve sombreros and stilts of course) that keeps getting delayed due to jury duty...

Maybe. With the Stranger Things and Rick and Morty tie in products, perhaps this one is a Bill & Ted Face the Music tie in.

 

[Umbran]

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but ... the internet, man.

Rule 34 in action.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Umbran]

1. How did I not know this one! I mean, I kinda new what you meant from context, but I hadn't run across it before for some reason.

There are some few pure and innocent souls on the internet. Cherish yours while it lasts....

2. .... and why did I google it? I'm beginning to think that pretty much anything you google will get you, um (looks up) Rule 34'd.

Purity and innocence comes with a lack of... common sense, shall we say?

 

[lordstimpy]

Maybe its because Kolbold Press announced Tome of Beasts 2 on Dragon Talk today.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

So just watched Dragon Talk... I'm near certain the book being announced is the collection of modules, including ones written by Debora Ann Woll and Marisha Ray.

Here's the quote from today (timestamp around 39 minutes)

"I am excited about this new book, because of the partnerships within it... I'm going to hint very strongly. Some of the most exciting people we've ever talked to are involved in this book, and you'll find out in the announcement on January 13..."

 

[Anoth]

a 500+ page FR campaign setting would be most welcomed.

Harper scout subclasses for bards, rogues and rangers

Harper mage and Red wizard for wizards.

Incantatrix for sorcerers

official spell-less variants for Paladins and Rangers.

mad much as I would like to see something else, I believe FR fans deserve this and it would sell quite well. I know I would buy it and I’m Not a big FR fan. But I do run stuff for other players in it. It’s still a very good setting.

 

[darjr]

This. Is. Killing. Me.


Chris knows how much and I can hear his guffaw!

 

[gyor]

So just watched Dragon Talk... I'm near certain the book being announced is the collection of modules, including ones written by Debora Ann Woll and Marisha Ray.

Here's the quote from today (timestamp around 39 minutes)

"I am excited about this new book, because of the partnerships within it... I'm going to hint very strongly. Some of the most exciting people we've ever talked to are involved in this book, and you'll find out in the announcement on January 13..."

Well if your right it's an easy pass for me, because I have absolutely no interest in a shallow celebrity vanity project. Or in a collection of micro adventures like you could find DMSGUILD. Give me something interesting and meaty instead.

 

[Morrus]

Well if your right it's an easy pass for me, because I have absolutely no interest in a shallow celebrity vanity project. Or in a collection of micro adventures like you could find DMSGUILD. Give me something interesting and meaty instead.

IIRC you pretty much declare every book to be a hard pass.