D&D 5E 2022 WoTC Books?

[Mezuka]

Which WoTC D&D books are coming in 2022?

 

[Rogerd1]

Tons of books to be delivered off KS - some were supposed to delivered this year but pandemic an' all that likely slowed things, a lot.

Check KS and find the ones you like.

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[Marandahir]

We know of two thus far:

1. Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
2. Critical Role: Call From the Neverdeep

There will be at least 2 setting books in 2022, as well, but we don't know what they are.

 

[Yora]

Tons of books to be delivered off KS - some were supposed to delivered this year but pandemic an' all that likely slowed things, a lot.

Check KS and find the ones you like.

Discover » "5e" — Kickstarter

A selection of projects highlighted by our staff and based on what’s popular right now.

www.kickstarter.com

Hasbro now runs crowdfunding to finance their regular business activities?

 

[Mezuka]

Hasbro now runs crowdfunding to finance their regular business activities?

I changed my title after reading his response. I wasn't specific enough I guess.

 

[Rogerd1]

"The Future of D&D" (New Core Books in 2024!)

The online D&D Celebration event, which has been running all weekend, comes to a close with The Future of D&D, a panel featuring WotC's Ray Winninger, Liz Schuh, Chris Perkins, and Jeremy Crawford, hosted by Elle Osili-Wood. D&D is exploring the multiverse Revisiting classic settings. 1st of...

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There is Monsters of the Multiverse in Jan 2022.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

We know of two thus far:

1. Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
2. Critical Role: Call From the Neverdeep

There will be at least 2 setting books in 2022, as well, but we don't know what they are.

Well actually we do know at least one of them is Spelljammer thanks to the UA, the other might be Darksun or Planescape.

 

[Azzy]

Well actually we do know at least one of them is Spelljammer thanks to the UA, the other might be Darksun or Planescape.

Nah, one is going to be Dragonlance. Gotta synergize with the novel's release.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Nah, one is going to be Dragonlance. Gotta synergize with the novel's release.

Honestly I am vexed that people believe this. I'm not saying you're definitely wrong, but... why...?

Dragonlance isn't a setting that can offer very much. It's a very middle-of-the-road, poorly world-built (sorry but it is), generic fantasy setting, which doesn't offer any particularly exciting new vistas for D&D, doesn't feature stuff that appeals to large groups of players in 2021, is based on books that were last popular with people just little older than me, so 40+, and thus 13% of the playerbase at max. It doesn't even have any new classes, or really any races that aren't already pretty well-dealt-with.

It would also require a rework to get rid of problematic setting elements, and setting elements rules-incompatible with 5E, which would annoy the very people you'd apparently be targeting.

Also, you know what WotC gets by boosting the sales of the new Dragonlance novel? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. They are not the publisher, and they do not benefit from it.

Spelljammer is near-certain, but I will be genuinely surprised, at this point, if Dragonlance is one of the "4 classic settings". Also pretty disappointed because what a goddamn waste.

 

[darjr]

@Ruin Explorer WotC did get a share of the advance for the books so I can imagine they'll get a share of the profits if only via licensing fees. I doubt they don't have some kind of profit percentage.