WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

D&D Direct is a 30-minute video which WotC will be releasing on April 21st at 9am Pacific Time (5pm BST, if I have my time zones correct). They'll be using it to reveal stuff about upcoming D&D projects (including video games and entertainment). The video will be presented by Anna Prosser and B. Dave Walters.

This is being billed in an emailed announcement entitled "Learn Everything That’s Happening This Year for Dungeons & Dragons" as the "first ever D&D Direct", so presumably there are more planned.

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The D&D Team at Wizards of the Coast is excited to debut D&D Direct, a jam-packed thirty-minute video presentation on April 21 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time.

Tune in to see exclusive reveals from the world's greatest roleplaying game, including video games, entertainment, and more, guided by hosts Anna Prosser and B. Dave Walters.

D&D Direct will be broadcast on the D&D YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/DNDWizards) and Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/dnd) channels.

To find out more on D&D Direct go to dnd.wizards.com and follow the official D&D social media accounts for more updates.

See you on April 21 at 9:00 AM PT for the first-ever D&D Direct!

 

[Jer]

It's Mithral Mines from the 3.x Fane of the Drow Fantastic Locations.

http://myminiaturesite.altervista.org/immagini/Tiles%20and%20Maps/Map-Mitral-Mines.gif

Thanks - I thought it looked familiar. I've probably used that map a half dozen times and couldn't place it.

 

[Marandahir]

Makes me think of Nintendo Direct

They'll present DIRECTLY to You.

I miss Iwata. ;__;

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Unless it ends up getting the Morbius treatment (which hopefully it won't, and will be of better quality), in which case it's under a year > a year > year-and-a-half > two years away...

They're less than a year from release. It would be reasonable to have a 30 sec teaser.

A Dragonlance announcement would make me very happy, but I've been saying that for years now!

Looking at 1984, there's a slew of products that came out that year, but Dragonlance is certainly the most notable.

Unless you count this...

Not going to lie, I'd totally buy and wear an adult-sized version of that.

 

[ersatzphil]

1984? Why that can only mean that they're hinting at a re-release of TSR's hottest game of 1984 - Quest for the Dungeon Master!

Quest for the Dungeonmaster

TSR #1016, 1984, Ages 6 and up Based on the cartoon show. Be the first to rescue the DM from Warduke. Choose the correct cards to play in order to move ahead. Or will you be sent back? Whoever reaches the end first wins.

boardgamegeek.com

I just glanced through the TSR release schedule for 1984:

Boxed Sets:
Dungeons & Dragons Set 3: Companion Rules D&D

Accessories:
AC2 Combat Shield & Mini-adventure D&D
AC3 3-D Dragon Tiles featuring The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina D&D
AC4 The Book of Marvelous Magic D&D
AC5 Player Character Record Sheets D&D

Adventures:
B6 The Veiled Society D&D
B7 Rahasia D&D
B8 Journey to the Rock D&D
BSOLO Ghost of Lion Castle D&D
C3 The Lost Island of Castanamir
C4 To Find a King
CB1 Conan Unchained!
CB2 Conan Against Darkness!
CM1 Test of the Warlords D&D
CM2 Death’s Ride D&D
CM3 Sabre River D&D
DL1 Dragons of Despair DL
DL2 Dragons of Flame DL
DL3 Dragons of Hope DL
DL4 Dragons of Desolation DL
DL5 Dragons of Mystery DL
MV1 Midnight on Dagger Alley
N2 The Forest Oracle
O2 Blade of Vengeance D&D
UK3 The Gauntlet GH
UK4 When a Star Falls
UK5 Eye of the Serpent
UK6 All that Glitters…
WG5 Mordenkainen’s Fantastic Adventure GH
X6 Quagmire! D&D
X7 The War Rafts of Kron D&D
X8 Drums on Fire Mountain D&D
XL1 Quest for the Heartstone D&D
XSOLO Lathan’s Gold D&D

True, Dragonlance does stand out, but... emphasis mine.

edit: for the uninitiated: Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

That is the reason of the multimedia franchises, if consumer doesn't buy a product but loves an IP then they will buy other thing, for example toys or comics.

If you are a collector you want to buy the original product.

I don't need to buy antyhing of Pathfinder, but I have bought books because I liked them.

That videogame with Drizzt is Dark Alliance.

 

[Jer]

I just glanced through the TSR release schedule for 1984:

True, Dragonlance does stand out, but... emphasis mine.

edit: for the uninitiated: Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

That'll be the summer adventure for this year. Return to the Forest Oracle - a 256 page mega-campaign returning to a beloved classic setting.

In fact - could it be that The Downs and the Great Olde Wood are the "classic setting" that they've been talking about - all signs point to yes.

And N2 just got released as Print On Demand at Drive Thru...

Dare I say - Forest Oracle confirmed?

 

[ersatzphil]

Dare I say - Forest Oracle confirmed?

Truly, this is the darkest timeline.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Unless it ends up getting the Morbius treatment (which hopefully it won't, and will be of better quality), in which case it's under a year > a year > year-and-a-half > two years away...

Weren't the delays largely due to Covid? Pretty much every film got delayed a year due to that, or got released on streaming.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Truly, this is the darkest timeline.

Of course it is Abed.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Of course it is Abed.

Cool. Cool Cool Cool.