Spelljammer D&D Direct Live Report: 9am PDT (5pm BST) SPELLJAMMER CONFIRMED! DRAGONLANCE!

D&D Direct, WotC's new video-format announcement show launches today at 9am PDT (5pm BST). If you aren't able to watch it, I'll be updating this article live. Feel free to comment below! Once it launches, you will need to refresh this page when you want to see new updates. The video is expected to last about 30 minutes.

If you CAN watch it, you'll find it on YouTube or Twitch at the above times. Otherwise, follow along below!

• 45 mins to go. Live updates incoming!
• 30 mins to go!
• 5 minutes to go!
• Here we go! Opens with a sea shanty.
• Forgive typos. They talk fast and I can't type.

• Spelljammer is confirmed!
• They talk REALLY FAST!
• Spelljammer Adventures in Space, project lead Chris Perkins, Trystan Falcone graphic designer
• Cities built on asteroids, dead gods floating in the ether
• 6 races---astral elves, autognomes, hedozi(?), gif, plasmoids, thri-kreen
• 3 hardcovers in a slipcase: Astral Adventurers Guide, Boo's Astral Menagerie, Light of Xaryxis adventure
• Prequel adventure in July
• Wizkids miniatures

Other stuff also discussed!

• Baldur's Gate 3 CRPG preview video (game is in 2023)
• Journeys Through Radiant Citadel intro video -- 3 of the adventures are: Wages of Vice (5th level), Caribbean; Orchids of the Invisible Mountain (14th level), feywild, far realm, Whistler new monster; Fiend of Hollow Mind (4th level), skeletons and spirits

• "Campaign Cases" -- Creature tokens! Terrain tiles! July!

D&D Movie directors now onscreen. The movie in March 2023 is called HONOR AMONG THIEVES.

• New D&D starter set. Comes with 'digital onboarding'. Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. We knew about that one.
• D&D digital monstrous compendium. Available to those with WoTC or D&D Beyond Accounts. Volume 1 has an eldritch lich and the 10 legged asteroid spider. And the starlancer. Might have misheard some of that!

• MMO Neverwinter video. Dragonslayer begins June 2022. (I wonder if they'll need a dragonance for that?)
• New D&D actual play video, Legends of the Multiverse. Lots of 80s cartoon style soft rock music. Boo is in it.

WIzKids skirmish game D&D Onslaught. October

Finally -- DRAGONLANCE WARRIORS OF KRYNN! SHADOW OF THE DRAGON QUEEN!

 

[darjr]

Looks like dndbeyond is twitching the gather.town connection.

 

[Professor Murder]

Still not worth a $20 price Jack.

3 Books + Screen +Map +Slipcase. I was expecting a price increase over a singleton book.

 

[overgeeked]

Wow. I want this product, but definitely sounds like a bit of a money-grab: the same page count as a single hardcover, but $20 more. Actually, it is one of the slimmer hardcovers.

I suppose they're justifying the increase with (maybe) a nicer map, a DM's screen, and the case.

Double sided map, DM’s screen, slip case, and two extra covers.

 

[teitan]

Wow. I want this product, but definitely sounds like a bit of a money-grab: the same page count as a single hardcover, but $20 more. Actually, it is one of the slimmer hardcovers.

I suppose they're justifying the increase with (maybe) a nicer map, a DM's screen, and the case.

Yeah the slimmer volume and new format doesn’t really justify the price bump. A standard $50 price for hardcovers regardless of page count was a stretch but understandable and justifiable and dollar to entertainment ratio is high but it’s continuing the push to D&D becoming Warhammer level luxury.

 

[Nikosandros]

Yeah that's in the "no thanks, jerk" price range given were only look at what, 192 pages? That's actively insulting, especially to digital customers who literally are not getting the slipcase or DMs screen (in a usable format anyway). U mad Ruin? Yes, I am mad.

Especially as we'll no doubt see more overpriced content-light releases as people rush to nostalgia-buy this.

I agree that it is too expensive.

 

[Greg Benage]

So is it really just 192 pages of content for $70, or is it a boxed set with some extra stuff in it?

 

[OblivionDrive]

DDB is usually the same price

I’m not sure where you’re getting that idea from? DDB has pretty much always been around $25 for a book that retails for $50. Now Roll20 usually sells them for $50…

 

[Weiley31]

Also: their new style Crit-Role like show is pretty much a Spelljammer campaign, which is a nice showcase for the new Spelljammer. And Minsc/Boo seem to be appearing in it as well! Shame they couldn't get Jim Cummings to reprise his role as Minsc, but still cool nonetheless.

 

[teitan]

I want more DM-oriented material. Another Volo's or Mordenkainen's (Tome of Foes, not the reprint of old material that is Monsters of the Multiverse) would be cool. I don't want yet another Campaign level adventure, setting, or Anthology that only a fraction of it is useful or requires a tremendous amount of work by the DM to make functional.

Fizban’s just came out. Monstrous Compendium isn’t Dm oriented?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Yeah definitely a rip off. Not like those 2e boxed sets with multiple fragile softcover side stapled booklets or perfect bound ones that would come unglued from their bindings stuffed in a half empty box hat that would get banged up and crushed by hardcovers in your duffel bag on the way to game. Give me that any day instead of sturdy hardcovers in a slipcase!

(/giant dose of sarcasm, in case it wasn’t obvious)

For real though. I would much rather have a slipcase set these days than a boxed set. Only way a boxed set makes more sense is if you have smaller items included with it like dice or cards or what have you.

Terrible sarcasm fail.

192 pages unnecessarily split into three books for $20 more than normal and 192 pages was a bad deal at $30.

I'd rather just have a book. Preferably with more than 192 pages. For $20 less. Sell the DMs screen separately if you must

Particularly huge rip off for digital customers and you have zero come-back there, I imagine.

Edit: I would be willing to pay more, personally, if the art was incredible MTG quality stuff but we can see it is not.