Dragonlance DRAGONLANCE is coming this year!

This year, a hardcover book and a 'battle game'. Here's the teaser trailer! The adventure is set at the start of the War of the Lance, while the battle game is designed for 'large scale' battles. And they're coming later this year, in 2022.

• Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
• Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn

 

[GreyLord]

The War game is going to be Killer I hope!

They've been doing a LOT of non-violent/Euro influenced games for the past few years. Last game focused more on more direct conflict (though more strategy than tactical, and on a world scale rather than battlefield) was Conquest of Nerath.

This is going to be awesome!

 

[Parmandur]

The War game is going to be Killer I hope!

They've been doing a LOT of non-violent/Euro influenced games for the past few years. Last game focused more on more direct conflict (though more strategy than tactical, and on a world scale rather than battlefield) was Conquest of Nerath.

This is going to be awesome!

They put out Dungeon of the Mad Mage just a couple years ago.

 

[Weiley31]

Well, it's not a Magic release, so it's not the worst possible timeline.

Any info on if this is a setting book or an AP?

It's an Adventure Path with optional Mass Combat rules integration from the Warlords of Krynn Battle Game, which can be played stand alone or ported over to your 5E games if you want to, instead of using the abstracted rules in the Dragonlance book.

 

[Faolyn]

Oh well. Not the setting I was hoping for. I may get the hardcover anyway; I dunno. I'll have to see what's in it.

 

[GreyLord]

They put out Dungeon of the Mad Mage just a couple years ago.

Oh yeah, that's right (and I even have it, so...duh...on me, and ghosts of saltmarsh too).

Still, wildly excited for the game!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

They put out Dungeon of the Mad Mage just a couple years ago.

It seems to be the rule that people look at what was done last, and say "WotC are only doing X from now on!!!"

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I also assume that due to Dragonlance taking the mantle of "mass combat" we won't see material for Birthright... maybe ever in 5E.

 

[Weiley31]

The question is:

will the battle game just be its own thing, with its own mechanics not capable of being integrated (at least not cleanly) into the RPG—like the existing (terrible) "Adventure System" games from WizKids and (apparently) also the Onslaught game...

...or have they finally figured out that a straightforward but interesting mass-combat game that's easy to integrate into a campaign of the RPG (like a better version of the old TSR Battlesystem) would be mind-bogglingly awesome?

Interchangeable.

 

[Parmandur]

I also assume that due to Dragonlance taking the mantle of "mass combat" we won't see material for Birthright... maybe ever in 5E.

Domain management is a different animal. I think this makes it more likely, actually.

 

[Weiley31]

I love setting it before the War. It's familiar territory.
Also the cinematic trailer makes it feel much grittier than standard D&D

It looks more mature and gritty than FR and Eberror, let alone Critical Role and MTG settings.

Finally: something to go with the Gritty Rest variant rule in 5E!