D&D 5E Rebalanced Tyranny of Dragons Coming In January

According to Amazon a 'rebalanced' version of Tyranny of Dragons is being released by WotC in January. There's no indication if there's a new cover, but the "adventure has been rebalanced to be easier for a new Dungeon Master to run and a better play experience".

2019's Tyranny of Dragons combined 2014's Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat with errata and new cover art. It was originally produced for WotC by Kobold Press during the early period of 5E when adventures were outsourced to local companies run by ex-WotC employees, such as Kobold Press, Green Ronin and Sasquatch Game Studios. This will be the third version of these adventures.

Tyranny of Dragons combines and refines two action-packed Dungeons & Dragons adventures—Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat—into a single sweeping campaign. It also includes a gallery of concept art providing a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of an epic adventure spotlighting Tiamat, one of the most legendary foes in D&D.

• A wonderful re-introduction to 5th edition’s first published adventures for new fans
• Begins as a low-level adventure suitable for new players and evolves into an epic, sprawling campaign bringing players all the way from level 1 to level 15
• Adventure has been rebalanced to be easier for a new Dungeon Master to run and a better play experience.
• Book includes gallery of concept art spotlighting Tiamat, one of the most legendary foes in D&D

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's like printing too many Magic cards all over again. What market will there be for the third printing of an adventure that ...
a) if you're a casual fan, seems very similar to Dragonlance.
b) if you're a serious fan, you already own a previous printing.

The number of D&D players is still increasing and WotC believes it's about to expand more with the movie and then with the 2024 anniversary.

I'm also as serious a fan as you're likely to find and I don't own it (or most adventures), in part because I ran this same plot in my campaign prior to converting to 5E. But if the new book gets great reviews, I'm fairly likely to buy it as a gift for someone, as my evil plan to seed the world with DMs related to me appears to be working.

 

[darjr]

The number of D&D players is still increasing and WotC believes it's about to expand more with the movie and then with the 2024 anniversary.

I'm also as serious a fan as you're likely to find and I don't own it (or most adventures), in part because I ran this same plot in my campaign prior to converting to 5E. But if the new book gets great reviews, I'm fairly likely to buy it as a gift for someone, as my evil plan to seed the world with DMs related to me appears to be working.

My kind of evil..

Uh.

So even among old hats there may be a desire for this book?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

As a FLGS retailer, I had to place my orders for this book today. No extra information in the solicitation, but I can confirm that it's on its way to stores in January!

 

[darjr]

As a FLGS retailer, I had to place my orders for this book today. No extra information in the solicitation, but I can confirm that it's on its way to stores in January!

Thank you for that!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Thank you for that!

No problem. Thank you for pointing it out, so that when my games employee asked me about it, I knew what he was talking about right away! (Without this thread, today would have been the first I'd heard about it.)

 

[darjr]

As a FLGS retailer, I had to place my orders for this book today. No extra information in the solicitation, but I can confirm that it's on its way to stores in January!

Is it different from the special cover edition? Do those note they are retailer only special covers?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Is it different from the special cover edition? Do those note they are retailer only special covers?

I have no idea if it will be updated yet again, content-wise from the first one-volume, but it WILL have a different cover. And it's price-point looks to be the same as standard 5e Hardcovers, in spite of it being a little larger. (This was true of the first one-volume version).

I suspect it will just be a mass market version of the special cover one-volume.

 

[darjr]

I have no idea if it will be updated yet again, content-wise from the first one-volume, but it WILL have a different cover. And it's price-point looks to be the same as standard 5e Hardcovers, in spite of it being a little larger. (This was true of the first one-volume version).

I suspect it will just be a mass market version of the special cover one-volume.

Well that at least is confirmation of things we didn't know. VERY much thank you!

 

[pukunui]

And coming a couple months after another "big dragon adventure starring Tiamat?"

The thing is, despite having her name in the title, she doesn't actually appear in the adventure. With some adjustment, The Rise of Tiamat could be played as a sequel to the Dragonlance adventure (as a replacement for the Chronicles account). That might be what WotC is thinking here.

 

[Azzy]

For all the naysayers Hoard is still selling really well. What? 9 years, 8 years, after release?
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Rise isn’t selling as well.
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But it’s also out of print and the best you can buy it in that listing on Amazon US is $169.

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I should really sell my copies of the books and just get the new version when it releases.