D&D (2024) WotC Reveals The Confirmed Release Dates of 2024's D&D Slate

We now have the actual release dates of the upcoming slate of Dungeons & Dragons books, as shared by WotC via a press release emailed out a few minutes ago.

• Vecna: Eve of Ruin (May 21)
• The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 (June 18)
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase (July 16)
• Player’s Handbook (Sept 17)
• Dungeons Master’s Guide (Nov 12)
• Monster Manual (Feb. 18, 2025)

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

• Adventure Campaign
• For characters of levels 10-20
• A high-stakes adventure in which the fate of the entire multiverse hangs in the balance. The heroes begin in the Forgotten Realms and travel to Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as they race to save existence from obliteration by the notorious lich Vecna who is weaving a ritual to eliminate good, obliterate the gods, and subjugate all worlds.
• Release Date: May 21, 2024

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977

• History of D&D
• The ultimate book showcasing D&D’s inception, including Gary Gygax’s never-before-seen first draft of D&D written in 1973, a curated collection of published fanzine and magazine articles contribute to D&D’s origin story. Each document is introduced, described, and woven into the story by one of the game’s foremost historians, Jon Peterson.
• Release Date: June 18, 2024

Quests from the Infinite Staircase

• Adventure Anthology
• For character levels 1 to 13.
• This anthology weaves together six classic DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventures while updating them for the game’s fifth edition. The Infinite Staircase holds doors leading to fantastic realms. It’s home to the noble genie Nafas, who hears wishes made throughout the multiverse and recruits heroes to fulfill them.
• Release Date: July 16, 2024

Player’s Handbook (2024)

• Player resource
• Take your game to the next level with the revised 2024 Player's Handbook. More player options, enhanced organization, and engaging additions to the fifth edition rules, make this a must have for your next Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
• Release Date: September 17, 2024

Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)

• DM resource
• It's never been easier to become the Dungeon Master than with the revised 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Learn the craft from the experts in a cleverly crafted and accessible approach to running your own game. With more tools than ever before, becoming the master of your own multiverse will be a snap.
• Release Date: November 12, 2024

Monster Manual (2025)

• DM Resource
• The revised 2025 Monster Manual brings you the greatest selection of foes to face off with your player's characters than ever assembled in the history of the game. More options at all levels of play means more ways to provide the challenges that will keep them coming back to the table again and again.
• Release Date: February 18, 2025

 

[Eyes of Nine]

wasn't there a wotc barrier peaks PDF a few years ago?

I don't think so? WotC allowed Goodman to publish a hardcover Barrier peaks book - I'm looking at it over on my shelf. And at the time, they explicitly did not allow for an electronic version of it

But I could be wrong - not the first or last time for that

 

[Corinnguard]

The PHB is right before mine. My 44th. I know what I get this year.

My 54th. I am very tempted.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I think you missed my joke.

I also think the older precedent was updating AD&D 1e to 2e. So lets not start that again.

Doing something once is not a tradition.

I still would have preferred it be called 6e. They've already made a bigger deal out of this thing than TSR made out of the 1e to 2e shift, and the rules changes are comparable.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I doubt they do Village with the ToEE.

With? Or without?

 

[jerryrice4949]

With? Or without?

Oops corrected. I doubt they do Village without the ToEE. Seems if they do one they do the other.

 

[Mistwell]

My guesses:
For Duty & Deity
The Lost City
Against the Reptile God
Dwellers of the Forbidden City
Queen of the Spiders
The Secret of Bone Hill

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Any ideas what adventures might be in Infinite Staircase?

If Tsojancth is their marquee "classic adventure," I'm feeling a little dubious about the rest of the line-up. Ideally, they'll be doing new takes on some of the Goodman Games OAR books that are now out of print. (In Search of the Unknown, Keep on the Borderlands, Isle of Dread, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, the Lost City, Castle Amber, the Village of Hommlett and the Temple of Elemental Evil.)

Yawning Portal was extremely mediocre. Hopefully this is more along the lines of Ghosts of Saltmarsh.

 

[Osgood]

Lets them blow up the Realms one more time for the new edition.

You know, in retrospect one of the worst decisions TSR ever made was starting the tradition of having a major in-world event to explain minor in-game changes (at least in the Realms). The Time of Troubles was cover to explain why suddenly there are no assassins (Bhaal's dead) and the new specialty priest class (after spending some time among mortals, the gods have lifted some weapon restrictions... for reasons), hell there's probably some obscure avatar-related reason there were suddenly a lot less polearm in the Realms!

They skipped 3E (WotC were still getting the bearings I guess), but then with 4E they figured players couldn't just separate mechanics form lore, so they had to create a reason for Vancian magic to not work any more, so... Spellplague. And 5E was an attempt at a half-baked reset with the Sundering, maybe it's time to go fully baked.

At the end of the adventure, the PCs use the Rod of Seven to travel back in time to knock some sense into the TSR game circa 1986! Total reset to pre Time of Troubles Realms! (Sorry Drizzt fans, like 30 novels are getting de-canonized.)

 

[Vincent55]

Greyhawk, lol yes maybe a layover but doubt they will see much other than a terminal for a connecting flight elsewhere. Greyhawk is just too gritty fore this 5e generation, most run screaming or die, lol. But might be cool to see how they toned it down.

 

[Zaukrie]

I don't think so? WotC allowed Goodman to publish a hardcover Barrier peaks book - I'm looking at it over on my shelf. And at the time, they explicitly did not allow for an electronic version of it

But I could be wrong - not the first or last time for that

Lost Library of Kwalish.....which is not a reprint, clearly...