D&D (2024) Predictions for when we'll get MM 2025 previews?

[Kobold Avenger]

We sort have already got some previews with the Scions of Elemental Evil adventure, for the MM which will come out in February. I definitely think big previews will start in January, but I feel smaller previews might be in December after all there's a lot of monsters, and they just need to preview 1 monster as a small thing. If they do a D&D advent calendar again this December, do you think they'll likely have some MM previews in it?

 

[Kurotowa]

The first preview video for the Revised DMG was exactly two weeks after the general release date for the Revised PHB. And two weeks does feel like a deliberately chosen length of time to not step on the toes of the previous release and let people's attention be freed up.

So by that measure, the general release date for the Revised DMG was Nov 12th, which means the earliest we might expect the first Monster Manual previews to show up is in another week and a half on Nov 26th. If they don't want to drop it right before Thanksgiving, maybe they'll wait another week till Dec 3rd.

 

[Parmandur]

We sort have already got some previews with the Scions of Elemental Evil adventure, for the MM which will come out in February. I definitely think big previews will start in January, but I feel smaller previews might be in December after all there's a lot of monsters, and they just need to preview 1 monster as a small thing. If they do a D&D advent calendar again this December, do you think they'll likely have some MM previews in it?

I forgot they did the advent calendar thing, so that is possible. In earnest, I would not expect until January.

 

[Parmandur]

The first preview video for the Revised DMG was exactly two weeks after the general release date for the Revised PHB. And two weeks does feel like a deliberately chosen length of time to not step on the toes of the previous release and let people's attention be freed up.

So by that measure, the general release date for the Revised DMG was Nov 12th, which means the earliest we might expect the first Monster Manual previews to show up is in another week and a half on Nov 26th. If they don't want to drop it right before Thanksgiving, maybe they'll wait another week till Dec 3rd.

Maybe more importantly it was exactly 5 weeks before the release of the DMG in FLGS and Beyond: if so, early January would be the more exact parallel for the MM.

 

[Kurotowa]

Maybe more importantly it was exactly 5 weeks before the release of the DMG in FLGS and Beyond: if so, early January would be the more exact parallel for the MM.

That's also a useful prediction. Let's see. General release for the Revised MM is Feb 18th, two week early access is Feb 4th, and five weeks before that is Dec 31st. So both Dec 31st and Jan 7th are on the "high possibility" list.

 

[Parmandur]

So, regular release date for the MM is Feb 18th, early access Beyond/FLGS is February 4th. The 4th is the fifth Tuwsday of the year, so I predict we will start seeing YouTube previews on January 7th, the first Tuesday, after WotC Holiday break is done.

 

[Parmandur]

That's also a useful prediction. Let's see. General release for the Revised MM is Feb 18th, two week early access is Feb 4th, and five weeks before that is Dec 31st. So both Dec 31st and Jan 7th are on the "high possibility" list.

Nobody will ne int the office 12/31, guaranteed.

 

[Kurotowa]

Nobody will ne int the office 12/31, guaranteed.

Don't have to be in the office to set an already completed video to release. But yeah, both are possible

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I can see some previews coming in December.

 

[Parmandur]

Don't have to be in the office to set an already completed video to release. But yeah, both are possible

WotC never drops videos without staff in the office, and they take like the whole two weeks around Christmas to New Years off.

There is some decent chance they will drop some stuff at a convention in the next month, I see that Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford are both set to be at PAX Unplugged.