Dragon Delves Reveals "History Of" Pages for Dragons

A new preview of Dragon Delves has revealed a look at one of the "History Of" pages, showcasing 50 years of dragon art from the game. In the recently posted Dragon Delves pre-order page, Wizards of the Coast revealed a look at the History of Red Dragons that will appear in the anthology. In addition to the adventures themselves, the book will contain 10 galleries such as this one that showcase some of the artwork featuring various kinds of dragons. The Red Dragons gallery contains images from the Draconomicon, the original Monster Manual, and the D&D Magic: The Gathering set.

You can check out the preview page below:

 

[beta-ray]

I guess I am the outlier! I seem to be the only one glad to see these extra pages and they are the primary reason I am buying the book!

Nah, you're not the only one.

 

[Bucaramanga]

The public: So, is Dragon Delves a step-by-step guide for novice DMs? A one-shot adventure anthology in the vein of Golden Vault? An actual campaign? A coffee table book of easy-on-the-eyes dragon art? Who is it actually for?

WotC: Stop asking perfectly logical questions!

 

[Parmandur]

The public: So, is Dragon Delves a step-by-step guide for novice DMs? A one-shot adventure anthology in the vein of Golden Vault? An actual campaign? A coffee table book of easy-on-the-eyes dragon art? Who is it actually for?

WotC: Stop asking perfectly logical questions!

It's an anthology of short adventures, seems pretty vlear...?

 

[MNblockhead]

I'm meh on this.

It's 20 pages of filler using recycled art.

That's a whole extra adventure the could have included or new monsters.

Don't get me wrong I like art retrospective but put that in books like Art and Arcana.

I buy adventures to run, not to read. It's made to be a resource at the table.

I can understand that. But I love this. This is what gets me to still put out $50 for the physical book. I love books that mix lore, history, and adventure or crunch. Volos remains my favorite 2014 book.

 

[MNblockhead]

My first reaction is that this is cool. I might feel differently if I'd paid a lot of money for an expensive coffee-table book of D&D art that already had all this stuff in it, but I didn't. So this seems pretty nifty.

Is it filler? I think I'd actually need to see the book to determine that. It might feel like blatant page-padding. It might not. I won't try to judge that based on a single two-page spread.

I bought several expensive coffee‑table books and I'm still glad they mixed this in. I've never been a fan of a strictly utilitarian approach to the printed books. I also like that they are taking a risk with a different approach with this book. There are so few books beyond the core books that I'm generally interested in from WotC that it is nice to finally have one that I'm excited about.

 

[Queer Venger]

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A new preview of Dragon Delves has revealed a look at one of the "History Of" pages, showcasing 50 years of dragon art from the game. In the recently posted Dragon Delves pre-order page, Wizards of the Coast revealed a look at the History of Red Dragons that will appear in the anthology. In addition to the adventures themselves, the book will contain 10 galleries such as this one that showcase some of the artwork featuring various kinds of dragons. The Red Dragons gallery contains images from the Draconomicon, the original Monster Manual, and the D&D Magic: The Gathering set.

You can check out the preview page below:

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Havent I seen most of this art already?!?

 

[dave2008]

Havent I seen most of this art already?!?

Well it is a "history of" dragon art so I would think most of it would be familiar!

 

[Parmandur]

Havent I seen most of this art already?!?

You have, I have...but my 9 year old will get a kick out of this. And he is more the core audience than I am.