D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases

[Reynard]

The 2024 books are out and people have bought them. They don't need to peddle that line any more.

The only reason to not re-release their greatest hits under 2024 revamps is to avoid upsetting people whose money they already got years ago. And by putting out these new books, all of the new players -- who again, are large in number -- will get to hear that "one of the best-loved D&D books is coming back!" which is a great message to have out there, floating around the internet.

I don't think we're going to see most 2014 books re-released -- I don't think anyone's clamoring from Out of the Abyss Once Again -- but I would definitely expect Ravenloft for sure and possibly seeing Tales from the Yawning Portal stripped for parts and re-released in more substantial forms for 2024.

If Strahd has to go back to print, I could see them updating it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If Strahd has to go back to print, I could see them updating it.

Does anyone have a recent copy to check what printing the current one is?

 

[Azzy]

Does anyone have a recent copy to check what printing the current one is?

@FitzTheRuke or another retailer would probably be able to answer that question best.

 

[mamba]

by putting out these new books, all of the new players -- who again, are large in number -- will get to hear that "one of the best-loved D&D books is coming back!" which is a great message to have out there, floating around the internet.

given that they were never out of print the 'coming back' is a bit of an exaggeration

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

given that they were never out of print the 'coming back' is a bit of an exaggeration

It would be a shocking first for the marketing industry to stretch the truth like that.

 

[Corinnguard]

It would be a shocking first for the marketing industry to stretch the truth like that.

They've already got stretch-lines, what's a few extra?

 

[agrayday]

How far out in years do you think Crawford and Perkins products stretch?
Is there a particular reason print run wise, why saltmarsh book seems either hard to acquire or very expensive? (Could be normal for the 5E books, because that is one i have been keeping on eye to get so i have been tracking it).
I think it would great to get an undead, or Drow book would be great.
Location wise: Zhentil Keep, Netheril, or the Dalelands.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

How far out in years do you think Crawford and Perkins products stretch?

Do you mean 2014 D&D products? I don't think Crawford or Perkins have or had much to do with how big a print run was or how often books are reprinted.

Is there a particular reason print run wise, why saltmarsh book seems either hard to acquire or very expensive? (Could be normal for the 5E books, because that is one i have been keeping on eye to get so i have been tracking it).

If this is more than a local issue, I would assume that either the print run was smaller or that, for some reason, WotC hasn't been as quick to reprint it as they would have been normally. Maybe the natural time to reprint it was when they were rerouting all their resources to printing the 2024 core books, which famously used a lot more bandwidth than most books do.

Now that those are out in the wild, Saltmarsh may be in line for a reprint. Although, that said, if I'm right and WotC is going to start updating 2014 books for 2024 (and getting a nice little sales bump on them), it may get put on hold if it's one of the books intended to get the treatment.

 

[agrayday]

Do you mean 2014 D&D products? I don't think Crawford or Perkins have or had much to do with how big a print run was or how often books are reprinted.

If this is more than a local issue, I would assume that either the print run was smaller or that, for some reason, WotC hasn't been as quick to reprint it as they would have been normally. Maybe the natural time to reprint it was when they were rerouting all their resources to printing the 2024 core books, which famously used a lot more bandwidth than most books do.

Now that those are out in the wild, Saltmarsh may be in line for a reprint. Although, that said, if I'm right and WotC is going to start updating 2014 books for 2024 (and getting a nice little sales bump on them), it may get put on hold if it's one of the books intended to get the treatment.

i meant, work they did or contributed on for recent or upcoming 5E / 5.5 / 2024 releases before they left. I recall in the past they often said in interview's they would be working on products years ahead of release.

 

[dave2008]

i meant, work they did on current or upcoming 5E / 5.5 / 2024 releases they worked on before they left.

Until fairly recently WotC claimed products took about 2 years from initial ideas to printing the final product and sometime longer. So their influence on products could stretch for another year or so. However, what they are given actual credits on will probably wrap up with the 2026 products if they are even credited on those.