D&D General Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia - new product

[Starmaster]

I don't see where anyone has mentioned this licensed DK product yet, due September 1, 2026. It's probably just recycled information & art, but it may be a pretty book to thumb through. I'm not too fond of the cover; fortunately, it's not the final cover art. Seems a bit pricey at $60 for 320 pages, though maybe it'll be discounted somewhere before release:

Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia: DK: 9798217305834: Amazon.com: Books

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Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia - by DK (Hardcover)

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[Parmandur]

I don't see where anyone has mentioned this licensed DK product yet, due September 1, 2026. It's probably just recycled information & art, but it may be a pretty book to thumb through. I'm not too fond of the cover; fortunately, it's not the final cover art. Seems a bit pricey at $60 for 320 pages, though maybe it'll be discounted somewhere before release:

Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia: DK: 9798217305834: Amazon.com: Books

Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia [DK] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia

www.amazon.com

Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia - by DK (Hardcover)

Read reviews and buy Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia - by DK (Hardcover) at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.

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$60 for a 320 page book packed with information in 2026 is about on par, as printing prices have been going up dramatically for...off-topic reasons.

"Pack your Bag of Holding and get ready for an expansive, official tour through the myriad settings of the D&D multiverse."

"From the familiar fantasy lands of the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance to the broodingly gothic planes of Ravenloft and star-hopping voyages of Spelljammer, Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia will uncover every facet of the world’s most popular tabletop role-playing game."

"Every page is packed full of information on D&D’s myriad settings, including the monsters that roam the realms and menace adventurers, legendary locations full of eventful histories, the heroes and villains that protect and plague the different dimensions, and the iconic items that enable the machinations of players, NPCs and big-bads."

"For the first time ever in an official title, Wizards of the Coast has brought together more than half a dozen of its legendary settings - stretching all the way back to Greyhawk - to showcase the elements that make them unique, and Dungeons & Dragons the most diverse, exciting and unpredictable game in the world."

 

[Alzrius]

"For the first time ever in an official title, Wizards of the Coast has brought together more than half a dozen of its legendary settings - stretching all the way back to Greyhawk - to showcase the elements that make them unique, and Dungeons & Dragons the most diverse, exciting and unpredictable game in the world."

"For the first time ever in an official title"? Didn't they just publish a Worlds & Realms book less than eighteen months ago that was pretty much the same thing? Or are they being pedantic about the "official" part of that?

 

[Parmandur]

"For the first time ever in an official title"? Didn't they just publish a Worlds & Realms book less than eighteen months ago that was pretty much the same thing? Or are they being pedantic about the "official" part of that?

That was a coffeetavle art book, not a reference book like DK makes (my son reads a lot of those, it is different).

 

[Alzrius]

That was a coffeetavle art book, not a reference book like DK makes (my son reads a lot of those, it is different).

Sure, but it's not "the first time ever" that WotC has brought together "more than half a dozen" of its settings to "showcase the elements that make them unique" in a single book. Far from it.

 

[Parmandur]

Sure, but it's not "the first time ever" that WotC has brought together "more than half a dozen" of its settings to "showcase the elements that make them unique" in a single book. Far from it.

But in an Encyclopedia, it is.

 

[sevenbastard]

If its filled with art from the 80s I will buy it. I have disadvantage on all saves versus Nostalgia.

If its just a bunch of 5e art I will probably pass.

 

[Parmandur]

If its filled with art from the 80s I will buy it. I have disadvantage on all saves versus Nostalgia.

If its just a bunch of 5e art I will probably pass.

Since the publisher is DK, the target audience is my ten year old son.

 

[mamba]

“For the first time ever in an official title, Wizards of the Coast has brought together more than half a dozen of its legendary settings”

let’s see if that includes Dark Sun… more fuel for the Season of Champions fire

 

[sevenbastard]

Since the publisher is DK, the target audience is my ten year old son.

Understood, but it would be hard for me not to buy a Baby's First Counting book if it was filled with TSR era art.