Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

Retreater · 2026-01-27T21:34:01+0000

What I want is a bold, new direction that is likely impossible under the corporate structure of Hasbro. Let these new designers make their game. We've had the D&D of Mike Mearls for 12 years. We've had Jonathan Tweet's for 26 years. We've had Gygax and Arneson's for 50+ years. And we'll still have all those even if a new generation tries to shake things up. But on the other side of the coin, if we don't let the game evolve, we'll be stuck with only those old versions forever.
I don't want another Radiant Citadel. I want a 6E.

Scribe · 2026-01-27T21:50:05+0000

Retreater said:
I want a 6E.

Within the confines of "It still needs to be D&D" what does that even look like though?

Artamo · 2026-01-27T21:53:47+0000

Retreater said:
I don't want another Radiant Citadel. I want a 6E.

They just had four new hires that they’ve publicized in about a month’s time and it comes on the heels of the 2024 release.

Let these folks cook, sure, but realize that they’ve got to do it within the confines of the new edition first. If they’re successful, then yeah, they’ll likely be the ones driving the next edition of D&D.

Ulorian - Agent of Chaos · 2026-01-27T22:00:16+0000

Superchunk77 said:
Another Radiant Citadel writer. Expectations lowered.

Drive by posts are limp. What is it you are trying to say? If you have an opinion, awesome. Stick around to discuss it though.

Alzrius · 2026-01-27T22:04:35+0000

Superchunk77 said:
Another Radiant Citadel writer. Expectations lowered.

Only for a DMs Guild publication (Journeys Beyond the Radiant Citadel), not the WotC-published anthology (Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel).

Zardnaar · 2026-01-27T22:07:48+0000

Radiant Citadel doesnt have a great reputation. Its a bit pants compared to the other anthologies even ones near its release eg Golden Vault or Infinite Staircase.

TerraDave · 2026-01-27T22:14:54+0000

Romantasy (gamebook) confirmed.

Marc17 · 2026-01-27T22:21:05+0000

Retreater said:
What I want is a bold, new direction that is likely impossible under the corporate structure of Hasbro. Let these new designers make their game. We've had the D&D of Mike Mearls for 12 years. We've had Jonathan Tweet's for 26 years. We've had Gygax and Arneson's for 50+ years. And we'll still have all those even if a new generation tries to shake things up. But on the other side of the coin, if we don't let the game evolve, we'll be stuck with only those old versions forever.
I don't want another Radiant Citadel. I want a 6E.

Well, considering they just released 5.24, I'd say you are going to have to wait at least 4 more years for that. However, that Mearls and others are gone, and they are bringing in fresh new faces, they may be laying down the groundwork for that.

Superchunk77 · 2026-01-27T22:23:46+0000

Reynard said:
What about Radiant Citadel makes you feel like having people that worked on it on the design team will result in worse products?

When adventure books are badly written, the writers tend to be the reason. Putting a bad writer onto another project doesn't usually result in a good outcome. Pretty self-explanatory.

Superchunk77 · 2026-01-27T22:25:44+0000

Alzrius said:
Only for a DMs Guild publication (Journeys Beyond the Radiant Citadel), not the WotC-published anthology (Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel).

I don't really see the difference. Both are based on the same setting, which is where the problems begin.

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