D&D 5E 2020 Release Speculation Thread

[Urriak Uruk]

So... I love speculating, and I know some of you do to. And I've noticed there have actually been a bunch of cryptic hints towards what is coming next year (though little that is confirmed), and I thought instead of trying to organize all this clues in my head, I'd put them here for the community to organize for me!

I'll gladly edit this OP for things I've missed, but here are some of the big ones.

• There is a book upcoming, with adventures written by Deborah Ann Woll, Marisha Ray, and authors from the DMsGuild.
• D&D will stick to a pacing of 3 to 4 hardcover books a year.
• D&D is "committed" to releasing more setting books.
• A "couple" of products in 2020 will have influences from non-European cultures.
• Chwingas (a sprite from Chult) will return in an official product.
• The past few Unearthed Arcanas are testing nine different subclasses.

Past year's "pattern"
2015: Two adventure books, 1 setting book.
2016: Two adventure books (one a remake of previous adventure), 1 monster/source book.
2017: Two adventure books (one a remake), 1 player options book.
2018: Two adventure books (one a remake), 1 setting book, 1 monster/source book.
2019: Two adventure books (one a remake), 1 setting book.
<didn't really count Tyranny of Dragons, Rick and Morty or Acq. Inc. since those are unlikely to repeat>

Sources:

Upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Book to Feature Adventures by Deborah Ann Woll, Marisha Ray

An upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book will feature adventures written by actresses Deborah Ann Woll [...]

comicbook.com

Upcoming 'Dungeons & Dragons' Publications Will Explore More Areas Influenced by Non-European Cultures

Dungeons & Dragons plans to explore parts of the Forgotten Realms influenced by non-European [...]

comicbook.com

News & Announcements | Dungeons & Dragons

The official home of Dungeons & Dragons news, Sage Advice, Unearthed Arcana, and D&D Studio Blogs.

dnd.wizards.com

So what do you think is in the works? I'm guessing one adventure with a tie to the planes (the Chwinga/faeries link), one compilation of adventures book (instead of a remake), and one book that is either a setting or new player options.

What hints did I miss, or what are your thought?

 

[neogod22]

2019 is pretty much over. I don't think anything else is coming out this year, hardcover wise

 

[dave2008]

2019 is pretty much over. I don't think anything else is coming out this year, hardcover wise

Title should say 2020 per the text within the OP.

 

[dave2008]

To the OP: There have been hints of dragonlance and greyhawk stuff (among other hints they appear as DMsGuild selection options now even if there is nothing in those categories.) Hard to tell if that stuff is come sooner or later though.

Dragonlance hints: DragonTalk bottom of the OP

Dragonlance and Greyhawk on DMsGuild

 

[Urriak Uruk]

2019 is pretty much over. I don't think anything else is coming out this year, hardcover wise

Yep, I changed it. I always miss the most important detail...

 

[neogod22]

Yep, I changed it. I always miss the most important detail...

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

<didn't really count Tyranny of Dragons, Rick and Morty or Acq. Inc. since those are unlikely to repeat>

I wouldn't discount another themed box set (like Stranger Things and Rick & Morty) aimed at the big box stores.

 

[Parmandur]

My main expectation is for a Storyline Adventure book to be released, since we know Chris Perkins and Adam Lee are working on one. My prediction is Mindflayets versus Gith.

My gut is that we might see another monster book, maybe Dragons, as it will have been two years since MToF.

Xanathar's Guide 2 or equivalent seems a possibility, but I think the tests may well be for a Setting book. My guesses on that basis would be Planescape and/or some Magic: the Gathering crossover.

The book Welch has alluded to, with DMsGuild author and celebrity contributions intrigues me: I suspect it will break the mold, being the first big book conceived and planned out entirely by someone other than Mearls, Crawford or Perkins.

 

[dave2008]

My gut is that we might see another monster book, maybe Dragons, as it will have been two years since MToF.

I hope your right!

 

[Parmandur]

So, one thing to keep in mind: the vehicle rules used in Ghosts of Saltmarsh and Descent into Avernus were revealed by Mike Mearls when talking to NeebieDM at D&D Live to be based on Mass Combat rules still in development for WotC by a gentleman named Joseph A. McCullough. McCullough appears to be a hardcore war gamer, and what he is working on might be ready for primetime next year:

I’m in a Dungeons and Dragons book!

I don’t suppose that anyone outside of the world of publishing looks at imprint pages – those pages at the front of a book filled with t...

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