D&D (2024) 3,000 Player's Handbooks Available At Gen Con

At Gen Con (August 1-4), there will be 3,000 copies of the Player's Handbook available. These copies will include a gold foil D&D logo and a commemorative bookplate.

RENTON, WA – July 18, 2024 – It’s a banner year for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! Coming off the acclaimed film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and the smash hit video game Baldur’s Gate 3, D&D is celebrating 50 years of the WORLD’S GREATEST ROLEPLAYING GAME. More than 64 million D&D fans love rolling dice, slaying monsters, and envisioning themselves as the amazing heroes they all are inside. This year at Gen Con 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS will be debuting the 2024 Player’s Handbook making D&D more accessible than ever before. Wizards is bringing 3,000 copies of the 2024 Player’s Handbook hot off the presses to Gen Con 2024 – each of which features the 50th anniversary logo in gold foil, along with a commemorative "Gen Con 2024" bookplate making it even more exclusive and distinguishing it from other first-run copies.

"The energy at Gen Con is always electric. Being able to put copies of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, fresh from the printer, directly into players' hands on the floor of the convention is something truly special,” said Jess Lanzillo, VP of D&D Franchise and Product at Wizards of the Coast. “We can't wait to see the excitement as our fans dive into the possibilities contained within!”

The Player’s Handbook goes on sale everywhere on September 17, 2024, and fans can pre-order the D&D Beyond Digital edition and/or bundlenow for character sheet bonuses: 10 frames, 5 backdrops, and 12 digital dice sets—one for each class!

Pre-order the core rulebooks bundle now on the D&D Beyond Marketplace to receive the Dragons of D&D digital art book, D&D BEYOND Gold Digital Dice set, and a 50th anniversary digital Gold Dragon mini in the upcoming 3D sandbox. Fans will learn how to sign up for the closed beta at Gen Con!

How to Purchase the First Publicly Available 2024 Player’s Handbooks

Gen Con attendees will be the first fans to have an opportunity to purchase the 2024 Player’s Handbook. Here’s how:

Where to Buy

The 2024 Player's Handbook will be available at Lucas Oil Stadium, Northwest Concourse. It will be in a shared sales area with the USPS D&D Stamps.

Sales Dates

August 1: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
August 2/3/4: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Pricing

The 2024 Player’s Handbook is $49.99 plus tax. Credit card sales (Discover, Mastercard, Visa) only.

At 7:00 AM EDT on each sales day, tickets to reserve an opportunity to purchase will be released in the Gen Con event ticketing system as an event. The event will be listed as a free ticket and will be titled “D&D 2024 Player’s Handbook Early Release Sale.” A Gen Con attendee may claim one digital ticket for that day, subject to availability. The digital ticket serves as your access to purchase for that day only.

Once you have your digital ticket, you will show up at the sales location during the sales hours listed for that day. Sales will not be processed outside of those hours. You must be in line by the end of the sales window to ensure you are able to purchase for that day.

Rules and Restrictions

Only one digital ticket will be redeemable per person per day. Upon redemption, we may issue a wristband to denote that you have been checked in for your purchase, even while in line - this means you no longer need to show your digital ticket. There will be no sales to non-ticket holders (e.g., no "walk ups"). One book per redeemed ticket only; all sales are final.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

He's not.
Wotc is a company that does company things. When they stop making things I want to buy then I won't buy the things they make. I expect nothing more from them than I do the company that makes my cookies, socks or toilet paper.
The market is big enough now where if Wotc stopped existing tomorrow the TTRPG segment would still go on.

So do I.
But I did not say that only having 3000 PHBs ready for GenCon is in any way bad.
I'd say it is sad, it is not ready for everyone there. But I guess that was due to the OGL debacle last year so probably every book got pushed back 2 month or so. I had expected PHB ready now. DMG in September and MM in November.

And if they could have somehow managed it, they would probably glad to do so. Having a complete gift set ready for Christmas would have been in WotC's best interest as a company.

 

[KYRON45]

So do I.
But I did not say that only having 3000 PHBs ready for GenCon is in any way bad.
I'd say it is sad, it is not ready for everyone there. But I guess that was due to the OGL debacle last year so probably every book got pushed back 2 month or so. I had expected PHB ready now. DMG in September and MM in November.

And if they could have somehow managed it, they would probably glad to do so. Having a complete gift set ready for Christmas would have been in WotC's best interest as a company.

The gift set will be the sales boost for next Christmas after the initial core book release is done.
Why did they pick 3000 units for GenCon? As a guy who works in logistics i would say it's nothing more nefarious than getting the stuff to where it needs to be on time.

Side Bar: everyone calling it the "OGL Debacle" just comes off as petty. Let's let it go.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Side Bar: everyone calling it the "OGL Debacle" just comes off as petty. Let's let it go.

I just used the term everyone uses. I think it did push their plan back 2 month or so. But yeah, next year's christmas is also nice for selling stuff.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Side Bar: everyone calling it the "OGL Debacle" just comes off as petty. Let's let it go.

What noun would you prefer to be used when referring to an important historical event in the history of the hobby? (And WotC deciding to put the SRD into Creative Commons is a huge deal and will lead to things we can't even guess at right now.)

Because it's going to continue to be referred to, as long as people discuss the history of the tabletop RPG industry.

(Personally, I prefer "fiasco," since "debacle" to me makes me think of the Marx Brothers.)

 

[KYRON45]

What noun would you prefer to be used when referring to an important historical event in the history of the hobby? (And WotC deciding to put the SRD into Creative Commons is a huge deal and will lead to things we can't even guess at right now.)

Because it's going to continue to be referred to, as long as people discuss the history of the tabletop RPG industry.

(Personally, I prefer "fiasco," since "debacle" to me makes me think of the Marx Brothers.)

I don’t think it’s as important as people want it to be. They made a decision (that frankly doesn’t affect the end user)…the fans made noise about it…and before it went into affect it was corrected.

What would I call it? I see no reason to even reference it other than to throw shade at Wotc. But now everyone is an expert on the subject of various licenses so mocking Wotc is a way to share that information.

I’m sure I’m wrong about most of the points I made and I’m sure if I am someone will; in great detail point it out to me.

There is just so much negativity on the issue and I think the scales are unbalanced. You have to chose to hate something and on the list of things that make the world a worse place….the OGL massacre of…I don’t even know what year it happened…doesn’t even register.

I don’t know. Just one man’s rant I guess.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don’t think it’s as important as people want it to be. They made a decision (that frankly doesn’t affect the end user)

The entire modern RPG industry has been shaped by Ryan Dancey getting WotC to go for the OGL back in the 3E era. Now, it can never, ever be taken back.

I see no reason to even reference it other than to throw shade at Wotc.

Or any discussion about WotC as a business or the tabletop business in future. I would avoid those, if I were you. The ignore feature is also a good choice.

I’m sure I’m wrong about most of the points I made

Yes.

There is just so much negativity on the issue and I think the scales are unbalanced

Use the ignore feature. Repeatedly getting upset about this is a choice.

 

[KYRON45]

The entire modern RPG industry has been shaped by Ryan Dancey getting WotC to go for the OGL back in the 3E era. Now, it can never, ever be taken back.

Or any discussion about WotC as a business or the tabletop business in future. I would avoid those, if I were you. The ignore feature is also a good choice.

Yes.

Use the ignore feature. Repeatedly getting upset about this is a choice.

I'm not mad or offended in any way. We're talking about playing make believe. My opinion is as valid or invalid as everyone else. Me not hating what you hate doesn't affect anyone.
You asked me what to call a thing that doesn't bother me as much as it bothers you and that was my response. You are welcome to ignore me if you like I will not come up with a name for the great ignoring of Wednesday.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My opinion is as valid or invalid as everyone else.

No one said otherwise.

But if you're unhappy seeing people bring up the OGL {insert noun here), you're going to continue to see it mentioned literally forever.

 

[KYRON45]

No one said otherwise.

But if you're unhappy seeing people bring up the OGL {insert noun here), you're going to continue to see it mentioned literally forever.

I wish you well on your crusade to maintain the OGL ragefest.
I'm not unhappy about something that never came to fruition. It just comes off as silly to me at this point.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I wish you well on your crusade to maintain the OGL ragefest.

I expressed zero rage and I'm not on any crusade.

The OGL situation will continue to be mentioned, even by people who are ride-or-die WotC superfans.

It's not something that just gets mentioned by the people who go nuts whenever they think of WotC. (I have a lot those people on ignore, for the record, along with their counterparts.)

I was trying to help you out, since this subject appears to make you upset. But you do you.