Planescape 5 New D&D Books Coming in 2023 -- Including Planescape!

At today's Wizards Presents event, hosts Jimmy Wong, Ginny Di, and Sydnee Goodman announced the 2023 line-up of D&D books, which featured something old, something new, and an expansion of a fan favorite.

The first of the five books, Keys from the Golden Vault, will arrive in winter 2023. At Tuesday's press preview, Chris Perkins, Game Design Architect for D&D, described it as “Ocean’s Eleven meets D&D” and an anthology of short adventures revolving around heists, which can be dropped into existing campaigns.

In Spring 2023, giants get a sourcebook just like their traditional rivals, the dragons, did in Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants will be a deep dive into hill, frost, fire, cloud, and storm giants, plus much more.

Summer 2023 will have two releases. The Book of Many Things is a collection of creatures, locations, and other player-facing goodies related to that most famous D&D magic item, the Deck of Many Things. Then “Phandelver Campaign” will expand the popular Lost Mine of Phandelver from the D&D Starter Set into a full campaign tinged with cosmic horror.

And then last, but certainly not least, in Fall 2023, WotC revives another classic D&D setting – Planescape. Just like Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, Planescape will be presented as a three-book set containing a setting guide, bestiary, and adventure campaign in a slipcase. Despite the Spelljammer comparison they did not confirm whether it would also contain a DM screen.

More information on these five titles will be released when we get closer to them in date.

 

[jerryrice4949]

Assuming that customers can find or create the lore they need isn't a sign of thinking the least of their customers

I create a fair amount of my own lore but I would like WoTC to provide a lot more. It is not one or the other. I make my own lore and content but would also like a lot more for WoTC. I don’t know whether most people can create their own lore or not. I would guess that varies quite a bit based on skill, time and imagination but for me time is a factor so I would appreciate WoTC not making their books quite so bland. Especially if they ever want to covert a lot of her money I spend on 3PP to sales for their products.

 

[Zaukrie]

I mean, there is infinite lore in old products, if people want lore, it's there. I want adventures..... And better rules, but that's a different thread.

I'm hopeful about planescape, but only because being hopeful is better than being cynical.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I mean, there is infinite lore in old products, if people want lore, it's there. I want adventures..... And better rules, but that's a different thread.

I'm hopeful about planescape, but only because being hopeful is better than being cynical.

Yeah see, I don't really want adventures. I prefer rules and setting material. I make up my own adventures all the time.

 

[Remathilis]

Sure, but the less lore they provide, the more they are demanding that their players make up in order to have a fun, rich game. It just seems like laziness and fear to me.

Or maybe when they DO add lore to the game, like the First World, people still complain about it, so they're damned if they do, and damned if they don't?

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Sure, but the less lore they provide, the more they are demanding that their players make up in order to have a fun, rich game. It just seems like laziness and fear to me.

No really though. That may be so for some, but it is likely a small minority.

 

[Micah Sweet]

No really though. That me so for some, but it is likely a small minority.

What do you mean? Only a small.minority want lore? What evidence fo you have of that?

 

[Micah Sweet]

Or maybe when they DO add lore to the game, like the First World, people still complain about it, so they're damned if they do, and damned if they don't?

Apparently, I'm the only one who has a problem with the First World, so that doesn't seem to hold up.

 

[Parmandur]

What do you mean? Only a small.minority want lore? What evidence fo you have of that?

The development of the WotC product line indicates that they don't see money in dense, lore heavy releases. I doubt the designers are "lazy" or "frightened", so absent hard data the moat likely conclusion is that they are designing products aimed at the kind of lore and quantity of lore that customers want.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Also all the releases they have made since that announcement still tend to have lots of lore.

 

[Parmandur]

Also all the releases they have made since that announcement still tend to have lots of lore.

Absolutely, and honestly I've had a lot of fun with the Lore, Fizban's and Radiant Citadel being real highlights.