On Thursday August 1st, the review embargo is lifted for those who were sent an early copy of the new Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook. In this post I intend to compile a handy list of those reviews as they arrive. If you know of a review, please let me know in the comments so that I can add it! I'll be updating this list as new reviews arrive, so do check back later to see what's been added!
Review List
Note, a couple of these videos have been redacted or taken down following copyright claims by WotC.
Release timeline (i.e. when you can get it!)
Review List
- The official EN World review -- "Make no mistake, this is a new edition."
- ComicBook.com -- "Dungeons & Dragons has improved upon its current ruleset, but the ruleset still feels very familiar to 5E veterans."
- Comic Book Resources -- "From magic upgrades to easier character building, D&D's 2024 Player's Handbook is the upgrade players and DMs didn't know they needed."
- Wargamer.com -- "The 2024 Player’s Handbook is bigger and more beginner-friendly than ever before. It still feels and plays like D&D fifth edition, but numerous quality-of-life tweaks have made the game more approachable and its player options more powerful. Its execution disappoints in a handful of places, and it’s too early to tell how the new rules will impact encounter balance, but this is an optimistic start to the new Dungeons and Dragons era."
- RPGBOT -- "A lot has changed in the 2024 DnD 5e rules. In this horrendously long article, we’ve dug into everything that has changed in excruciating detail. There’s a lot here."
Note, a couple of these videos have been redacted or taken down following copyright claims by WotC.
- 2024 PHB Rules Changes D&D 5.24 (Treantmonk's Temple)
- Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook 2024 Preview & Review | Key Takeaways and Comparisons with 2014 (Awesome Black)
- 10 Unexpected Changes in the D&D 5E 2024 Player's Handbook (This Effin' GM Games)
- Every Class and Subclass Change for 2024 (d4: Deep Dive)
- D&D Player's Handbook 2024 Winners & Losers! (The Character Sheet on ComicBook.com)
- 2024 Player's Handbook First Look Review (Dungeon Dudes)
- The 2024 Player's Handbook: Full Spoilers Review (DnD Shorts)
- Full Early Review! D&D 2024 Player's Handbook (JoeFudge)
- First Look at the 2024 Player's Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons (GameMasters)
- 2024 PHB Flip through (Jorphdan) [taken down]
- D&D New Player's Handbook, DM's Guide, Monster Manual, and Project Sigil Info (maturemindedgamers)
- 2024 Player's Handbook: Questions Answered! (Alphastream)
- D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Walkthrough (Sly Flourish) [redacted]
Release timeline (i.e. when you can get it!)
- August 1st: Reviewers. Some reviewers have copies already, with their embargo lifting August 1st.
- August 1st-4th: Gen Con. There will be 3,000 copies for sale at Gen Con.
- September 3rd: US/Canada Hobby Stores. US/Canada hobby stores get it September 3rd.
- September 3rd: DDB 'Master' Pre-orders. Also on this date, D&D Beyond 'Master Subscribers' get the digital version.
- September 10th: DDB 'Hero' Pre-orders. On this date, D&D Beyond 'Hero Subscribers' get the digital version.
- September 17th: General Release. For the rest of us, the street date is September 17th.
