Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player's Handbook Officially on Sale Today

The new 2024 Player's Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons is officially on sale today. While game store retailers and some D&D Beyond subscribers have had access to the new handbook for a while, the 2024 Player's Handbook is now widely available both digitally on D&D Beyond and various VTT services and through large retailers like Amazon and Target.

While the 2024 Player's Handbook isn't the start of a new edition of Dungeons & Dragons (at least, not officially), Wizards of the Coast used the new rulebook to significantly update parts of the current 5th Edition ruleset. As a result, the Player's Handbook contains new character-building rules, new spell rules, and even new rules changing or clarifying various conditions. The changes are relatively significant, although the core gameplay still feels very similar to the 2014 version of D&D 5th Edition.

Also, using the 2024 Player's Handbook does not disqualify players from using past 5th edition material. Provided that there's not a direct equivalent in the new Player's Handbook, players can use older material (such as subclasses or races) in character creation. However, if a player does use the 2024 Player's Handbook to build a character, they are expected to use all relevant 2024 rules in their campaign.

 

[bedir than]

They also released every class with a single subclass to the free rules, plus more spells to the free rules.

Additionally many (not all) of the bugs with the 2024 ruleset were squashed

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/bugs-support/204813-players-handbook-issues-and-support-thread?page=53#c1104

 

[Valetudo]

My copy just got delivered.

 

[SteveC]

I picked up the Foundry module and have created a few characters. Everything works pretty well, but I'm just getting started.

 

[JohnnyZemo]

Do we know if game stores in the U.S. will be able to get more of the alternate cover? I spoke to a gentleman working at a game store in Columbus, Ohio tonight who said they are not able to order more.

Of course, the same guy told me the book only contains rules on "how to create characters" and not "how to play the game." He was absolutely certain of it. I had to take a copy off the shelf and show him Chapter 1, "Playing the Game." It was odd. I guess the rearrangement of info in the book has confused some folks.

 

[Anand]

Never thought I would be that guy, but this is the first time since the launch of 2e revised in '95 (I wasn't around for 2e) that I have absolutely zero care or excitement about Dungeons and Dragons. Which is interesting because I just got a copy of Shadowdark and pre-ordered Daggerheart, so the genre still appeals a lot to me.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Yet, in NZ it is delayed till October.

Hey Hasbro/WotC, if you're worried about the D&D brand being "under monetized" you could start by actually delivering your Preorders on time!

 

[GMMichael]

Never thought I would be that guy, but this is the first time since the launch of 2e revised in '95 (I wasn't around for 2e) that I have absolutely zero care or excitement about Dungeons and Dragons.

We are legion.

Hey Hasbro/WotC, if you're worried about the D&D brand being "under monetized" you could start by actually delivering your Preorders on time!

I think under-delivering actually results in being over-monetized. Not in a good way, though.