Dungeons & Dragons Will Announce New Products at Gen Con, Modules Returning to Game

Wizards of the Coast plans to use Gen Con as a launching point for future products. During a press briefing at Gary Con on Thursday, Head of D&D Franchise Dan Ayoub said that they would be announcing the product tied to the Season of Champions at Gen Con this year. Additionally, starting at Gen Con in 2026, D&D will also announce the roadmap for the upcoming year at the convention, which will include announcements of upcoming Seasons, announcement of new products, and other "stuff" tied to the season.

Ayoub told the press briefing that early feedback for the seasons have been "fantastic," so it appears that this will be the standard moving forward.

Later in the press briefing, Ayoub noted that the lengthy delay in announcements was due to a combination of internal reorganization for the D&D team and a shift in which products would be released in 2026. He also said that adventure modules will be returning to Dungeons & Dragons as part of the new Season models, although it's unclear whether this will be through the D&D Encounters program, Adventurer's League, or through some other kind of unannounced product.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Modules' returning will only work if there is a lot of them and you can mix and match them

 

[sevenbastard]

He also said that adventure modules will be returning to Dungeons & Dragons as part of the new Season models, although it's unclear whether this will be through the D&D Encounters program, Adventurer's League, or through some other kind of unannounced product.

Can I dream that they give us a decent site based adventure in 64 pages softbound?

 

[Von Ether]

Seeing as the OGL was invented to offload module creation onto 3pp due to small margins and the need for a large library/inventory of them, I wonder what their strategy is this go around. In the end, even a lot of the 3pp turned from adventure modules to settings as that where the money was at that time.

 

[Morrus]

And of course, if you don't want to wait:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/shortquests

 

[Christian Hoffer]

Seeing as the OGL was invented to offload module creation onto 3pp due to small margins and the need for a large library/inventory of them, I wonder what their strategy is this go around. In the end, even a lot of the 3pp turned from adventure modules to settings as that where the money was at that time.

I imagine these will be D&D Beyond exclusives or something tied to Organized Play where PDFs will be made available to participating stores. I don't think we'll see a wider physical release.

 

[Reynard]

I still think tiered modules would be a useful tool, especially if they are intended to be mixed and matched.

 

[aiouh]

Modules' returning will only work if there is a lot of them and you can mix and match them

Strictly speaking, almost all Starter sets/Essentials kits in 5E and a boatload of Hardcovers were all Module-friendly. They just didn't call it that.

 

[Burnside]

Seeing as the OGL was invented to offload module creation onto 3pp due to small margins and the need for a large library/inventory of them, I wonder what their strategy is this go around.

Digital only.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Digital only.

Seems like the only way to make it economically viable. It may mean Deadfall gets online-only prequel and sequel modules.