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.

 

[tetrasodium]

I'd rather the modules be as setting-agnostic as possible, so one can more easily drop them into whichever campaign or setting one is running.

It seems like they are moving that way. I've seen pictures of recent adventures that list basic details like remote forest village in a page1 box but can't be bothered to find it. I'm sure someone will have it handy and link or copy-paste it up

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If they put out small soft over modules, wouldn't bet on less than $30 a pop. Might be lucky to get that these days.

Maybe they have come up with some genius method of printing them more cheaply, such as employing all the people who have lost their jobs to AI to copy them out by hand.

 

[Parmandur]

Maybe they have come up with some genius method of printing them more cheaply, such as employing all the people who have lost their jobs to AI to copy them out by hand.

Biggest issue for WotC and pricing is that they print in the USA mostly.

That could be changing, who knows.

 

[bedir than]

It seems like they are moving that way. I've seen pictures of recent adventures that list basic details like remote forest village in a page1 box but can't be bothered to find it. I'm sure someone will have it handy and link or copy-paste it up

With Encounters they say they're tied to the other products within the season (Ravenloft is next). The mentions of modules today said that they would be directly tied to Greyhawk -- and are described in almost the exact same way Encounters are