Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Delayed Until December

Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will now launch in December 2025 due to a cover defect. Wizards of the Coast announced that the upcoming Eberron: Forge of the Artificer rulebook is being delayed for several months after warping was discovered on the covers of published books. The entire original print run of the book is being recalled and reprinted ahead of its release, which means that the production process will be extended by several months.

As a result of the production delay, the book will now be released on December 9, 2025, with early access happening two weeks prior. To make up for the delay, both digital and physical customers who pre-ordered their books as a WPN store will receive an Eberron mini-adventure when they receive their book.

A similar delay took place in October 2023 when the Deck of Many Things product was recalled due to faulty product just two weeks before its initial release. That was re-released in January 2024.

 

[Parmandur]

Magic ABSOLUTELY needs the LGS for pre-release, tournaments, and the most popular formats (Modern and Commander) that aren't supported by Arena. By contrast, most TTRPGs are played in private venues (homes or the like) not in public spaces. There is a reason why MTG support for LGS has been top notch, while its support for public play via Adventurer's League has been an afterthought.

Actually, apparently 80% of Magic revenue comes from players who have never stepped in an FLGS or joined an official tournament. Magic: the Gathering is overwhelmingly a casual kitchen tabletop game.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

So digital access is quite soon right?

 

[Kurotowa]

So digital access is quite soon right?

Still most of a week. Early access is Tuesday, November 25th. General release is December 2nd.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Still most of a week. Early access is Tuesday, November 25th. General release is December 2nd.

Thought general release was the 9th.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Still most of a week. Early access is Tuesday, November 25th. General release is December 2nd.

Unless we do the Time Warp again.

 

[Kurotowa]

Thought general release was the 9th.

It appears you're right, and the source I checked was out of date. Thank you. General release Dec 9th, early access still seems to be Nov 25th.

 

[Juomari Veren]

It appears you're right, and the source I checked was out of date. Thank you. General release Dec 9th, early access still seems to be Nov 25th.

General release has always been 2 weeks from early access; That said, my LGS hasn't mentioned if they're getting physical copies just yet, and I wonder if the delay from August has messed with the availability of physical copies such that they can't advance release the book itself.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

My FLGS tends to just put out whatever they get whenever they get it. Therefore it was on the shelf when I went in on Saturday.

 

[Starmaster]

My FLGS tends to just put out whatever they get whenever they get it. Therefore it was on the shelf when I went in on Saturday.

Great! I'm glad to see the new print run came out okay and it's on schedule this time. The new D&D books generally aren't delivered to any of the FLGSs in my area until right on the day of early release or a couple of days after. I always figured the very close timing is to try to keep them from putting the books out early.

 

[Remathilis]

So does anyone have access to this book yet or are we all making assumptions based on outdated info and innuendo?