D&D General Greyhawk to Faerun and Beyond: A Multiversal D&D Lore Book Is Coming This Fall

This coming October, a 360+ page hardcover which delves into Dungeons & Dragons' various worlds and settings will be released. The book isn't from WotC--it's from Ten Speed Press--but it's by Adam Lee, who wrote for Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus and Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. The book comes full of 50-years of artwork, and is narrated by the famous wizard Mordenkainen. Additionally, the book contains some original fiction.

Dungeons & Dragons Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerûn and Beyond is available for pre-order already.

The book covers Greyhawk, Mystara, Dragonlance, Faerun, Eberron, the Feywild and Shadowfell, Spelljammer, the Nine Hells, the Abyss, Sigil, and the Far Realm. It's a book of lore and story, not a rulebook, giving an overall of D&D's entire multiverse and its many worlds.

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Celebrate fifty years of the spellbinding settings and planes of Dungeons & Dragons with this beautifully illustrated exploration of the multiverse.

Worlds & Realms is an illustrated, story-driven retrospective celebrating the immersive worldbuilding of D&D since the iconic game’s inception in 1974. Legendary mage Mordenkainen takes adventurers on a fantastical journey through the multiverse, delving into memorable and fascinating lore and locations across all five editions of the game.

With Mordenkainen’s guidance, readers will revisit worlds that have come to define D&D over the decades, from the familiar realms of the Material Plane to lands beyond the Astral Sea. Mordenkainen’s philosophical musings provide a mage’s-eye view of the worlds’ unique features, creatures, and characters, captivating readers’ imaginations as they learn more about the history and mysteries of the multiverse. Additionally, readers will join adventuring parties with inhabitants of each realm through exclusive short stories by award-winning contributors Jaleigh Johnson, Jody Houser and Eric Campbell, Jasmine Bhullar, and Geoffrey Golden.

Full of exciting and enchanting artwork showing fifty years of gameplay evolution from vintage D&D through the present, with original cover and chapter-opener illustrations, Worlds & Realms is a spellbinding tour of the strange and wonderful worlds of the multiverse, appealing to both new and long-standing fans alike.

Polygon has some previews of the book.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Pretty stingy in their selection, I say.

Did I miss an official list of what's covered? I think they intention probably is to include all the various worlds.

It would be insane for them to not include Council of Wyrms, for instance, since "this is a world where dragons rule" is the kind of thing casual fans would be excited to see. (And it sounds great until the DM tries to figure out how that could possibly be balanced and then spends a lot of time staring out the window sadly.)

A lot of the smaller settings, like Thunder Rift or Jakandor, really can't support more than a page or two (including art) anyway, so it'd be very easy to slam through a lot of the shorties that way.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Hmm, this seems to be focusing on the "kitchen sink" worlds (though Dragonlance isn't quite that).

Would be nice if they did an "astounding worlds" follow up, covering the more divergent worlds like Dark Sun, Birthright, Jakandor(!), Ravenloft, Council of Wyrms and such. Not holding my breath for such, though.

Its all the major classic settings, Ravenloft, Planescape, Spelljammer, FR, DL, GH, Mystara, Eberron, probably Witchlight and Radiant Citadel get a mention too.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Mystara getting a specific mention, as well as a spread that appears to be just part of a write-up of the Abyss, suggests this will be pretty comprehensive in scope, if not in fine detail.

 

[Parmandur]

This is spread waaaaayyyyy to think. Outside of maps and the short stories I think this will be a little use. Disappointing.

It has the same trade dress as their kids books, so the point is to introduce children to major points of D&D lore. Seems it might be fit to that purpose.

 

[Parmandur]

Did I miss an official list of what's covered?

Yes, the table of contents is in the article.

 

[LaTia J]

This looks like something in the vain of the Young Adventurer's Guides Series.

It lines up more with Art & Arcana and Lore & Legends, though I thought the same at first glance.

 

[Parmandur]

It lines up more with Art & Arcana and Lore & Legends, though I thought the same at first glance.

The trade dress lines up with the Young Adventurers, which suggests the target audience.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

It lines up more with Art & Arcana and Lore & Legends, though I thought the same at first glance.

The trade dress lines up with the Young Adventurers, which suggests the target audience.

Yeah, I said Young Adventurer's Guide since it looks like it will be an in character presentation of these worlds. That said, I would love an A&A or L&L style book for Eberron that covered it's development from the announcement of the Setting Search contest to today.

 

[LaTia J]

The trade dress lines up with the Young Adventurers, which suggests the target audience.

Yeah I agree, but its price point ($50 USD) lines up with the price of the other history books, which are also put out by Ten Speed Press. Coupled with the fact that this one isn't penned by Jim Zub and Stacy King, nor is it "A Young Adventurers Guide to the Realms" or something like that makes me lean toward it being geared toward adults.

 

[ko6ux]

I read the typo as Applejammer, and that seems like a Domain of Delight I would enjoy

Could just as easily be a domain of dread. Depending on ... you know ... where the apples get jammed.