Marathon, Broadway, and Catacomb: Upcoming D&D Products?

WotC has been using codenames for its upcoming products for some time, mainly to stop anybody figuring our what's in the pipeline. Those codenames end up as placeholders on bookstores and the like. Eagle-eyed reader Sean spotted some upcoming items on McNally Robinson, a Canadian bookstore's website.

The items spotted were a 192-page hardcover accessory codenamed "Marathon" (May 2018); a 256-page hardcover adventure codenamed "Broadway" (September 2018), and another 256-page hardcover adventure codenamed "Catacomb" (November 2018). There's also a set of "Broadway" dice.

Past codenames have included "Labyrinth", which turned out to be Tomb of Annihilation, and "Dust", "Midway", "Cloak", and "Dagger".

Let the speculation begin!

D&D "Marathon" HC
By Rpg Team Wizards
ISBN: 9780786966240
format: Hardcover
series: D&D Accessory
pages: 192
publisher: Wizards of the Coast
pub. date: 2018-05-29

D&D "Broadway" Dice
By Rpg Team Wizards
ISBN: 9780786966288
format: Game
series: D&D Accessory
pages: n/a
publisher: Wizards of the Coast
pub. date: 2018-09-18

D&D "Broadway" HC
By Rpg Team Wizards
ISBN: 9780786966257
format: Hardcover
series: D&D Adventure
pages: 256
publisher: Wizards of the Coast
pub. date: 2018-09-18

D&D "Catacomb" HC
By Rpg Team Wizards
ISBN: 9780786966264
format: Hardcover
series: D&D Adventure
pages: 256
publisher: Wizards of the Coast
pub. date: 2018-11-20

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[Yaarel]

I suspect, ‘Broadway’ is multiverse, probably Spelljammer-esque.

Eberron isnt in play yet. Designers express interest but no plans yet.



I am less thrilled about heavy-handed setting assumptions, so personally I would rather ignore the one-size-fits-all multiverse, including Spelljammer-esque.

But I suspect, Broadway is what it is.



For some reason, I doubt it is actually Spelljammer, but instead will include the lego pieces necessary for Spelljammer fans to put a Spelljammer setting together.

 

[Azzy]

I really think there's a lot of over-thinking this. I bet Broadway will be a product that starts with the letter "B"—much in the same way Marathon is Mordenkainnen's Tome of Foes.

 

[Jer]

I really think there's a lot of over-thinking this. I bet Broadway will be a product that starts with the letter "B"—much in the same way Marathon is Mordenkainnen's Tome of Foes.

So by that logic I can now state that Broadway is absolutely going to be Bigby's Book of Bombastic Battles. It's so obvious now that you point it out

(After Volo's, Xanathar's and Mordenkainnen's various books, if they leave "Bigby's Book" just sitting there, I'll be disappointed.)

 

[gyor]

So we know what Marathon is and what Broadway is, but that leaves what is Catacomb.

 

[Gradine]

So we know what Marathon is and what Broadway is, but that leaves what is Catacomb.

Cats. Just Cats.

198 pages of Cats.

It will break all sales records.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

So by that logic I can now state that Broadway is absolutely going to be Bigby's Book of Bombastic Battles. It's so obvious now that you point it out

(After Volo's, Xanathar's and Mordenkainnen's various books, if they leave "Bigby's Book" just sitting there, I'll be disappointed.)

Bigby is the hand guy, I'm surprised there isn't a cantrip that does force damage from a hand of force slapping the targets face, a Bigby's Bitch-slap.

 

[briggart]

I really think there's a lot of over-thinking this. I bet Broadway will be a product that starts with the letter "B"—much in the same way Marathon is Mordenkainnen's Tome of Foes.

"Big Hardcover Adventure: 2018 edition"

 

[Hutchimus Prime]

So we know what Marathon is and what Broadway is, but that leaves what is Catacomb.

We know what Broadway is?

 

[ccs]

We know what Broadway is?

Of course we do. It's the next book coming out after Mordenkainnen's. Does it really matter what it's about?

 

[MechaTarrasque]

We know what Broadway is?

Mearls said they make announcements about 3 months ahead of release, so we won't know anything officially until June. There is speculation of course, but then everyone "knew" Marathon was going to be a planar book, but MToF isn't totally planar (I doubt the dwarf or gnome sections will be planar at all).