Planestriders, Voidrunners, and Monstrous Menagerie II -- EN Publishing's 2024 Slate!

It's a new year, and we have tons of stuff planned! Let's take a quick look at EN Publishing's slate for 2024. We were hard at work throughout 2023 developing projects which we're really excited to bring to you this year. As always, of course, this schedule is subject to change, but here's the current plan!

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Quarter 1​

Gate Pass Gazette Annual 2023​

Like last year, this hardcover book compiles all of the year's Gate Pass Gazette issues. The Gate Pass Gazette is the official monthly magazine of Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and contains new rules content for your game.

Planestrider's Journal​

An essential guide to the planes and planar travel, this hardcover contains details on over 30 wondrous new planes, rules for webships and planar travel, a dizzying array of player options, and an interplanar adventure!

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Quarter 2​

Voidrunner's Codex​

Take your 5E and A5E games into space with this science-fiction set. This set contains three books. The Voidrunner's Codex contains rules for spacefaring characters including new heritages, classes, equipment, and more. The Star Captain's Manual is all about starships, starship combat, and space travel. And Escape from Death Planet is an introductory adventure for 3rd level characters.

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Quarter 3​

Split the Hoard​

Our first board game--or, in this case, a card game. In this game, you are heroes who have just slain a dragon, and now you have to divide the loot between you. A game of negotiation and cunning, who can collect the most treasure before the dragon's minions arrive?

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Quarter 4​

Monstrous Menagerie II​

Need we say more? You've been calling for a sequel to Monstrous Menagerie since it came out--and here it is! This book contains a slew of new monsters for your game, all with the same comprehensive treatment of the first book. We also introduce Heroic Monsters--monsters with capacity for advancement, whether they be loyal companions for worthy adversaries. Yes, your wolf pet can gain levels as you do! But so can that pesky kobold you keep running into...

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Mini-Quickstarters​

As always we have a bunch of softcover 5E quickstarters sprinkled throughout the year. A Night in the Library is a bookish collection; Secrets of the Grave does what it says on the tin; plus we have a book for tinkerers and inventors, and a collection of high level adventures in store. These quickstarters are always short standalone Kickstarter campaigns for a single softcover book.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I can't wait for Voidrunner's / Star Captain's books.

Nor I. I've been waiting for this material since it was first announced over a year ago. So excited!

 

[lichmaster]

Love all of this!
I hope there's gonna be some WOIN releases as well!

 

[TreChriron]

Outstanding support for A5E!! Super excited!

 

[neobolts]

There was a playtest for a psion last year. Is that still planned for VC?

 

[Morrus]

There was a playtest for a psion last year. Is that still planned for VC?

That was, indeed, a playtest for the psion class in the Voidrunner's Codex.

 

[Timespike]

It’s a sourcebook for Level Up. It only contains sci-fi material, but it is fully compatible with the fantasy material in other books (and other 5e books in general). So you can run pure sci-if or you can mix and match to make sci-fantasy.

And as long as EN Publishing continues their generous policy of putting new rules under an open license (a safe assumption), you can rest assured that the third-party community will create some "bridge" content with elements of both for those who like to mix their sci-fi peanut butter with their fantasy chocolate!

 

[Faolyn]

Well, I'm late to this but very eager for the Planestrider's Journal!

 

[Morrus]

And as long as EN Publishing continues their generous policy of putting new rules under an open license (a safe assumption)

A very safe assumption!

 

[Micah Sweet]

Well, I'm late to this but very eager for the Planestrider's Journal!

I'm personally curious about how much of it is different from last year's ENterplanetary Expeditions series here on the site. It was a great series, but honestly if it were just a reprint I'd be a little disappointed.

 

[Morrus]

I'm personally curious about how much of it is different from last year's ENterplanetary Expeditions series here on the site. It was a great series, but honestly if it were just a reprint I'd be a little disappointed.

About half of it is that, and half of it is new player options, planar ships, etc.