D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases

[GarrettKP]

They likely are going back to the older 5e announcement pattern, aka announcing a book two months before it drops and not a year in advance.

 

[Corinnguard]

Dark Sun: The Tablelands Plateau

Kara-Tur 5e

Too much to hope the lion people are leonals (Talisid is about as close to Aslan as D&D is likely to get). I figure the Yugoloths are due an AP as the big bad, and Guardianals must be the natural enemy of Yugoloths (and both are likely a lot more subtle than their lawful or chaotic counterparts), so maybe some kind of espionage. I always try to work "is that a centaur? It is half horse and half man, but I thought it was the other way around" whenever I use an equinal outside of the upper planes.

Monster Manual 2 This time with an official take on the Guardinals.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I could be wrong, but I feel like they don't usually (other than the 2024 MM, of course, but that was later than they originally intended) put anything out until March or April anyhow. I think that they quite often DO skip Q1. And (as we have seen this year) they over-stuff Q3 & Q4, but again, this year's quick succession was not on purpose (when it comes to Eberron's release).

Yeah, maybe they're thinking they want to make their big money in the holiday season. They've put out slipcase sets specifically for the holidays in the past.

 

[mamba]

Since they missed their announcement window in 2025, when in 2026 could they announce their lineup, or are we at this point expecting some individual notification around 2 months in advance?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Since they missed their announcement window in 2025, when in 2026 could they announce their lineup, or are we at this point expecting some individual notification around 2 months in advance?

Given how well having the BG3 actors doing live plays seems to have worked out for them, I would bet on a live-play event previewing some of the content with Aabria Iyengar (who seems to never sleep) or someone comparable running the game.

If they were going to release something in March or April, that would mean we'd see the event in late January or so, once people are back out of vacation mode.

 

[mamba]

If they were going to release something in March or April, that would mean we'd see the event in late January or so, once people are back out of vacation mode.

I was thinking of conventions or similar events they would do this at, but I guess they can always do this standalone too

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I was thinking of conventions or similar events they would do this at, but I guess they can always do this standalone too

Are there any big gaming conventions in the winter or early spring?

 

[Reynard]

I was thinking of conventions or similar events they would do this at, but I guess they can always do this standalone too

Are there any big gaming conventions in the winter or early spring?

Other than the Game Awards, most video companies have eschewed big events to release info and instead to their own reveals quarterly or so. I can see WotC deciding to have a Direct in January or February for the first half of the year slate.

It feels weird that we don't know anything definitive about 2026 yet, but I honestly don't know if that it abnormal, of if the full slate reveal was an anomaly.

 

[Zaukrie]

Other than the Game Awards, most video companies have eschewed big events to release info and instead to their own reveals quarterly or so. I can see WotC deciding to have a Direct in January or February for the first half of the year slate.

It feels weird that we don't know anything definitive about 2026 yet, but I honestly don't know if that it abnormal, of if the full slate reveal was an anomaly.

Must not be a January release!

 

[Reynard]

Must not be a January release!

They COULD shadow drop something, but only as a digital product.