D&D 5E Rebalanced Tyranny of Dragons Coming In January

According to Amazon a 'rebalanced' version of Tyranny of Dragons is being released by WotC in January. There's no indication if there's a new cover, but the "adventure has been rebalanced to be easier for a new Dungeon Master to run and a better play experience".

2019's Tyranny of Dragons combined 2014's Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat with errata and new cover art. It was originally produced for WotC by Kobold Press during the early period of 5E when adventures were outsourced to local companies run by ex-WotC employees, such as Kobold Press, Green Ronin and Sasquatch Game Studios. This will be the third version of these adventures.

Tyranny of Dragons combines and refines two action-packed Dungeons & Dragons adventures—Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat—into a single sweeping campaign. It also includes a gallery of concept art providing a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of an epic adventure spotlighting Tiamat, one of the most legendary foes in D&D.

• A wonderful re-introduction to 5th edition’s first published adventures for new fans
• Begins as a low-level adventure suitable for new players and evolves into an epic, sprawling campaign bringing players all the way from level 1 to level 15
• Adventure has been rebalanced to be easier for a new Dungeon Master to run and a better play experience.
• Book includes gallery of concept art spotlighting Tiamat, one of the most legendary foes in D&D

 

[darjr]

Hoard of the Dragon Queen is still selling pretty darn well. Five stars out of 3314 ratings.

I'd say new people are probably buying it still.

 

[JEB]

I would really like to see Tales from the Yawning Portal reworked or -- better -- taken out of print and the individual adventures given a more in-depth treatment, either by WotC or as a Goodman Games OAR book. The Giants series, Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain in particular all deserve better.

I liked Yawning Portal, but OAR editions of those adventures would be amazing too.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

So do you think those that bought ToD on a VTT platform will get the update for free?

Beyond at least gave the update free last time.

 

[Reynard]

Beyond at least gave the update free last time.

I was thinking more FG or Roll20.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I would really like to see Tales from the Yawning Portal reworked or -- better -- taken out of print and the individual adventures given a more in-depth treatment, either by WotC or as a Goodman Games OAR book. The Giants series, Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain in particular all deserve better.

I completely agree with you. Yawning Portal was a very good seller for them, for what appears to be very little work.

Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, Scourge of the Sword Coast, and Dead in Thay could easily be reworked into its own single adventure (I believe the series was called "Dreams of the Red Wizards" or something like that. Personally, I thought the first two were much better adventures than Dead In Thay, which is what they used in TftYP (probably due to it being of an appropriate level for the space in the book).

I wouldn't mind seeing a 5e version of Guardmore Abbey, as well.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Would be nice if folks who had the original books got a deal on the new one. But we know that will never happen...

It happened last time.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I was thinking more FG or Roll20.

From checking the updates made
It into the Roll20 version.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Technically 2E lasted longer but didn't actually publish the whole time, right?

It was pretty offerings-light for the last couple of years, IIRC, but I don't remember there ever being a year where they put out nothing.

Hoard of the Dragon Queen is still selling pretty darn well. Five stars out of 3314 ratings.

I'd say new people are probably buying it still.

I can tell you as a retailer that we still sell them fairly regularly (more often than we do Princes of the Apocalypse, for example) and WAY more often than we did any pre-5e adventures that had been around for 8 years (or whatever it's been).

 

[teitan]

Only 5e could have lasted long enough to have nostalgia reprints of it's own adventures!

1e did too. Queen of the Spiders, into the Unknown, Against The slavers. A couple others they called Super modules.

 

[darjr]

1e did too. Queen of the Spiders, into the Unknown, Against The slavers. A couple others they called Super modules.

Yea! Of-coarse how could I forget. Good company!