D&D General US & Canada Gamers: Get D&D Books 2 Weeks Early At Local Game Stores

WotC has announced that in the US and Canada you can now get your Dungeons & Dragons books--starting with Vecna: Eve of Ruin--two weeks early from your local game store.

The Local Game Store Early Access program allows local game stores in the US and Canada to sell D&D books two weeks before the rest of the world. They can sell Vecna: Eve of Ruin from May 7th, with the global release date being May 21st. This only applies to in-store purchases, and not to online orders.

The early access sale dates for the upcoming books are:

• Vecna, Eve of Ruin (Early Access May 7, 2024)
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase (Early Access July 9, 2024)
• Player's Handbook (2024) (Early Access September 3, 2024)
• Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) (Early Access October 29, 2024)
• Monster Manual (2025) (Early Access Feb 4, 2025)

The Making of Original D&D: 1970-1977 is not part of the Local Game Store Early Access program.

 

[Remathilis]

Local Game Store Early Access for D&D Book Sales | WPN

Local game stores will now have early access to sell major tabletop book releases from Dungeons & Dragons, in-store only.

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@Morrus

All announced D&D game books are eligible starting with Venca.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Local Game Store Early Access for D&D Book Sales | WPN

Local game stores will now have early access to sell major tabletop book releases from Dungeons & Dragons, in-store only.

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@Morrus

All announced D&D game books are eligible starting with Venca.

Wooohoooo! This is nice. We used to have this, but they took it away and "replaced" it with the Alternate Covers. Which was okay, but I'd rather have the books early. Both is even better.

 

[Juomari Veren]

Nice, I love when something that used to be the norm (with 5e books at least) goes back to being the norm again.

 

[wicked cool]

nice

Not seeing any headlines today saying the competition is doing this?

 

[mdosantos]

Nice, I love when something that used to be the norm (with 5e books at least) goes back to being the norm again.

It was like this before with 5e wasn't it? Or I'm confusing it with the Alt Covers that where only sold at FLGS?

 

[Parmandur]

Very cool.

 

[Parmandur]

It was like this before with 5e wasn't it? Or I'm confusing it with the Alt Covers that where only sold at FLGS?

It was, broke down a couple years ago (pandemic logistics issues?).

 

[Nikosandros]

Nice, I love when something that used to be the norm (with 5e books at least) goes back to being the norm again.

It used to be so, also internationally, at least for WPN stores. Who knows? Maybe it will happen again is due time.

 

[Mercador]

It's a good idea to support FLGS!