D&D 5E (2024) When are we getting announcements for 2026 books?

[Remathilis]

Dark Sun really? WotC hasn't been willing to touch that for a few years now. What evidence is there they've changed their mind about it?

It's named in the list of D&D settings in the 2024 DMG. Every setting on that list has a campaign book in 5e except Dark Sun.

 

[Distracted DM]

My brother-in-law ran it for us as a full on Comedy, which the text encourages, and as Pratchett-esque parody of Wrekend in Hell? Fantastic.

Just a note: the text doesn't encourage running CoS as a full-on comedy. It does recommend using moments of humor to lighten the oppressive gloom of the dark nature of the adventure.

That being said, I did steal Discworld's Igor-family concept pretty much whole-cloth and inserted it into my CoS run.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Well, last year we got that announcement at the very end of August...but a lot has changed since then, and that wasn't a regular established rather previously anyways.

So, maybe soon, maybe not for a while?

I mean they did say the 3rd DLC would be announced soon, so maybe there will be another D&D Director or D&D Celelebration last August, early September?

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Dark Sun's not coming.

After releasing only two books from January through August, the end of this year is very release-heavy for official D&D. They have to sell two boxed Starter Sets (mid Sep & early Oct), the two Forgotten Realms books (both releasing Nov 11th), and Eberron: Forge of the Artificer (early December).

That's two boxed sets and three hardcovers all releasing between Sep 16 - Dec 5, 2025, with just weeks between each release. That's already too many books to market effectively; I can understand them not trying to also put focus on MORE stuff coming after that.

Not coming THIS YEAR, this about next year & the year after that.

 

[Remathilis]

Just a note: the text doesn't encourage running CoS as a full-on comedy. It does recommend using moments of humor to lighten the oppressive gloom of the dark nature of the adventure.

That being said, I did steal Discworld's Igor-family concept pretty much whole-cloth and inserted it into my CoS run.

I treated much of Villaki as dark comedy, with the "all will be well" and Blinksy. Then again, much of my Ravenloft has a dreamy, surreal element to it so weird "Halloween town" elements work quite well.