WotC 2006 September to December Catalog info, updated with novels

[JoeGKushner]

Woo - 5 adventures in 4 months. Joe! I was right! Adventures!

* The Twilight Tomb
* Expedition to Castle Ravenloft
* Scourge of the Howling Horde
* Fantastic Locations: The Frostfell Rift
* The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde

Thanks muchly, Thalmin!

Cheers!

Very interesting.

But appropriate. They can't keep chruning out two splatbooks a month.

On the other hand, what's up with some of those prices? Lots of variances there and I'm interested to see Twilight Tomb at 160 page(?) non-traditional format, $9.95 compared to Scorgue at Nov. 7, 2006; 32 page module, $14.95.

I also think the catalog has to be wrong on at least one other front:

Complete Mage: Oct. 10, 2006; 224 page hardcover, $29.95 compared to
Castle Ravenloft: Oct. 10, 2006; 224 page hardcover, $34.95

 

[Henry]

That Chess Set is going to be freakin' beautiful. I'm not spending 200 bucks on that instead of gaming materials or, say, food and shelter, but that is something I've got to see when they release some pictures.

 

[Shemeska]

Blood War Booster Pack

This is going to make Shemmy's day!

Sorta

I don't use minis, so the Blood War Booster Pack isn't on my to-buy list. Though more exposure of the Blood War is never a bad thing, but it all comes down to the presentation, and since they don't mention the 'loths at any point, it's likely to be just a demons versus devils thing and not the complexities therein.

But, me being picky aside, tell me more and if there's a Molydeus, I want one just to sit on top of one of my computer speakers.

 

[thalmin]

There is only a small B/W picture in the catalog, but my scanner is down. Check it out at your FLGS if you want a teaser.

 

[Jedi_Solo]

I better save up over the summer because the fall is going to be expensive.

 

[Gold Roger]

All red added by me for emphasis.

Scourge of the Howling Horde
Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel
A new D&D adventure for 1st-level characters.
Scourge of the Howling Horde is a D&D adventure for first-level characters that pits heroes against a menacing tribe of goblins and their monstrous allies. It showcases a new encounter format designed to help Dungeon Masters run memorable encounters more easily. It also includes Sidebars that help the Dungeon Master run the adventure for either new players or seasoned players.
Includes tactical maps for every encounter.
Nov. 7, 2006; 32 page module, $14.95

That's really neat. I love the FL series for it's maps and to bring an actual adventure (the FL adventures are not worth a mention) waith a complete set of maps is a great move.

The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde
David Noonan
A new D&D adventure for lower-level characters!
This low-level D&D adventure showcases a new format for combat encounters, designed to speed gameplay and make encounter preparation easier for the Dungeon Master. A companion title to Scourge of the Howling Horde, this adventure pits players against a puzzling dungeon filled with creatures of chaos. It includes two DungeonMaster books, a players book, an 8-page illustration book, a double-sided battle map, and enough adventure material for the Dungeon Master to easily expand the campaign.
Dec. 12, 2006; 142 pages + map, $24.95

All this extra stuff and experimentation with formats sounds great.

It seem 2006 is the year of experiments for wizards.


The above adventures are almost certain buys for me, as are FC2 (I love devils), cityscape and the FL5.

Complete Mage and Dragon Magic are in the wait and see camp.

Bloodwars sounds like a excellent set on virtue of it's name alone. And it seems with WotDQ wotc has made a turn to actually enforce the sets' themes, so here's hoping. (Uncommons or even commons for more numerous fiends such as bearded devils, mezoloths or babau would be great).

 

[glass]

I also think the catalog has to be wrong on at least one other front:
Complete Mage: Oct. 10, 2006; 224 page hardcover, $29.95 compared to
Castle Ravenloft: Oct. 10, 2006; 224 page hardcover, $34.95

Not necessarily. I wouldn't be surprised if CMag was expected to sell 10x as many copies as Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. Volume makes a big difference.


glass.

 

[Man-thing]

Anyone know what this new format for combat encounters is supposed to be?

The new format is called the Delve. Its space intensive and make the the new WOTC statblock look like a postage stamp in comparison. Here is the link:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060317a

Basically, you will have 1 encounter per page.

 

[drothgery]

Certain to buy...

Faiths of Eberron
Dragonmarked
... even if I weren't an Eberron completist, these are two that I'd want

Complete Mage
... I'm never going to skip a book of options for arcane PCs
Cityscape
... and I've got a DM that likes urban stuff

Maybe...

Dragon Magic
... I'll have to see the previews first; could be cool.

 

[KB9JMQ]

Boy a lot of those sound great. Time to get a second job
The chess set really sounds cool would like to see a picture but no way between the books and I want and minis (and food and shelter) could I justify 200 for it.