D&D 5E WotC Delays New D&D Book Announcement

This from WotC — “Get the quasits out of our office! Our plan to make a D&D book announcement on Thursday has been changed. Adventurers, mark your calendars for Monday, January 13.”

The book was due to be announced on Thursday 9th January after a mysterious entry appeared on Amazon with a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020. See the original news item here:

D&D 5E - March's D&D Book To Be Announced On January 9th

A mysterious entry has appeared on Amazon! With a product title of "Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th)" and a release date of March 17th, 2020, this $49.95 hardcover release will be revealed in under a week! The description reads "Your first look at the next...

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They haven't given a reason; back in November WotC delayed the launch of the sapphire D&D anniversary dice at the last minute, too.

D&D General - $300 D&D Dice Delayed

WotC has delayed the sale of the $300 dice. They haven’t said why.

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[Parmandur]

Huh? I winder if the delay was that they wanted to get all the Critters on set for the stream?

We'll find out soon...

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The Wildfire druid would be awesome for the Fire Ashari!

 

[Magus Darkwind]

Lots of folks asked for both.

I'm pretty sure that is the opposite of the case: the number of people who wanted and asked for D&D in Ravnica for over 15 years, and Critters, are going to far outnumber old Setting diehards.

Ya'll are right, of course, but, from the old guard D&D social media bubble, both of these releases blindsided everyone. Granted, I think they're interesting enough (Ravnica more than Wildemount, but still), but I'm concerned that these types of releases will crowd out older settings being released. Maybe that won't be the case (Eberron just released, after all), but it's still concerning.

 

[Parmandur]

Ya'll are right, of course, but, from the old guard D&D social media bubble, both of these releases blindsided everyone. Granted, I think they're interesting enough (Ravnica more than Wildemount, but still), but I'm concerned that these types of releases will crowd out older settings being released. Maybe that won't be the case (Eberron just released, after all), but it's still concerning.

Matt Mercer has addressed these very concerns in an open letter to the D&D community:

 

[Magus Darkwind]

Matt Mercer has addressed these very concerns in an open letter to the D&D community:

Yup, I saw that. Matt's a gem, and it was very reassuring, especially since he mentioned the top two "old" settings that I'm interested (Planescape and Dark Sun) as something he's both interested in and has lobbied for directly with Wizards. We'll see what the future holds, but if he's right that there's a place for both "new" and old setting releases, then I'll be very pleased.