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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[gyor]

Reading into it, I wonder if something was supposed to be released to coincide with it....like a new UA? Though, I wouldn't be surprised if the announcement was tied to the release of the next Dragon+.

Or, and most likely, the person or persons involved that were supposed to be on the video/stream/podcast are out of the office until then.

Now that makes sense, a new Dragon+ with a few details.

 

[R_J_K75]

Forgotten Realms Atlas for the win!

Forgotten Realms Atlas re-release and updated for the win!

 

[Parmandur]

Why?

I can’t imagine the audiences overlap all that much.

Now, it didn't even occur to me that the audiences wouldn't overlap, based on my personal experience. Millenial/Generation Z gamers love D&D, and love Pokemon. The Venn diagram overlap is no doubt extensive, and in my personal sphere coextensive.

Pokemon is going to be lighting up the gaming news in Thursday, and WotC core audience is likely going to be paying attention to that.

 

[R_J_K75]

Pokemon is going to be lighting up the gaming news in Thursday, and WotC core audience is likely going to be paying attention to that.

Poke who, Gumbys buddy?

 

[Parmandur]

Poke who, Gumbys buddy?

It's a game Wizards of the Coast used to publish.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I can’t imagine the audiences overlap all that much.

Really!?

 

[Parmandur]

Really!?

RPGs tied to a card game WotC used to publish? What crossover appeal could there be???

 

[doctorbadwolf]

RPGs tied to a card game WotC used to publish? What crossover appeal could there be???

Lol I didn’t even know with used to publish the card game tbh. I just know for certain that there is a lot of overlap.

 

[Parmandur]

Lol I didn’t even know with used to publish the card game tbh. I just know for certain that there is a lot of overlap.

Oh, yeah, for years: they designed the TCG for the Pokemon Company originally, IIRC, though they lost the license last decade.

 

[Morrus]

Really!?

Yes. They have totally separate social media streams for different properties.