D&D (2024) WotC Reveals The Confirmed Release Dates of 2024's D&D Slate

We now have the actual release dates of the upcoming slate of Dungeons & Dragons books, as shared by WotC via a press release emailed out a few minutes ago.

• Vecna: Eve of Ruin (May 21)
• The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 (June 18)
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase (July 16)
• Player’s Handbook (Sept 17)
• Dungeons Master’s Guide (Nov 12)
• Monster Manual (Feb. 18, 2025)

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

• Adventure Campaign
• For characters of levels 10-20
• A high-stakes adventure in which the fate of the entire multiverse hangs in the balance. The heroes begin in the Forgotten Realms and travel to Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as they race to save existence from obliteration by the notorious lich Vecna who is weaving a ritual to eliminate good, obliterate the gods, and subjugate all worlds.
• Release Date: May 21, 2024

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977

• History of D&D
• The ultimate book showcasing D&D’s inception, including Gary Gygax’s never-before-seen first draft of D&D written in 1973, a curated collection of published fanzine and magazine articles contribute to D&D’s origin story. Each document is introduced, described, and woven into the story by one of the game’s foremost historians, Jon Peterson.
• Release Date: June 18, 2024

Quests from the Infinite Staircase

• Adventure Anthology
• For character levels 1 to 13.
• This anthology weaves together six classic DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventures while updating them for the game’s fifth edition. The Infinite Staircase holds doors leading to fantastic realms. It’s home to the noble genie Nafas, who hears wishes made throughout the multiverse and recruits heroes to fulfill them.
• Release Date: July 16, 2024

Player’s Handbook (2024)

• Player resource
• Take your game to the next level with the revised 2024 Player's Handbook. More player options, enhanced organization, and engaging additions to the fifth edition rules, make this a must have for your next Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
• Release Date: September 17, 2024

Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)

• DM resource
• It's never been easier to become the Dungeon Master than with the revised 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Learn the craft from the experts in a cleverly crafted and accessible approach to running your own game. With more tools than ever before, becoming the master of your own multiverse will be a snap.
• Release Date: November 12, 2024

Monster Manual (2025)

• DM Resource
• The revised 2025 Monster Manual brings you the greatest selection of foes to face off with your player's characters than ever assembled in the history of the game. More options at all levels of play means more ways to provide the challenges that will keep them coming back to the table again and again.
• Release Date: February 18, 2025

 

[Parmandur]

Here is the list of Adventures namechecked at the panel where they went over the history of Advebtures before announcing the next year of product:

Talos the StormLord was kind enough to post via Alphastream's discord:

Short Adventures: Dungeon Magazine (“The Sunken Shadow” are “House of Cards” are name-checked); Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel; name-checked The Village of Hommlet
Adventure Campaigns: Tyranny of Dragons (and in so doing name-checked the Dragonlance series & The Red Hand of Doom); City of the Spider Queen
Dungeon Crawls: S1 Tomb of Horrors (and name-checks Tomb of Annihilation); S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Story-Based Adventures: I6 Ravenloft (name-checked the setting & Expedotion To…); Shadows of the Last War (Eberron)
“Weirdness”: S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks; Phandelver & Below: the Shattered Obelisk (and name-checked The Gates of Firestorm Peak)

So, Adventures name checked that are not currently published in 5E are:

• The Sunken Shadow (Dungeon)
• House of Cards (Dungeon)
• T1 The Village of Hommlet
• the DL series fro.Dragonlance
• Red Hand of Doom
• City of the Spider Queen
• S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
• Shadows of the Last War (Eberron)
• S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
• Gates of Firestorm Peak

So, any of those might be a viable ca didaye for inclusion, since one is definitely in (S4) and the other has been teased (S3).

 

[Parmandur]

Actually, let me correct myself: the picture you posted @Parmandur is from Eyes of the Lich Queen.

On second thought, that's a 100+ page adventure....so maybe they won't include that one!

Well, still a maybe, but that does seem a bit much for an anthology of six Adventures that will probably come to between 224 and 320 pages total. Is thst image used anywhere else in 3.5, I wonder?

 

[vecna00]

Well, still a maybe, but that does seem a bit much for an anthology of six Adventures that will probably come to between 224 and 320 pages total. Is thst image used anywhere else in 3.5, I wonder?

Maybe? I'd have to go hunting through my collection of Eberron stuff. The only reason I found it as quick as I did was because I remembered it was a cover for an adventure, I just couldn't remember which one.

 

[vecna00]

Here is the list of Adventures namechecked at the panel where they went over the history of Advebtures before announcing the next year of product:


So, Adventures name checked that are not currently published in 5E are:

• The Sunken Shadow (Dungeon)
• House of Cards (Dungeon)
• T1 The Village of Hommlet
• the DL series fro.Dragonlance
• Red Hand of Doom
• City of the Spider Queen
• S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
• Shadows of the Last War (Eberron)
• S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
• Gates of Firestorm Peak

So, any of those might be a viable ca didaye for inclusion, since one is definitely in (S4) and the other has been teased (S3).

Solid choices, but I remember both Red Hand of Doom and City of the Spider Queen being longer adventures too. May not be good for an anthology....and the entirety of the Dragonlace series!

 

[Parmandur]

Solid choices, but I remember both Red Hand of Doom and City of the Spider Queen being longer adventures too. May not be good for an anthology....and the entirety of the Dragonlace series!

Yes, I do tend to aggre that RHoD, CotSQ and DL would be oddball choices, so I don't strongly suspect them. I don't know enough about Shadoes of the Last War, but that might actually fit?

 

[vecna00]

Shadows of the Last War could work, but it does take the PCs to an old House Cannith facility in the Mournland. I don't know how setting specific they want to get with these adventures though and I'm not sure how it fits in with the possible wish granting part of the ossible overarching throughline of the anthology.

But it is a really good adventure!

 

[mamba]

Google Fu told me nothing about then piece on the righ

I found this, but that is was a dead end

https://deadmanstales.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dndinthedungeon101.jpg

It's from this page, but I don't think it is from the module

ASSAULT ON SKYREACH CASTLE

Our Heroes Continue Their Assault On Skyreach Castle AS They Seek To Thwart The Machinations of the Dragon Cult!

deadmanstales.wordpress.com

 

[Parmandur]

I found this, but that is was a dead end

https://deadmanstales.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dndinthedungeon101.jpg

It's from this page, but I don't think it is from the module

ASSAULT ON SKYREACH CASTLE

Our Heroes Continue Their Assault On Skyreach Castle AS They Seek To Thwart The Machinations of the Dragon Cult!

deadmanstales.wordpress.com

Yeah, I'm quite certain is not from Hoard of the Dragon Queen: however, that is confirmation that it is an art piece that someone in 2015 had on hand and thought would fit for a D&D actual play blog, so that confirms it has some historical D&D connection.

Could this have been in one of the playtest Adventures from year or two prior to 5E dully launching?

 

[Parmandur]

Shadows of the Last War could work, but it does take the PCs to an old House Cannith facility in the Mournland. I don't know how setting specific they want to get with these adventures though and I'm not sure how it fits in with the possible wish granting part of the ossible overarching throughline of the anthology.

But it is a really good adventure!

I don't know if Setting specificity mayyers much either way for this: we know there is a multiverse hub and quest giving NPC involved, so that means they can use Adventures from multiple Settinga without it being a big deal, bit the set-up seems more fitting for a Dungeoncrawl than an involved story-driven Adventure...but who knows, there aren't set and fast rules for this!

 

[Burnside]

Here is the list of Adventures namechecked at the panel where they went over the history of Advebtures before announcing the next year of product:


So, Adventures name checked that are not currently published in 5E are:

• The Sunken Shadow (Dungeon)
• House of Cards (Dungeon)
• T1 The Village of Hommlet
• the DL series fro.Dragonlance
• Red Hand of Doom
• City of the Spider Queen
• S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
• Shadows of the Last War (Eberron)
• S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
• Gates of Firestorm Peak

So, any of those might be a viable ca didaye for inclusion, since one is definitely in (S4) and the other has been teased (S3).

FWIW, Goodman Games has already published 5E versions of T1 and S3 when they had the license from WotC.