Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and as you’d expect, Wizards of the Coast is marking the anniversary with big announcements—some of which look to the tabletop roleplaying giant’s rich past. Announced today: six book releases, upcoming gaming events, and brand collaborations that run the gamut from “makes sense” to “huh?”—with more to come.
The celebration, which kicks off in earnest in March, will bring an official Lego Ideas set (including minifigures), a line of shoes and apparel from Converse, and some kind of tie-in with Pop-Tarts that we can only hope will include dice-shaped breakfast pastries. No additional Pop-Tarts details yet, but we do have some on the books being released, including the trio of primary rulebooks that will bring Dungeons & Dragons into its next era, with a new Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide releasing in 2024, and a new Monster Manual a few months after in early 2025. Here’s the scoop:
In addition to stuff you can buy, Dungeons & Dragons will also be offering more interactive ways to celebrate; in March, “fans all over the world will be able to play the same adventure together inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons creators’ love of tournament-style play.” The event will highlight an excerpt from upcoming title Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth “in game stores, at community centers, libraries, conventions like Gary Con and PAX East, on kitchen tables and painted scenery, in video chat rooms, and on D&D Beyond. Dungeon Masters will be available wherever fans want to play.”
Wizards is also teasing “new ways to improve immersion with a 3D virtual tabletop and remove barriers to play through new features on D&D Beyond” as well as an enhanced presence at shows and fan conventions all year long.
“D&D has a rich history, an exciting present, and a great future,” said Kyle Brink, the executive producer of team D&D at Wizards of the Coast. “This year we’ll be celebrating all three with the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Dungeons & Dragons. We’ll take you through the making of the game, bring some of the classic adventures to today’s play, visit the most iconic settings in the D&D multiverse, and kick off the future of the game with the new 2024 core rulebooks that are the heart of the game. We’ve been building up to this for a while now. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
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