What exactly is D&D Direct?
2022 D&D Direct is the first event in which Wizards of the Coast revealed details regarding their upcoming products. The event took place from 9 am to 9:15 AM PT on April 21st. The full D&D Direct at Wizards of the Coast’s site.
What was the announcement what was revealed D&D Direct?
The last announcement to greet us at Wizards of the Coast‘s first ever DND Direct is easily one of our top picks. Vampirates and giant space hamsters aside, the returning to Dragonlance into the realm of Dungeons and Dragons is all we wanted to be told. They did us a bit better. The announcement came in format of an teaser trailer that was narrated by Shohreh Aghdashloo. Do I need to say more? Don’t worry, I will.
The details surrounding returning Dragonlance The information regarding the return of Dragonlance is scarce, yet exciting. Players will play the classic tale through two distinct kinds of play. The one can be described as Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen. The book is an adventure that tells us the story of a new author set in the initial phases of the War of the Lance. We’re not sure how the story unfolds however we do know that it’s going to be epic. If the trailer is anything to go by it’s going to be full of action.
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The second version is the Boxed Battle game Warriors of Krynn. This is where the real mystery is. We have no information about the game, other than the fact that it’s a game of war which will be coming in a large black box. We believe it will include numerous exciting minis and an adventure that is different to those in the Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen campaign book. Both formats are scheduled to be released in the latter half of 2022. We expect Wizards of the Coast to be able to provide us with more details in the coming months. Perhaps a deeper review of The Warriors of Krynn? Maybe a glimpse into the book’s adventure?
Wizards of the Coast knew that the conclusion of their debut DnD Direct by releasing Dragonlance was going to ensure that everyone was in awe. We’ve released the brand new trailer below for you to experience the thrills right alongside us. Are you ready to go into the adventure? Tell us in the comments below or via social networks!
In the course of this announcement we saw an amazing glimpse of the future and some updates about the ongoing Wizards of the Coast properties. We’ll go over the details of what was discussed and the information divulged:
Today, Wizards of the Coast announced the launch of a variety of brand new Dungeons and Dragons products. The company also announced details on updates and the expansion of the brand to other media such as video games and films. The complete video is available here. I’ve also highlighted a few of my favorites below.
Who would have thought that my most favorite scene of this year’s DND Direct today would be an 80s themed song about the next batch of legendary legends? It’s true, everyone. At the very least, I can claim that I’m constant. The forthcoming Wizards of the Coast live-action show Legends of the Multiverse is exactly what I’m looking for. It’s packed with familiar Dungeons and Dragons name and will feature epic stories over the course of a single hour of recorded episodes.
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Legends of the Multiverse is an ambitious undertaking that weaves stories from many adventurers from the globe, yes, the multiverse. The principal cast of the show is comprised of Deborah Ann Woll, B. Dave Walters, Gina Darling, Meagan Kenreck and Todd Kenreck. The trailer also showed that we might be seeing Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Ginny Di, Anna Prosser, Deejay Knight, Emme Montgomery, Travis McElroy, Sungwon Cho, Jim Zub and Boo! There’s no need to know more about the story in order to fall in over.
From the images as well as the news to Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, it appears that it will take place within the same universe. Boo being described as a miniature space hamster is an obvious hint. As the series is set to come out before the adventure’s release the next day, it’s likely to provide us with a first glimpse at what we are likely to encounter. I hope they don’t have any space-themed clowns. Vampirates, I’m in for this. All you need is vampirates.
The series will have different dungeon masters who will be featured for each adventure arc, which means that we’ll get to meet the amazing creators behind the scenes too. Legends of the Multiverse will begin on April 27, 2022 at 5PM PST/8 midnight EST on Wizards Of the Coast’s Twitch Channel. Watch the announcement trailer below! Are you looking forward to watching the story unfold? Tell us in the comments section below, and through social media!
Spelljammer: Adventures In Space
The most significant release is the return to the iconic Spelljammer setting. Spelljammer: Adventures In Space blends high fantasy and science fiction into a thrilling game that features floating ships, godless creatures, and bizarre new worlds. If you think that the Forgotten Realms is epic fantasy, Spelljammer is more akin to other media such as Thor: Ragnarok and Flash Gordon.
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The new set offers an update to the traditional boxed set that includes an enclosed set of three hardcovers, a map of the Rock of Bral as a central hub, and the Dungeon Master screen focused on Spelljammer information. The three books, which will be released on the 16th of August, contain:
- HTML0’s Astral Adventurer’s Guide , 64-page hardcover guide designed for gamers and Dungeon Masters that outlines an overview of the Astral Plane as a campaign setting. It features space-based character options spells and magical items deck plans, descriptions of spell-jamming ships and more.
- Boo’s Astral Menagerie is a 64-page hardcover for Dungeon Masters that presents game information and descriptions of more than 60 species that can be found throughout Wildspace along with in the Astral Sea, which includes astral elvesand cosmic horrors moon and solar dragons as well as murder comets as well as space clowns.
- light of Xaryxis, a 64-page hardcover adventure designed for Dungeon Masters that is set in the Astral Plane and designed for characters with levels ranging from 5 to 8.
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A Journey Through the Radiant Citadel
The previously announced product received some more details prior to its launch. Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel was developed by 16 BIPOC writers who came up with 13 different adventures and 15 places that can be incorporated into any environment, and numerous possibilities for tables to design their own. The book will be available on June 21st.
D&D Campaign Cases
Wizards of the Coast announced two products that will be available to those who own the Dungeon Master on the go. Campaign Case Creatures offers custom-designed plastic discs to use on tables, featuring artwork clings which can be used again. Creature Case Terrain includes Dungeon tiles, a huge double-sided map, and Terrain clings, which let Dungeon Masters to build their custom maps on the fly. Both of these products are scheduled to be released on the 19th of July.
D&D In Media
The presentation also included updates from the film and video game worlds. Baldur’s Gate 3 is growing and is currently scheduled for a 2023 departure out of Early Access. Neverwinter has announced a Dragon-centric expansion. The long-awaited D&D film featuring Chris Pine also got a title (Honor Among Thieves) and the launch date (March 3rd 2023).
Dungeons & miniatures of Dragons
The partnership between the company and Wizkids continues to grow. Wizkids will supply pre-painted miniatures for Spelljammer. Spelljammer release. They will also be developing an innovative tactical miniature skirmish game known as “Onslaught.
D&D Starting Set Dragons from Stormwrack Isle
A brand new starter set is in the works to help new players learn. Dragons of Stormwrack Isle is based by the players who played the initial Set of Starters Set along with the the Essentials Kit. The boxed set is designed for new players and players who want to be Dungeon Masters and parents looking to introduce Dungeons and Dragons for their children.
This set is on sale exclusively at Target starting on August 1st. It will then be released as a larger launch in the month of October. The artwork is who are influenced by the 1980s Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.
Dragonlance
A launch of this kind usually concludes with a tease of what’s to come in the near future. In this instance, Wizards of the Coast has announced that a new classic setting is which will be available in Fifth Edition. Dragonlance comes back with the Curse of Strahdstyle adventure book that takes place during The War of the Lance as well as a boxed wargame which can be played with. The two books are currently scheduled for release in November 2022.
Many predicted and anticipating, Spelljammer has been confirmed. Instead of the usual adventure book, Spelljammer: Adventures in Space will include a sleeve with three books: a Bestiary, source-setting guide as well as an action. Each book will comprise 64 pages. The sleeves will include an DM screen as well as a double-sided poster with a map.
To find out more about the announcement, please read our Spelljammer announcement article.
Gate 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3 2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 is the highly anticipated video game which, just similar to its predecessors is based upon the D&D rules. The Baldur’s Gate 3 is an upgraded version of Baldur’s gate franchise, and will utilize the five-element system. This game will be created in collaboration with Larian Studios, the company who developed the highly-acclaimed Divinity Sin 2. Sin 2..
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The added features (like throwing guns and other creatures) as well as graphical enhancements were demonstrated. In addition, nothing was made public concerning the Baldur’s Gate 3’s release, other than the fact that the release date has been set to 2023.
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
June 21, 2022
Journeys through The Radiant Citadelis the title of an coming adventure anthology that will feature players in levels 1-14. The book features the Radiant Citadel which is an extra-planar town that is floating on the Ethereal Plane and is home to a variety of different peoples.
The most detailed information we’ve received about the project is available on the following interview conducted with the project’s co-leaders Ajit George as well as Wes Schneider.
Beyond the information in the video above We also learn some additional information about three of the adventures in the anthology:
Pay of Vice
5th-level adventure
- Caribbean-themed
Orchids of the Invisible Mountain
14th-level adventure
- Plane-spanning adventure
- The location is located in Atagua
- Will have some connection with the Feywild
- Players are likely to end up in the Far Realm
- A monster known as The Whistler, which is from the Far Realm, will be included and will “horrify your group.”
“Fiend of the Hollow Mind”
4th-level adventure
- The City of San Citlan
- Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)-themed
- The story will revolve around this event, when the spirit of those who died will come back home to their Material Plane. The appearance suggests that you’ll be able to talk and rejoice with those who went lost during the celebration.
Campaign Cases
This commercial featured two new products that are designed specifically for DMs. Campaign Cases come with modular components that allow DMs to prepare easily for sessions in person. The components are reusable and have a peel-and-stick system which makes them easy to put together and easy to move. The Terrain and Creatures Campaign Cases will be available by July.
D&D Movie – Honor among Thieves
We received a brief announcement regarding the forthcoming D&D film. We also got an announcement of the title, Honor Among Thieves and it was also announced that the film will be set at the Sword Coast region of the Forgotten Realms. The screen shot used as the backdrop in the announcement appears to be Waterdeep it’s not unexpected considering that it’s the most frequently mentioned region in the Sword Coast in 5th Edition materials.
New Starter Set 2022
D&D will launch a new Starter Set in 2022. It will first include the brand new adventure The Dragons Of Stromwreck Aisle. The second is that it will feature simplified, user-friendly rules. In addition, it will include online onboarding tools through Wizard’s web-based portal.
There was no date for release set to the brand newly released Starter Set. However, since they’ve announced that a translation will be released on the 4th of October so it is likely that this updated Starter Set will be released at that time.
New Digital Library on the D&D Website
One of the biggest announcements of the day was the launch of the new Digital Library that is available on the D&D website. This new site will house the Spelljammer introduction adventure ( Spelljammer Academy), Starter Set onboarding tools, as well as the Monster Compendium. Find our article to get the full description of what’s inside this Digital Library as well as how the system functions.
Monster Compendium
The Monster Compendium is returning to D&D! The series provided additional monsters that were specific to second edition settings in the past. Then, Wizards is reviving the series, and the very first setting to receive a lot of fresh monsters will be Spelljammer! We explain the monsters included in the initial version of 5e’s Monstrous Compendium in our Spelljammer 5e announcement article.
It was also mentioned that different Editions Monstrous Compendium will be released throughout the year, and that the monsters are available for download on Wizards their new digital library as well as D&D Beyond.
Updated French, Italian, German and Spanish Translations
Only the two core rule books (Player’s Handbook, and Dungeon Master’s Guide) have translated versions that are available at the time of writing. Wizards have announced that last year they would be making “significant investment” in order to make more books that are translated in the near future, and these investments appear to have been successful in the case of French, Italian, German as well as Spanish users. This year, these popular titles will have translations published:
- “Tasha’s” Cauldron of Everything – July 12
- Monsters of the Multiverse – Sept 13
- New Starter Set – Oct 4th
- Curse of Strahd October 25th
Neverwinter: Dragonslayer
June 2022
Neverwinter is a completely free action-oriented MMORPG that is based on Dungeons and Dragons, which is accessible for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. The new expansion is filled with dragon-slaying adventurers. It includes new dragon-themed lairs as well as the chance to fight Tiamat the goddess of dragons.
Legends of the Multiverse
A brand-new celebrity-packed, Spelljammer-themed D&D show will be streaming on the official Twitch channel of D&D. The new show has an all-star cast. you might even see famous characters of the Forgotten Realms make an appearance.
The show’s stars include:
- Deborah Ann Woll
- B. Dave Walters
- Gina Darling
- Meagan Kenreck
- Todd Kenreck
The guests on the show include:
- Brennan Lee Mulligan
- Aabria Iyengar
- Ginny Di
- Anna Prosser
- Deejay Knight
- Emme Montgomery
- Travis Mcelroy
- Sunwon Cho
- Jim Zub
Onslaught – Dungeon Brawler
November 2022
The new, strategic miniature game is a battle between two factions The Harpers and Zhentarim as they try to plunder dungeons to find loot. While doing so they’ll have to battle the other faction as well as dangerous creatures and traps that are lurking in the underground dungeon. It’s an update from 2003’s “Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures” game due to the game’s skirmish design. game, which is complemented by miniatures and stat cards.
Closing Up
Well, that’s all, folks! This was an incredibly packed half hour in D&D updates. From my standpoint there was plenty of truly amazing things revealed, and the anticipation about Spelljammer and Dragonlance will be in my head for the next few months.
What announcement made you the most thrilled? Spelljammer? Free monsters? Dragonlance? Do you know? Let me know by leaving a comment below!
