Dungeons & Dragons Next (5th Edition) Release Schedule

What’s up?

Today: Lynnwood Magic Meetup @ 6:30pm; EuroGame Night @ 7:00pm. Terra Mystica & others.

Tomorrow: Beer Tasting from 6:00-8:00pm (Washington Beers); Scrabble @ 7:00pm.

Big news for you fans of Dungeons and Dragons fans today!

Wizards of the Coast didn’t make any big announcements about this, but the following items have shown up on their Upcoming Products website:http://www.wizards.com/dnd/catalog.aspx?sort=date-desc

Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (Boxed Set), July 15
Icons of the Realms Starter Set (Minis), July 15
Icons of the Realms Booster Set (Minis), August 19
Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Adventure), August 19
D&D Player’s Handbook (320 page Core Book), August 19
Monster Manual (320 page Core Book), September 30
The Rise of Tiamat (Adventure), October 21
Dungeon Master’s Guide (320 page Core Book), November 18

It looks like we get the Intro Boxed Set early, the PH at GenCon followed only 4 weeks later by the Monster Manual and the DMG around Thanksgiving.

I really like this release order over the classic PH, DMG, MM. The Monster Manual is so much more needed for play than the DMG.

We’ll get pre-order links up on our website in the next day or two.

Tim Morgan

When Tim Morgan told his high school guidance counselor that he wanted to publish games for a living, the response was a clueless, “Uhhhh, you’ll probably want some college then.” Twenty-five years later, while still not publishing games for a living, he has made games his life -- over twenty years as the manager of a game store in Seattle, playtester of more RPGs and board games than you can shake a stick at, and small-press publisher of several games and even more novels. And now, co-owner of the ‘Round the Table Game Pub in Lynnwood. He currently lives in Everett, WA, where he is the caretaker of four (no, five!) lolcats, the oppressive taskmaster of a teenaged daughter, and the devoted husband of a wonderful author. His latest work is Ellis: Kingdom in Turmoil, a full RPG rules system and setting, detailing a low-fantasy world where religion is king and morality matters.