Dungeons & Dragons followers appear to have brief recollections primarily based on the quantity of speculative articles questioning why Wizards of the Coast hasn’t introduced any new books for subsequent 12 months. Over the previous few weeks, varied D&D blogs have speculated concerning the lack of 2026 bulletins. Sure, Wizards of the Coast has underwent some inner turmoil this 12 months, with a lot of higher-ups tied to D&D leaving the corporate and replacements solely named comparatively not too long ago. And sure, Wizards of the Coast was additionally hit by a collection of delays for varied books, with Eberron: Forge of the Artificer bouncing from a summer time 2025 launch to December because of a printing defect. Nevertheless, neither of those are doubtless the explanation why Wizards hasn’t introduced their 2026 slate. In actual fact, all one has to do is take a look at the timing of the 2025 bulletins to take a deep breath.
Getting into 2025, Dungeons & Dragons gamers solely knew of 1 confirmed launch – the 2025 Monster Handbook tied to the core rulebooks. A D&D Direct in August 2024 revealed some tough timelines for 2 different D&D merchandise, however specifics weren’t revealed at the moment. The remainder of the 2025 D&D slate was introduced at an embargoed press convention held at Wizards of the Coast’s Renton headquarters in January 2025. Most main nerd press shops, together with EN World, had been invited to the occasion. On the occasion, Dragon Delves, Eberron: Forge of the Artificer, and the Forgotten Realms books had been all introduced, as was the Starter Set field. The Stranger Issues e-book was additionally teased as a “thriller” product.
Primarily based on Unearthed Arcana playtests, it seems that the 2026 books will embody a Darkish Solar e-book that includes a brand new Psion class (the primary new D&D class in over 5 years) and a e-book that includes a number of arcane subclasses. Wizards has additionally but to launch a marketing campaign journey primarily based on the 2024 ruleset. Nevertheless, the shortage of any bulletins should not be regarding in any respect, as that is exactly what Wizards did in 2025 as effectively.
We’ll additionally level out that D&D has a comparatively new advertising supervisor (Blain Howard, who changed Greg Tito) and a brand new PR agency (Tara Bruno PR, changing 360 PR) for the D&D tabletop group, so any lack of bulletins equivalent to the shortage of a D&D Direct could also be tied to a retooled advertising technique quite than every other prognosticator of different elements.
