2021 D&D 5e Product Speculation

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2021 D&D 5e Product Speculation
2021 D&D 5e Product Speculation. What D&D 5e products do you think will come out in 2021?

We know they are working on 3 classic settings, adventure anthologies, MtG D&D crossovers, so I think 2021 will be a major year for setting books. I also think they are going to increase their rate of book releases hecause they are moving into the next phase of D&D 5e and now they know its got huge reliable growth and large enough market to take it, releases are going to increase.

Between Classic D&D Setting Books and MtG Setting Books I could see between 2 Setting books minium, to 5 or 6 Setting Books next year (3 Classic Settings, 2 MtG Settings, and and maybe a joint 3rd party Setting Book like EGtW). They also mentioned that they are doing Adventure Anthologies now as a training space for potential freelancers.

For settings world books I'm thinking Spelljammer, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Zendikar, and maybe Innistrad.

Also the UA hint at a VGTM/MTOF style book, but with subclasses in it.

So yeah it's going to be more books then it used to be.

And of course in other tie in media comic books, the first book of the Dragonlance Trilogy, first book of the RA Salvtore's Trilogy, BG3 full release, Dark Alliance, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms MtG set (MtG style trailer and tie in web stories and maybe a novel), piles of new minis.

What do you think is coming for 2021.

 

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What do you think is coming for 2021.

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Dungeons, Dragons, and Diversity
Dungeons & Dragons has spent the past few months pushing a new era of diversity and inclusions, but it’s still got a lot of work to do.

Dungeons & Dragons is the oldest and most popular tabletop role-playing game in the world. As its popularity has soared, so has its player base. It’s a game that was dominated by white dudes for decades and, because of that, it’s got some baggage. Some of its concepts—evil races, descriptions of orcs and half-orcs that mirror racist stereotypes, and the concept of racial disadvantages—don’t make sense anymore in a modern context. The game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast (WotC), knows that and is trying to move Dungeons & Dragons into the future. But many of its efforts seem half-hearted, and a lot of the work of making Dungeons & Dragons more inclusive has fallen to its fans.

“Throughout the 50-year history of D&D, some of the peoples in the game—orcs and drow being two of the prime examples—have been characterized as monstrous and evil, using descriptions that are painfully reminiscent of how real-world ethnic groups have been and continue to be denigrated,” Wizards of the Coast said in a blog post in June. “That’s just not right, and it’s not something we believe in.”

In its post, WotC detailed the changes it planned to make to Dungeons & Dragons. This included overhauling the way its books talked about orcs, drow, and other “evil” races, updating past books like Curse of Strahd with an eye to removing racially charged language and stereotypes, releasing new rules that deemphasize racial negatives during character construction, hiring sensitivity readers, and hiring a more diverse pool of freelance writers and artists.