SDCC 2019: Dungeons & Dragons to ReRelease Fifth Edition

It’s been five years since the fifth, most-recent edition of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) debuted — quickly becoming the most successful iteration of the game since its creation in 1974. Wizards of the Coast is celebrating this success and this anniversary with a special rerelease of the two-part adventure that kicked it off: Tyranny of Dragons.

The new edition will be available at game stores on Oct. 22 for $49.95. It includes both “Hoard of the Dragon Queen” and “The Rise of Tiamat,” and features a new cover with art by Hydro74, a reworked opening chapter, errata, and concept art.

Check out the video announcement from Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) about the rerelease here, and learn more about the book here.

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James Zahn says:

July 22, 2019 at 10:35 pm

James from the Pop Insider crew jumping in here — absolutely, there was a bit of confusion when this news was initially shared this weekend. After checking my own email to see if I’d received a copy of the original press release that was sent out for this title (which I did), I have to say that there was some wonky wording that could’ve easily led one to believe that the D&D Fifth Edition and Tyranny of Dragons were one in the same. That said, we’ve updated this accordingly, and dropped in a little video from BAIT where some cool exclusives were offered at SDCC this weekend.

Steven Markley says:

July 22, 2019 at 5:40 pm

Umm… I had to reread this article a couple of times. I have to assume a misprint, or perhaps a lack of familiarity with the product you’re addressing?

The latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons was not called “Tyranny of Dragons” (ToD). That was an adventure path book for 5th Edition (5E). That is, ToD was supplemental material for the core rules of 5E. One could play D&D 5E just fine without ToD.

If Wizards of the Coast are re-releasing Tyranny of Dragons, then good. It certainly had its share of issues, which is why it’s not part of my collection.

But re-releasing the Tyranny of Dragons supplemental material isn’t the same as rereleasing 5th edition, itself. I just did a quick Google search to confirm that they’re not publishing a revised set of 5E rules, like your headline suggests.

I’m not trying to nerdrage at you. 🙂 I just wanted to point out the distinction so maybe you can correct your headline. Or if you know something that the rest of us don’t, maybe you can fill in the article. Either way, corrections are in order.

Steven Harwood says:

July 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm

They are not re releasing 5e. They are re releasing a campaign module called Tyranny of Dragons that uses the 5e rule set. There are around a dozen Campaign modules for 5e. This is just one of them.

Brien rondeau says:

July 22, 2019 at 1:12 pm

The fifth edition of D&D isn’t called Tyranny of Dragons. Tyranny of Dragons is a set of two adventures within the fifth edition ruleset. Tyranny of Dragons isn’t the most popular anything, but fifth edition is definitely the most popular rpg system. It’s important to understand the difference between Tyranny of Dragons and fifth edition. People will think that the around 7 books that make up the rules of 5th edition are being rereleased.

Gary says:

July 21, 2019 at 3:19 pm

This isn’t a new edition. This is just an anniversary reprint of an adventure, there are no changes to the core system of 5e, and you would still need to purchase to core books to play ( Dungeon Master Guide, Players Handbook, Monster Manual). The author seemed to miss this nuance…

Nathan says:

July 21, 2019 at 11:16 am

The ‘Tyranny of Dragons’ is an adventure arc for Dungeons and Dragons, not an edition of Dungeons and Dragons. This blurb, the first sentence in particular, seems to read as though the author thinks the entire fifth edition of D&D is being re-released. It’s not; it’s just this one adventure arc.

On a separate note, why they’re re-releasing this arc is beyond me, as it was easily the most railroading, poorly thought-out adventure I’ve ever seen. And that has nothing to do with the rules, it’s the pacing and the story. No amount of errata can save this adventure.

Reverendted says:

July 21, 2019 at 9:28 am

“Tyranny of Dragons” is not the name of Fifth Edition. It’s the first set of modules that WotC released for 5e. So rather than sharing news, this article and its headline leaves me confused. Now I have to research WTF the author actually heard. So the article actually made me dumber. Thanks.

Samuel E Yeager says:

July 20, 2019 at 10:58 pm

You mean they’re rereleasing the first campaign, not the entire edition. They already repackaged the core rules in last year’s gift set.

1. Steven Markley says:
  
  July 23, 2019 at 5:10 am
  
  Hey, everybody ease up a bit. The necessary corrections have been made in the article. All is well. 🙂
  
Mike says:

July 20, 2019 at 10:22 pm

You have no idea what you are talking about.

SDCC: Dungeons & Dragons to Rerelease ‘Tyranny of Dragons’

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