Wizards of the Coast, those stylish sorcerers responsible for the game Dungeons and Dragons, have announced a ‘roadmap’ of new D&D releases.

2025 saw the game complete its rules refresh as a new edition of the rules and related support products arrived. 2026 will see three ‘seasons’ of releases. This isn’t original or unusual, but it does imply that going forward, new book dates will be less chaotic.

The themes are: Horror for the Spring, Magic for the Summer and Champions for Autumn.

Horror will bring a new Ravenloft sourcebook called Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. A new 54-card Tarokka Deck will also be available. (Basically a spooky deck of cards themed to tell horror stories rather than divine the future.) Rounding off the releases will be a Ravenloft map back and a Dungeon Master’s screen.

The magic season will bring Arcana Unleased, a sourcebook for magic. Presumably, this will round out the additional schools of magic that weren’t in the recent edition of the rules (and most DMs have just been using the old rules for them).) Plus new spells and a new magic item creation system. Also expect to see Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall, an adventure book featuring the Red Wizards of Thay. (Who were also the baddies in the recent D&D movie, so they’re super cool right now.)

Nothing else has been released about the Champions season except its name. It would be reasonable to assume it’s themed along levelling up characters to higher levels, but who can say? We’ll let you know when we do.
Nothing else has been released about the Champions season except its name. It would be reasonable to assume it’s themed along levelling up characters to higher levels, but who can say? We’ll let you know when we do.