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The biggest bombshell in all this, however, is definitely D&D Digital. (We’re hoping this includes a system where you can retroactively unlock digital content if you own physical copies!) How will that shake out exactly? Well, starting with Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, you’ll be able to purchase bundles of physical and digital content. New content released as part of One D&D can coexist within the same campaign players have been in since 2014.Īnd, since the digital platform D&D Beyond formally joined Wizards of the Coast back in April 2022, we can expect greater integration with the platform moving forward. More practically, One D&D subtly adjusts loads of rules already in 5th Edition in ways that ensure everything is compatible.

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Here’s how Wizards of the Coast puts it in official materials: “One D&D is the codename for the next generation of Dungeons & Dragons that brings together updated rules, backward compatible with 5th Edition, D&D Beyond as the platform for your D&D experience, and an early-in-development D&D digital play experience that will offer players and Dungeon Masters full immersion and rich 3D creation tools.” One D&D will build upon that framework while expanding it in totally new ways. Over the years, the intensity of various rules has varied between the editions until 2014’s 5th Edition established the highly approachable framework we all know and love today. The original D&D launched back in 1974 but branched off into a rules-light core system and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, which incorporated far more mechanics for those who wanted a more gamified experience.