Interesting tidbit from Alex over at Wargamer, who just talked to Dan Ayoub after the event. Bit jealous but good info. (Stolen from @wargamer.com discord)

And that appears to be it for GenCon’s Vision Keynote!

I guess we’re getting preview of Season of Rebellion. Guess it’s Star Wars.

Final roadmap. Important to note Season of Rebellion. No details on it yet, but coming in 2027.

Tchk! Sudden Devora Wilde cameo, followed by the cast of Dungeon Masters.

Blizzard Entertainment’s Holly Longdale on stage. The partnership is “so obvious”, says Longdale. Going all in, it seems. Lots of familiar faces. All the tools to help convert classic WoW specs in D&D classes. 16 species, new to DnD. Rules for all classes, including new subclasses.

Season of Champions is confirmed to be World of Warcraft.

Tricia Helfa, the voice of the upcoming protagonist from WARLOCK. Turns out. Her character is working with Tasha, who will be voiced by Maggie Robertson. Aka voice of Orin and Lady Dimitrescu

New rules engine to be launched and support all rules. Also mobile app updates in next few weeks. Wondering if the engine is the AI tool I’ve heard alluded to, or something else. I’ll try and clarify with Wizards.

Now an update for DnD Beyond. Designer talking about playing together. Focusing on the launch of DnD Beyond LFG, a hub for connecting with tables. This includes an event finder, a partnership with @startplaying.bsky.social and a rebuild local listings on The D&D Discord coming soon.

First “mature rated setting”, according to Greg Bilsland. Lots of sorcerers, psionics, and gore. Very intense stuff for Dark Sun.

Very bloody animated trailer. Feels very Conan in vibes. Oh it’s a Dark Sun update?

Next up! Justice Arman! Previewing a new campaign built around Drelzna, Tasha’s half-vampire daughter in Greyhawk. Campaign is called CROWN OF THE WITCH QUEEN.

Now RA Salvatore coming on stage. Top-secret project with Death Saves and D&D coming out at some point.

Tracy Hickman next up on stage. Hickman and his partner Margaret Weiss are expected to publish a new Dragonlance supplement for D&D as part of Icons.

First announcement: D&D Icons, a new program for connecting old-school creators with D&D to make new products. It’s going to be led by Lou Mangianello. First project is Luke Gygax adapting his father’s work into a new book. Book will be Luke’s character Melf offering his perspective on Greyhawk.

D&D lead Dan Ayoub. Emphasizing DnD’s return to GenCon. Also Ayoub’s one-year anniversary in his role.

Theo Solomon aka Wyll on stage. #dndvisionkeynote

Next up: Dungeons and Dragons vision keynote. Don’t mind the giant lamp at the center of where I am sitting.

Aaand we are done! End of panel. Lots of thoughts. Lots of questions. I got a lot more coverage coming over the weekend, so stay tuned, #vamily

Next steps!

Future lines coming down. Notably Mage and Changeling coming before Werewolf and Hunter. (They are still supported by 5th Edition for now, until they decide to update it.)

The roadmap. Not a ton on dates, more milestones.

Art and writing process is beginning now. So

Vampires benefit from a post-truth world. Beckoning is over.

Next up: LORE. General broad strokes of what the new VTM world will look like. The theme: “celebrate the new dark age”

Some of the artist inspo.

user design is something that I know a lot of v5 fans have slammed the original books for. The team seems to want to make access a lot easier.

Next up! Art. The game is moving away from the photo vibes toward old school art. Finding a font is a fight by itself.