Dungeons and Dragons players celebrated DnD Live earlier this summer with a weekend full of star-studded live play events. Stars from Daredevil, Game of Thrones, professional wrestling, and even the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed up to roll some dice and explore Icewind Dale throughout the event. In September DnD is bringing another massive event to life, this time with more of the focus on the average player and the DnD community.
D&D Celebration is going to be a three-day event that takes place from September 18-20. The community event is all about the fans and experienced DMs will be available to run sessions for Dungeons and Dragons players who sign up early and secure a spot at a table during the weekend. Throughout the event there will also be some sneak peeks at November's big release: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden releases everywhere on September 15 and this event is a celebration of that book and the new corner of The Forgotten Realms that players will be exploring this fall and winter through their own campaigns and Adventurer's League sessions. The weekend will feature a massive Epic, where players at hundreds of virtual tables around the world all impact the end results of a larger story taking place throughout the event. Considering the virtual nature of the event and the efforts being put behind it, the organizers are aiming for this to be not only the largest DnD epic to date, but possibly the largest virtual tabletop game of all time.
During a recent press event, Game Rant had the chance to hear firsthand from Wizards DnD Community Manager Brandy Camel about everything that is being planned for the upcoming celebration...
"On Sept 18-20, D&D Celebration features tons of online D&D gameplay so fans all over the world can gather together, roll some dice and slay frost giants to celebrate the launch of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. The largest virtual D&D game ever played is scheduled for Saturday, September 19 with more than a thousand concurrent players participating in an epic adventure administered by D&D Adventurers League all with the same meta goal to defend Icewind Dale. With panels featuring D&D game designers discussing the future of D&D, community-led panels and streamed live game play from luminaries in the global D&D community, every fan has something to celebrate at D&D Celebration 2020. All proceeds from tickets for D&D Adventurers League play will go to support Extra Life benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals."
Since each table will require a dungeon master who is prepared to run the weekend's big adventures, obviously there will be a limited number of tickets available. Interested players can visit The Yawning Portal to sign up for a spot for the big event. Tickets for the epic are $10 (and that session should last around three hours) and tickets for the smaller side events will be $5. Sales start today (August 24) and there's no telling how quickly spots will sell out, so players should act now if they want to reserve a spot and be ready to roll some dice when the event kicks off.
There are going to be a lot of other details about Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, D&D Celebration 2020, and other upcoming D&D products dropping throughout the rest of the summer and early fall, so be sure to stay tuned and check back for additional news. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Dungeons and Dragons news, updates, and strategy guides. Until then, roll well, adventurers!
Dungeons and Dragons: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything releases on November 17, 2020. Existing Dungeons and Dragons products are available now at game stores or digitally through DnD Beyond.