D&D brings back Dragonlance creators and Joe Manganiello for new project

Cultists of Takhisis all around the world, put together your darkish rituals, as a result of Dragonlance is coming again. As introduced on X, the legendary creators of the setting, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, are coming again to Wizards of the Coast alongside actor, Dungeon Grasp, Dungeons & Dragons fanatic, and Tiamat devoted Joe Manganiello.

Dan Ayoub, the recently-appointed head of D&D franchise at Wizards of the Coast, shared an image with himself, Manganiello, Weis, Tracy Hickman and his spouse Laura (who co-created the favored character Strahd von Zarovich and the Ravenloft setting), including the next caption: “Once I took over D&D, I had some very particular of us I needed to carry again to The Desk. Right this moment, I had the respect of welcoming these of us again dwelling. Superb issues forward .”

Contemplating the folks concerned and the not-so-subtle Dragonlance T-shirt worn by Manganiello, it is secure to imagine that this undertaking can be associated to the world of Krynn co-created by Weis and Hickman for TSR (Wizards’ predecessor in holding the D&D rights) in 1984. Notably, Manganiello and the authors have been engaged on a Dragonlance TV sequence for a while, however introduced final 12 months that the undertaking had been canceled.

This doesn’t suggest, nonetheless, that the “wonderful issues” forward will essentially be restricted to a present or film. Manganiello is an avid D&D participant and DM, who has additionally appeared in lots of precise play exhibits because the character Arkhan, a devotee of Tiamat/Takhisis (sure, he actually likes Dragonlance), together with Vital Position, the place he pulled off the heist of the century. Weis and Hickman, moreover being prolific fiction writers, additionally authored many gaming merchandise.

There’s an opportunity, then, that D&D gamers might get some new Dragonlance merchandise, which might be a boon after 2022’s disappointing Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, which solely contained 20 pages of background. Ayoub has been onerous at work making an attempt to present D&D a brand new course after artistic director Chris Perkins and recreation director Jeremy Crawford left for friendly competitor Darrington Press. In an ideal future, followers will get each Dragonlance media reminiscent of a TV present and new D&D books for probably the most common settings within the recreation’s historical past.