Template:Latest releases

Template:Latest releases displays recent Forgotten Realms–related releases on the Main Page. The template is simply invoked with:

Old Latest Releases entries are kept at Template:Latest releases/archive.

Writing a Latest releases entry
First, choose a Forgotten Realms–related novel, sourcebook, comic, game, or other release. It should be currently available or forthcoming. Make sure it already has a page on the wiki, preferably with an uploaded cover image.

Next, fill out the following summary, edit this page, and add it below. Older entries that have been out for a while may be—and will be—removed. Please try to keep this at no more than three entries to save space.

PAGETITLE by AUTHOR

Enter a short text blurb here.

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 * COVERIMAGE: A picture (as a file name) that displays the cover of the source (novel, sourcebook, comic, game, or other release).
 * PAGETITLE: The name of the page on this wiki that actually presents details about the source.
 * AUTHOR: The author(s) of the source.
 * Text summary: Enter a brief summary describing the source. The source's blurb or information from the publisher may be used here.

Future Release Queue
These upcoming releases have pages already created. Please consider including them as Latest Releases when they are released.
 * unknown: A Darkened Wish 2
 * unknown: A Darkened Wish 3
 * Aug 2019: Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (board game)
 * Sep 2019: Boundless
 * Nov 2019: Infernal Tides 1

Current Latest Releases
The D&D Essentials Kit received a limited release on June 24, 2019. This boxed set is intended as an introduction to D&D for newer players, and contains a basic ruleset, a dice set, and a map of the Sword Coast. Also included is the adventure "Dragon of Icespire Peak," which ties into the introductory adventure in the earlier D&D Starter Set. The Essentials Kit will be available everywhere on September 3.

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Dragon+ 26 was released on June 18, 2019. This issue has previews of many upcoming products including the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus book, the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit boxed set, the Dungeon Mayhem: Battle for Baldur’s Gate card game, the Warriors of Waterdeep mobile game, the Infernal Tides comic series debut, and the pièce de résistance: Baldur's Gate III!

Also, a celebration of the recent D&D Live 2019 event with video of all five live games. (Read more...) Ghosts of Saltmarsh by Mike Mearls and Kate Welch is a 5-edition Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook that updates and adapts seven sea-themed adventures from earlier editions of Dungeons & Dragons. It was released on May 21, 2019.

"This supplement introduces the port town of Saltmarsh, the perfect starting point for a nautical campaign. Seven sea-based adventures, including the classic The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh and its sequels, take characters from 1 to 12 level. Also inside are rules and DM advice for ships and sea travel, as well as deck plans for various vessels. An appendix provides rules for the new and classic monster in the adventures.

Hoist your sails, pull up anchor, and set a course for adventure!"

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