We finally get a look at D&D's 2026 roadmap and it's got Ravenloft, Arcana Unleashed, and a "Season of Champions" that's still under wraps

Despite Q1 of 2026 already winding down, Wizards of the Coast finally has a Dungeons & Dragons roadmap. The roadmap is cordoned with three upcoming "seasons."

Unexpectedly, a Season of Horror straddles Spring and Summer, headlined by Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Nothing like bringing out the undead after a good thaw. Then a Season of Magic goes from Summer into Fall, with the dryly named D&D Reference Cards leading the way, and the magic-infused Arcana Unleashed taking us from summer vacation into the next school year. 2026 then wraps with a Season of Champions with something yet to be revealed. For suspense.

• Season of Horror
  • Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
    • Pre-order April 13
    • Master Tier (on D&D Beyond) June 2
    • Hero Tier (also on D&D Beyond) June 9
    • Wide release June 16

Also, check out that alternate cover on the right for Ravenloft. Tell me that isn't the most challenging cover design you've seen on a Wizards of the Coast product so far.

• Season of Magic
  • Reference Cards in August
  • Arcana Unleashed, a gameplay expansion, in September
  • Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall, an adventure expansion, also in September, paired up like Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun and Adventures in Faerun were.

• Season of Champions
  • To be determined

Meanwhile, D&D Beyond—the online home for most things Dungeons & Dragons—is going to be working on smoothing out online tools for players and Dungeon Masters.

• Spring: DM Prep
• Summer: Event Finder
• Fall: Player Onboarding, Character Builder 2.0

And partnered content (read as tabletop content that will appear on D&D Beyond but isn't published by Wizards of the Coast) has already been firing off in 2026, and has more to come by the year's halfway point.

• Winter—this stuff is already available:
  
  • Exploring Eberron
  • The Pugilist Class
  • Faster Purple Worm Kill Kill V1

• Spring
  • Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting Part 2
  • The Griffon's Saddlebag Book 1 (I had wondered why Book 2 came out first)
  • Dr. Holin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
  • Tom Cartos Sticker Packs
  • Northlands Worldbook

And in the real world, four major conventions own the year's beltline:

• Spring
  • Universal Fanfest
  • Gary Con

• Summer
  • GenCon
  • London Fan Expo

Everything I've typed up above is much easier to visualize with the actual roadmap. Behold: