Be One Of The First To Get The New D&D 2024 Player’s Handbook!
by Anton Kromoff
Welcome to the table,
No time for banter friends. This news is hotter than a fireball cast by a Salamander Wizard inside the belly of Themberchaud while he sleeps on the elemental plane of fire!
Do you want to be one of the first people to get your hands on the new Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbooks?
Well, strap in friends! Because it’s your lucky day (if the rolls are in your favor). This year at Gen Con 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wizards of the Coast will be debuting the 2024 Player’s Handbook. On top of that, they are bringing 3,000 of the books to the show! Each of these coveted volumes features the 50th-anniversary logo in gold foil, along with a commemorative “Gen Con 2024” bookplate making it even more exclusive and distinguishing it from other first-run copies!
“The energy at Gen Con is always electric. Being able to put copies of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, fresh from the printer, directly into players’ hands on the floor of the convention is something truly special,” said Jess Lanzillo, the VP of D&D Franchise and Product at Wizards of the Coast. “We can’t wait to see the excitement as our fans dive into the possibilities contained within!”
Now, as most of you who follow TTRPG news know, the 2024 Player’s Handbook goes on sale everywhere on September 17, and you can snag a pre-order at this link and unlock all sorts of stuff if you get the D&D Beyond Digidal edition. I seriously have so much to say about D&D Beyond and the quality of life improvements they have been making but that can wait!
How to Purchase the First Publicly Available 2024 Player’s Handbooks
Gen Con attendees will be the first fans to have an opportunity to purchase the 2024 Player’s Handbook and here is how!
Where to Buy
The 2024 Player’s Handbook will be available at Lucas Oil Stadium, Northwest Concourse. It will be in a shared sales area with the USPS D&D Stamps. (Yes there are D&D postage stamps! More to come on those very soon.)
Sales Dates
August 1: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
August 2/3/4: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Pricing
The 2024 Player’s Handbook is $49.99 plus tax. Credit card sales (Discover, Mastercard, Visa) only.
So, at 7:00 AM EDT on each sales day, tickets to reserve an opportunity to purchase will be released in the Gen Con event ticketing system as an event. The event will be listed as a free ticket and will be titled “D&D 2024 Player’s Handbook Early Release Sale.” A Gen Con attendee may claim one digital ticket for that day, subject to availability. The digital ticket serves as your access to purchase for that day only.
Once you have your digital ticket, you will show up at the sales location during the sales hours listed for that day. Sales will not be processed outside of those hours. You must be in line by the end of the sales window to ensure you are able to purchase for that day.
Rules and Restrictions
Only one digital ticket will be redeemable per person per day. Upon redemption, we may issue a wristband to denote that you have been checked in for your purchase, even while in line – this means you no longer need to show your digital ticket. There will be no sales to non-ticket holders (e.g., no “walk ups”). One book per redeemed ticket only; all sales are final.
Okay! This is all very exciting and I’m so stoked about those of you who will be able to get one of these absolutely epic pieces of TTRPG history!
Until next time, best of luck, and may the rolls be in your favor!
