Alright everyone. Knights of Solamnia, grab your lances. We are off to fight Takhisis and her draconian armies, just in time to get home to the Inn of the Last Home and have some of Otik’s spiced potatoes. #dnd pic.twitter.com/wR7F7mrawB

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

We things to get out of the way:

1. This is a first look. I have not opened the books yet. We’ll see it together for the first time and I’ll highlight what seems cool to me. Like that big box does.

2. These review copies were provided by @Wizards_DnD.

3. I am excite. pic.twitter.com/BLXFwKCdH5

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Alright. Let’s start with the standard cover book. Here are the credits. The Dragonlance OGs are thanked. pic.twitter.com/t6Wtz6y4C1

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

This art is great. Much more evocative than I expected based on some preview art, of I’m being honest. pic.twitter.com/EGm3hwvf47

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Your Dragonlance table of contents. This is most certainly not a campaign setting book—but we knew this. pic.twitter.com/6pogMcAI8R

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Alright. The time period is the beginning of the war of the lance. If there’s just gonna be one DL product, then this is the right choice. There’s no other time period like the WotL period. IMHO. pic.twitter.com/dF0P4Qm3Xb

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

My man. pic.twitter.com/HHg18AXg2v

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

We’re in 351 AC. War rages. pic.twitter.com/DcFlVPoEMY

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

They go a little into life in Ansalon. Enough to get a game going. pic.twitter.com/P4Gn9VcsL3

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

The book highlights two organizations. You know the ones. pic.twitter.com/HN3hmuSusP

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Feats for both those orgs. pic.twitter.com/qoXeKBR25p

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

The world is left up to you, DMs! No mention of past products that can help fill gaps. 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/ugyAeZygj0

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Alright, the adventure starts like other 5e advs, a flowchart, pronunciation guides, etc. pic.twitter.com/EXxuTfXREq

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

So after gods, coins, languages and a bit of history, we get into characters. Nice art! pic.twitter.com/welQbgHQve

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Tons of elves.

Hey, quick joke for my spanish speaking friends…

¿Los Kagonestis cagarán mucho en el bosque?

I’ll show myself out. pic.twitter.com/IqFFTmhKZi

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Ahh. Here’s the door to non-Krynnian races. pic.twitter.com/mMHOUXTdM5

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Kender. Created mystically from gnomes. No thievery in the stat blocks. pic.twitter.com/evkXmFAGVc

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Regional maps are pretty. pic.twitter.com/oSKsWDue4J

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Oooh. Color battlemaps. pic.twitter.com/Y2ZsYM235n

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

This looks like a @schley piece. pic.twitter.com/EEHvpCrZWD

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

Ooh. Handy chart for traveling rough terrain. pic.twitter.com/NSH6ALSMrH

— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022

#DND Help Question. (@WeisMargaret, @trhickman, @JoeManganiello, or anyone who loves Dragonlance really) Im thinking of starting to read Dragonlance. Where should I start? Dragons of Autumn Twilight? pic.twitter.com/WerHiLK5QD

— Disabled&Dragons (@themightytink) November 19, 2022

Yes

— JOE MANGANIELLO (@JoeManganiello) November 19, 2022

What @JoeManganiello said.:)

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) November 19, 2022

100% agree with Joe

— Richard Whitters (@WhittersRichard) November 19, 2022

Summer Flame should be last

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) November 19, 2022

2/2 #Dragonlance THERE IS A JAPANESE POWER METAL BAND NAMED #DRAGONLANCE THAT SINGS ABOUT DRAGONLANCE AND I AM SCREAMING!

3 albums, The Holy Lance of Dragon Age, Shadow of the Elder Titans & Chaos and Law!

Look at the song names on these track lists! Where has this been all my life? 1/2 Power Metal!!!!! pic.twitter.com/zGffGIVDzZ

— YoDanno #DragonlanceDragonlance (@YoDanno) August 24, 2022

The Fifth Age in DL was very controversial at the time. After Gary left and Lorraine took over TSR, she declared there would be no “stars”. She wanted to take DL away from me and Tracy and bring it “in house”. The Fifth Age was designed to do that.

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) May 12, 2022

Wasn’t it also Lorraine’s idea to set up TSR comics? The one that lead to DC ending all their DnD comics when the licence ended? That one I don’t remember.:)

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) May 12, 2022

Whatever happened to the Saga system? It never did catch on. Sales were dismal.

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) May 12, 2022

This is why Dragons of Summer Flame ended up a single book and not a trilogy. DL fans were split. Some liked it. Others didn’t. There were flame wars on line. When WoTC bought the company, Peter Adkison asked, “Who blew up DL?” He decided to bring me and Tracy back.

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) May 12, 2022

WoTC wanted us to reunite the fan base. Tracy came up with the idea that led to the War of Souls. This explanation is for those who have wondered.

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) May 12, 2022

When Tracy Hickman presented the idea of Dragonlance to TSR back in 1983-84, Steve Sullivan and artist, Tim Truman, submitted a proposal for a Dragonlance comic book. Steve tells the story. https://t.co/o0huWRm1B9. pic.twitter.com/nzxCyNgBwX

— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) July 5, 2021

https://stephendsullivan.com/2011/05/the-first-dragonlance-comic-really/

Awesome! Would love to check it out. Recently did a review of the first story in the Dc run from '88.💓https://t.co/NuPjogQbIn

— Dan Marshall (@DanMilkman1) July 5, 2021