At Gary Con XVIII, Wizards of the Coast's VP of Franchise at Dungeons & Dragons Dan Ayoub, along with Luke Gygax, game creator and son of D&D co-creator Gary Gygax, discussed their plans for upcoming collaboration. During a press briefing at the convention in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in which the Wizards team lead briefly talked about Wizard's recently announced plans for taking D&D into a new "Seasons" model, Dan and Luke discussed their intent to collaborate on official D&D products.
Luke Gygax coming back into the D&D fold to work on Greyhawk
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While highlighting their love of D&D and the positive impacts of D&D on their lives and the lives of millions of players globally, Luke and Dan segued into their collaboration, describing it as an opportunity to, "mend the rift between family and franchise." While they did not provide many details, Luke said that he wanted to do this as a "chance to… return to Greyhawk and kind of keep the Gygax in Greyhawk". He said, "Greyhawk was not supported for a long time officially, but there's a huge community that loves Greyhawk, so I was getting together with some of those folks… I was talking about an unofficial Melf's guide… we're working to put that out, officially through Wizards of the Coast which will be awesome. I love that idea." He went on to say that they will, "be writing a few adventures, primarily in Greyhawk, because [adventuring in Greyhawk is] my first love."
Dan Ayoub, VP of franchise at D&D: “I love this thing so much, I don’t want to f*** it up!”
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In a brief Q&A session, Dan mentioned that Wizards intends to bring modules back, referencing the short-form, soft-cover, adventures published in previous editions of D&D. No details were provided regarding the modules, but they will be part of the new Seasons model. The Seasons will group all official D&D releases under one theme for a series of months. The first two Season themes have been announced: Horror followed by Magic. A third Season is already planned, but the theme won't be announced until Gen Con in August of 2026. A Season can be expected to have an anchor product (for the Season of Horror it will be the upcoming sourcebook Ravenloft: The Horrors Within), accompanied by releases such as modules and other products all tied together under the same theme. Wizards expects seasons to last four to five months, but they are still formalizing things, and the Season of Horror will only officially last for three months, from April to June 2026.
