Local Game Store Early Access, an early sales program for select Dungeons & Dragons books, kicks off this year with the release of Vecna: Eve of Ruin! With this program, local game stores in the United States and Canada can begin collecting preorders now and sell traditional and alternate-art cover versions of select tabletop books up to two weeks before their global release date.

For Vecna: Eve of Ruin, local game stores can begin collecting preorders today and sell books to in-store or pick-up customers starting May 7. This is two weeks ahead of the book's global release on May 21.

The following D&D books are currently included in this early sales program:

This early sales program is available to Wizards Play Network (WPN) stores and all other core hobby retailers. Only books sold in stores or for in-person pickup are eligible for this program; online sales and shipped orders are excluded.

To ensure you're stocked up for each release, find and contact your distributor. 

Promotional Assets

Stores can download promotional social media and signage assets from the Marketing Materials page for each book release. WPN Premium stores will receive pre-printed signage starting with Quests from the Infinite Staircase. 

Stores interested in joining the WPN can learn how to apply here.

Michael Galvis (@michaelgalvis) is a tabletop content producer for D&D Beyond. He is a longtime Dungeon Master who enjoys horror films and all things fantasy and sci-fi. When he isn’t in the DM’s seat or rolling dice as his anxious halfling sorcerer, he’s playing League of Legends and Magic: The Gathering with his partners. They live together in Los Angeles with their adorable dogs, Quentin and Eliot.