Project Lamordia: physical release plans?

Hey everyone--has anybody come across any info suggesting Project Lamordia will get a physical release (either standalone or bundled with another book)?

I'm not against digital content itself, but I'm wary of anything locked exclusively to one platform. It feels like having ownership and flexibility matter more than the format these days.

Anyone heard anything about Wizards' plans for physical publication?

I don’t think they’ve made any announcements about it one way or another, beyond the spooky teasers they’ve posted and the store page.

While there have been no announcements, I would be incredibly surprised if this gets a physical release in its present form.  

To justify the expense of a physical release (printing is not cheap and you have to front that cost with the hope of recovery), a product needs to be fairly likely to sell.  This particular product is very small, very niche, and offers extremely little beyond the adventure itself.  The species is a direct reprint, the feats are reprints, and the monsters, while having some interesting abilities for their CR level, are generally clumped together in a way that makes them inapplicable outside of the low level range of the product. 

All told, I do not think it offers enough at this point to justify printing, nor would it offer enough for a consumer to justify spending the cost of a physical product.

Now, it is possible we will see more of these types of mini-book in the future.  And, if that is the case, there might be a tipping point where it makes sense to offer an anthology series of D&D Beyond products bundled and packaged together in a physical book.  But that is entirely speculative at this point and is not something I would hold my breath for. 

My opinion is this is like a backdoor pilot episode for a spin-off. A modern reimagination of Ravenloft could be easier to be adapted into cinematographic production and more compatible for potential crossovers with other horror franchises. The intention would be a spin-off mixing "Mask of the Red Death/Gothic Earth", "Shadow Chasers"(d20 Modern) and Dark*Matter(Alternity/d20 Modern). 

If this is published as a physical book, it will be within a bigger pack, with other "modern" version of dark domains, for example Easan the mad ruling a domain style "new weird fiction+liminal horror".

I think if it’s a pilot, it’s a pilot for a d20 modern. Not even necessarily survival/horror. Fantasy, D&D has down. Between the upcoming Star Wars adaptation, and the other one they’re doing with that video game I can’t remember the name of, they’ve got sci-fi covered. What’s missing is something in more contemporary times. This could be a way to gauge interest in something like that. 

That upcoming sci-fi videogame is "Exodus".

A d20 Modern 2.0. is possible but a different thing is this to be retrocompatible with D&D because firearms and modern technology can break the power balance too easily. And the firearms could cause the fall into oblivion of classes too focused into hand-to-hand combat (barbarians or monks). 

D20 Modern introduced the "mini-setting" "shadow chasers", and the update of "Dark*Matter" was more focused into aliens. D20 introduced "Age of adventrue", "Shadow Stalkers" and "Pulp Heroes".

I don't advice to use our "real world" to avoid possible controversies. For example a DM could say vampire and unholy creatures can be hurt by water from the river Seine in the city of Rouen(France) because after saint Joanne d'Arc was burned at the stake, her ashes were scattered there. Other DM could say praying rose of Guadalupe you could be saved against the actions of Pinhead and the cenobites. Or an adventure about spies and secret agents set in Turkey to be published two years before a serious violent conflict in the real Turkey. 

Quote from Caerwyn_Glyndwr >>

While there have been no announcements, I would be incredibly surprised if this gets a physical release in its present form.  

To justify the expense of a physical release (printing is not cheap and you have to front that cost with the hope of recovery), a product needs to be fairly likely to sell.  This particular product is very small, very niche, and offers extremely little beyond the adventure itself.  The species is a direct reprint, the feats are reprints, and the monsters, while having some interesting abilities for their CR level, are generally clumped together in a way that makes them inapplicable outside of the low level range of the product. 

All told, I do not think it offers enough at this point to justify printing, nor would it offer enough for a consumer to justify spending the cost of a physical product.

Now, it is possible we will see more of these types of mini-book in the future.  And, if that is the case, there might be a tipping point where it makes sense to offer an anthology series of D&D Beyond products bundled and packaged together in a physical book.  But that is entirely speculative at this point and is not something I would hold my breath for. 

I'm a broken record on this, but digital-only releases suck, and are anti-consumer. It means cool content only ever exists as a license locked to a platform that might not be around forever. Other publishers in the TTRPG industry manage zine-style physical and pdf releases just fine. See Tuesday Knight Games' Mothership for a great example of how well it can be done.

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My opinion is this is like a backdoor pilot episode for a spin-off. A modern reimagination of Ravenloft could be easier to be adapted into cinematographic production and more compatible for potential crossovers with other horror franchises. The intention would be a spin-off mixing "Mask of the Red Death/Gothic Earth", "Shadow Chasers"(d20 Modern) and Dark*Matter(Alternity/d20 Modern). 

If this is published as a physical book, it will be within a bigger pack, with other "modern" version of dark domains, for example Easan the mad ruling a domain style "new weird fiction+liminal horror".

 
Twisting familiar stories into new settings is an idea I really like. The Elseworlds line in DC comics comes to mind. Not all of them were good, but they were certainly creative. Also reminds me of the "Sutra of Pale Leaves" set of adventures for Call of Cthulhu that bring the Carcosa mythos to 1980s Japan.