Sourcebooks have no order, they're mostly a jumble of rules, races, and monsters, so the order of those is up to you. As for campaign modules, I believe that there is a chronological order of them if you really want to read them in order:
Out of the Abyss (1485 DR or later) Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat (1489 DR) Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (Winter, 1489 DR) Storm King’s Thunder (1490 or 1491 DR) Lost Mine of Phandelver (Starter Set) (1491 DR) Princes of the Apocalypse (1491 DR) Curse of Strahd (1491 DR) Tomb of Annihilation (1490 or 1491 DR) Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (1492 DR) Dragons of Icespire Peak (Essentials Kit) (1492 DR) Candlekeep Mysteries (1492 DR) Descent Into Avernus (1494 DR) Acquisitions Incorporated (1496 DR)
Of course, it really shouldn't matter what order you play them in. My DM runs the Forgotten Realms and ran Starter Set as the first game we played, then Dragon Heist for us, and then Hoard of the Dragon Queen simultaneously with DotMM. I don't run FR books, but as far as I'm aware they hardly reference each other and we never ran into any problems despite not following the official timeline.
Hey, I have recently acquired all of the source books and adventure books via the legendary bundle on here.
I finished reading all of the three main source books as well as Xanathars's,Tasha's, and Volo's, and I just started reading Mordenkainen's.
My question for anyone who has an opinion is this. Is there a best order to read all of the source books and adventure books?
I know they aren't necessary reads but I would like to for the sake of inspiration and was just wonder what other people had to say.
Thank you in advance.
Edward Ellis
Sourcebooks have no order, they're mostly a jumble of rules, races, and monsters, so the order of those is up to you. As for campaign modules, I believe that there is a chronological order of them if you really want to read them in order:
Out of the Abyss (1485 DR or later)
Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat (1489 DR)
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (Winter, 1489 DR)
Storm King’s Thunder (1490 or 1491 DR)
Lost Mine of Phandelver (Starter Set) (1491 DR)
Princes of the Apocalypse (1491 DR)
Curse of Strahd (1491 DR)
Tomb of Annihilation (1490 or 1491 DR)
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (1492 DR)
Dragons of Icespire Peak (Essentials Kit) (1492 DR)
Candlekeep Mysteries (1492 DR)
Descent Into Avernus (1494 DR)
Acquisitions Incorporated (1496 DR)
Of course, it really shouldn't matter what order you play them in. My DM runs the Forgotten Realms and ran Starter Set as the first game we played, then Dragon Heist for us, and then Hoard of the Dragon Queen simultaneously with DotMM. I don't run FR books, but as far as I'm aware they hardly reference each other and we never ran into any problems despite not following the official timeline.
Very cool, thank you for your input. I will keep it in mind.
I know it doesn't really matter what order but I was just curious if anyone had anything to say about it.
Thank you.
Edward Ellis