D&D’s next storyline is Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, with small ties to Dark Alliance

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is the next Dungeons & Dragons storyline, taking adventurers and Dungeon Masters to the frigid north and one of the most notable locales in all of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. It arrives September 15.

Wizards of the Coast revealed the new storyline during a press briefing Monday. By all measurements, D&D is bigger than it’s ever been before in its 45-year history. Franchise VP Nathan Stewart confirmed that this is the role-playing game’s best year yet, noting that it’s even more popular internationally than ever before. And earlier this year, StreamElements (a company that measures livestreaming and provides livestreaming products) told GamesBeat that D&D actual play shows had an aggregated 19.5 million hours over Twitch and YouTube in 2019, a 1,142% increase over 2018. With folks at home sheltering in place because of the coronavirus, we’ve seen huge upticks of play on virtual tabletops such as Fantasy Grounds and Roll20.