Community Calendar
January 18-19: Triden Games Winter Epic Event – Online
Running BMG-DRW-EP-OD-03: The Undead In Our Closets and DDEP-07-02: Drums of the Dead!
Volunteer to run The Undead in Our Closets
Volunteer to run Drums of the Dead
This event will feature a Trading Post, as well as rerolls and event certificates for players who donate to their charity partner, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)!
Upcoming In-Person Shows:
February 5-9: Winter Fantasy – Fort Wayne, IN
Show Badges and Information: https://www.baldmangames.com/event/winter-fantasy-2025/
Events Grid: https://tabletop.events/conventions/winter-fantasy-49/pages/event-grid2
Tickets on sale January 3rd!
Winter Fantasy will feature a refresh of the Advisory Council, a group selected by Baldman Games and the community at large! The Advisory Council members act as representatives of the community, meeting with Dave once per quarter to provide feedback from the community at large directly to The Baldman himself.
The annual Baldman Games Banquet and Awards Show is back! Meals will be provided for Winter Fantasy DMs, and attendees are also welcome to join the dinner for a small fee! Delicious local barbecue will be potentially returning, as well as general updates and announcements about current and future Baldman Games activities.
Winter Fantasy will also be premiering the conclusion of the Dragonlance: Vault of the Undying storyline!
February 21-23: MagicCon: Chicago – Chicago, IL
Show Badges and Information: https://mcchicago.mtgfestivals.com/
Featuring a preview of the brand-new organized play campaign, Legends of Greyhawk! Legends of Greyhawk will have a focus on using the new D&D 2024 materials, and Baldman Games is playing a central role in launching and supporting this new campaign! Look forward to hearing more about Legends of Greyhawk in the future!
Four Legends of Greyhawk adventures will be available at MagicCon, three normal adventures and an epic! One of these three adventures, Ruins of the Moathouse, will be exclusive to Level 20 D&D VIP badge holders.
Drop Day Dates
January 16, 2025
February 20, 2025
March 13, 2025
We’re currently working to get the remaining adventures from 2023 published to the Dungeon Masters Guild, then will move on to catching up with adventures from 2024! Expect to hear more details in about two weeks.
Home Game in the Cloud:
Home Game in the Cloud has moved to an in-house ticketing system on the Baldman Games website! If you are already in an existing Home Game in the Cloud, your DM will be reaching out to you directly with a link to an early access page for your ticketing! Remaining available tickets will be posted publicly afterwards. Stay tuned, your DM will be providing more information in the next few days!
At this time there is no way to automatically renew your membership in a Home Game in the Cloud campaign, so an early access link will be provided weekly to existing players.
The change to an in-house platform will also result in reduced service fees, reducing your costs by over a dollar (USD) per ticket!
If you are looking to join a new Home Game in the Cloud campaign, you can expect new campaigns to be made available early in the new year!
Home Game in the Cloud games will be moving away from the Baldman Games Community Discord server, and will now have their own Discord server specifically for Home Game in the Cloud related information. Expect this server to become available in the next few weeks.
Be sure to check the #VDDW-Game-Planning forum in the Baldman Games Community Discord server as new groups continue to organize and prepare for launch! If the kind of game you’re looking for isn’t there, be sure to start a new post and see who else wants to jump in with you!
Premiere Event Pricing Change
A $2 price increase will apply to Baldman Games created modules during their premiere event – 100% of this surcharge goes directly to the creative team, Baldman Games takes no cut of this surcharge.
This price increase only applies at the premiere event, and modules being run during future months or events will run at the standard price.
Winter Fantasy Premiere Modules:
MOON-POB-07 and MOON-POB-08 – The conclusion of the Promise of Blossoms storyline!
January Virtual D&D Weekend News
January’s Charity:
No Kid Hungry!
Food insecurity is one of the most common difficulties that children face, and the harm it causes can last a lifetime. Join us in helping to feed vulnerable children, improving their lives in school and beyond, and giving them the food they need to survive and thrive.
Games Running in January:
Moonshae Isles Special
New to VDDW:
BMG-MOON-ES-3 – Shadow Downs
A Tier 2 & 3 Multi-Table Special, Exclusivce to Baldman Games!
Moonshae Isles: Promise of Blossoms
Returning:
PO-BMG-MOON-POB-04 – Something New
PO-BMG-MOON-POB-05 – Something Borrowed
PO-BMG-MOON-POB-06 – Something Blue
First Time Online:
PO-BMG-MOONCA-POB-01 – Joust of Roses
A competitive multi-table event! Tier 2 Adventurers League characters are welcome!
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Kindred Spirits
Returning:
DRW-KS-07: Wrath of the Unavenged
Forgotten Wyrms
New to VDDW:
FR-DC-LIGA-10 – Tangled Threads of the Moor
Lunar Zodiac
Returning:
WBW-DC-ZODIAC-13 – Familiar’s Feast
DM-Led Content
DM Carolina
Carolina is back at it with a new run of Keys From the Golden Vault! December kicked things off with the return of KGV-01 – The Murkmire Malevolence, and the adventure continues with KGV-02 – A Stygian Gambit in January!
DM Marik
DDAL-00-02f – Definition of Heroism
DDAL-07-17 – Cauldrons of Sapphir
DM Corvo
DLDC-LIGA01 – A Silver Light
Current plans are to run through this Dragonlance module trilogy one per month!
Author Sessions
DM Spencer
FR-DC-LIGA-10 – Tangled Threads of the Moor
Author session
RV-DC-SNC-08 – Bad Moon Rising
A Rails In the Mists adventure!
Theros-06: Depths of Tartyx
Single-table experience
DM George
DL-DC-SF-1 – Split or Fuse
Ted’s Tea – January 2024
White Tea of Gondor from The Five Wits
Regular Scheduling Reminders
Events that are removed from rotation are not gone!
Red Carpet
What is the Red Carpet Treatment?: http://baldmangames.com/the-red-carpet-treatment/
Applications for February’s Red Carpet events will be opening sooner than usual due to January’s compressed timeline. Announcements will be made on Discord and social media when applications are available.
Find a group in the #VDDW-Game-Planning forum in the Baldman Games Community Discord server.
FEBRUARY RED CARPET BOOKINGS OPENING for 8 DAYS ONLY, STARTING JANUARY 3rd!
Special Requests/Audience Demand
Sometimes we bring things back if it looks like there’s enough demand to make it work! Pull teams together in the #VDDW-Game-Planning forum in the Baldman Games Community Discord server!
Home Game in the Cloud
What is Home Game in the Cloud?: http://baldmangames.com/hgitc/ We’re always looking to add more Home Game in the Cloud experiences, and groups are forming in the Home-Game-Planning forum in the Baldman Games Community Discord server
Early Bird Badge Giveaway Winners
pjcranky – January VDDW badge and two free tickets
themikemc – January VDDW badge
ESOpbelac117 – January VDDW badge
ycwhizker – January VDDW badge
ThePsion – January VDDW badge
Winners, please contact Spencer and Ted at vddw@baldmangames.com
Looking for Early Bird Badges?
The **first 50** people to claim using the following code will get their badges for free:
[[REDACTED]] – Whoops! Looks like you’ll have to tune into Scry Ahead to find out!
Dragon Marks:
Are those Dragon Marks burning a hole in your pocket? Four Dragon Marks gets you a ticket, starting at 10:00am (Eastern – UTC−05:00) on Tuesday, two hours before tickets normally go on sale! – Command to use Dragonmarks is /usemarks vddwbadgeplayer in the Baldman Games Community Discord.
Dungeon Marks:
Dungeon Marks are Dragon Marks earned by running games as a Dungeon Master! You’ll only need one Dungeon Mark to get your early ticket! – Command to use Dungeon Marks is /usemarks vddwbadgedm in the Baldman Games Community Discord.
Upcoming VDDW News
Dates:
January 10-12, 2025
January 31-February 2, 2025
March 14-16, 2025
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Kindred Spirits:
DRW Kindred Spirits is officially done!
The BMG-DRWEP-END – Endgame: Horrors From Beyond epic will be running again in March, and is a standalone special, separate from Kindred Spirits.
Moonshae Isles: Promise of Blossoms:
The BMG-MOONCA-POB-01 The Joust of Roses competitive special will be running during January’s VDDW (and will return in the nfuture)! More Promise of Blossoms adventures coming to VDDW in March with POB-07: Romance and Dalliances.
Forgotten Wyrms:
The previously delayed FR-DC-LIGA-10 – Tangled Threads of the Moor arrives at VDDW in January, with FR-DC-LIGA-11_ on course for February!
Lunar Zodiac:
New to VDDW Lunar Zodiac adventures will resume in February!
Adventures in Chult:
DM Marik is carrying folks through the Tier 4 adventures in Chult, one per month until they’re all done!
New People’s Choice Poll!
A poll for the February People’s Choice Epic will be posted soon!
Reminder: Plans are only PLANS and are subject to change! The further out we go, the more likely content is to change!
Wrap-Up
January VDDW Dates: January 10-12, 2025
January VDDW Badges: https://baldman.link/VDDW-Tix
January VDDW Events Grid: https://Baldman.link/VDDW-Grid
3-Month VDDW Events Grid: https://baldman.link/3-Month
