The Deadmines, one of the oldest dungeons in World of Warcraft, is getting a live tabletop run on the official Dungeons & Dragons Twitch channel this Monday, November 16, at 7:30 PM MST. Wizards of the Coast announced the D&D: World of Warcraft one-shot with a trailer yesterday, a few days before the sourcebook it is based on reaches all stores on November 17. Check out the official post down below:
In World of Warcraft, the Deadmines sits under Moonbrook in Westfall and has been in the game since its 2004 launch. It is the base of the Defias Brotherhood, a gang of stonemasons who turned to crime after Stormwind's nobles refused to pay them for rebuilding the city, led by Edwin VanCleef and his ship hidden in a cave at the end of the mines.
Who Is At The Table
Jasmine Bhullar, the Dungeon Master of the official actual-play series Dungeon Masters, runs the game. According to the trailer description, her players are D&D creators ZachTheBold and XPLevel3 and World of Warcraft creators Jesse Cox and Bajheera. Wizards has not given a runtime or a level range for the streamed session.
The trailer opens with narration over clips of the group playing. "Once rich with gold, now not so much, the Deadmines are rife with banditry, the occasional undead, all kinds of things," the narrator says, followed by, "One way or another, you found your way into the Deadmines, and unfortunately for you, the mines found you back." The full trailer is on the Dungeons & Dragons YouTube channel:
What Is In D&D: World Of Warcraft
D&D: World of Warcraft is the first Universes Beyond release for Dungeons & Dragons, using the crossover label Wizards already runs for Magic: The Gathering. The book adds all 13 World of Warcraft classes with more than 40 specializations, plus 16 playable species, among them Dracthyr, Draenei, Forsaken, Pandaren, Tauren, Vulpera and Worgen. It also has more than 60 spells, more than 50 monsters, 30 dungeon boss stat blocks and over 20 factions tracked through a renown system.
The book includes 7 dungeons: Azjol-Nerub, Blackfathom Deeps, the Deadmines, Dire Maul, Onyxia's Lair, Scarlet Monastery and Shadowfang Keep. Core hobby stores have sold it early since November 3. The physical edition costs $59.99, the D&D Beyond digital edition is $39.99 and the Collector's Edition is $79.99. Wizards is also selling a $24.99 Dungeon Master's Screen, a $29.99 Icecrown Citadel Map Pack for levels 16 to 20, and 2 miniature sets at $24.99 each.
Lead designer comments on how the book handles the setting are covered in World Of Warcraft Hits The Tabletop Next Month, And Its D&D Designer Calls It A Great Big Toolbox.
The Deadmines In Stores
Stores in the Wizards Play Network are running their own version of the dungeon through D&D Encounters: Deadmines Dungeon. The 3-hour opening event, Enter the Deadmines, runs through November 29. After it come 4 Weekly Play sessions between November 11 and January 3, 2027: Goblin Foundry, The Trials, Ironclad Cove and The Juggernaut, each lasting about 90 minutes to 2 hours. Characters start at level 3 and finish at level 4, and players use the 4 premade characters from Dungeon Masters. Wizards gives stores the kit for free, and each store sets its own entry price.
Dungeon Masters itself has run weekly on the Dungeons & Dragons YouTube channel since September 23, with Bhullar running a D&D: World of Warcraft campaign for Neil Newbon, Devora Wilde, Christian Navarro and Mayanna Berrin. New episodes go up Wednesdays at 7:30 PM MST. The World of Warcraft book lands in the same season as new D&D comics from Wizards, covered in The Forgotten Realms Expand As Baldur's Gate 3 And Dungeons And Dragons Launch Ongoing Comics.
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