The Spelljammer campaign setting is finally returning to Dungeons & Dragons, yet it's coming to the game in an unusual way. The classic D&D campaign settings that have returned in recent years (such as Ravenloft in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft) have brought them back in a single hardback book, which might also contain a map. Spelljammer is coming back in a box set that contains several different items, in a manner similar to the old Advanced Dungeons & Dragons box sets from the 1980s and 90s.
Spelljammer merges D&D with sci-fi, as players will have access to spaceships and can explore the galaxy. The spaceships in this setting are called spelljammers and they're standard sailing ships that can travel through space with the aid of magic. There are some creatures that have created living spelljammers, such as the nautiloid ship used by mind flayers, which will be familiar to Baldur's Gate 3 players. Once a group has access to a spelljammer: the D&D multiverse opens itself up, as a spelljammer ship can even travel to other planes without the aid of teleportation magic.
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The D&D campaign setting returns, Spelljammer: Adventures in Space launching in August and it will bring wildspace to a whole new generation of D&D players. Rather than releasing everything in a single book, Spelljammer: Adventures in Space spreads its content across three different hardcover 64-page books, with one aimed at both players and the DMs, and the other two meant for DMs alone. It's possible that this approach will be used for future classic campaign settings, especially the ones that deviate the most from the standard D&D fantasy template, as something like Dark Sun would
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