New D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide Tackles Warriors & Wizards
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A new entry is coming in the popular Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer’s Guide series. Entitled The Warriors & Wizards Compendium, the book is designed for middle school readers and covers the basic types of D&D characters without getting into any rules. It’s also heavily illustrated, making it an ideal entry point for kids who might be looking into the game but are a little intimidated by all the mechanics. You can pre-order the compendium now from your local bookstore, game store or on Amazon.
So is this latest D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide worth picking up? Below, we take a closer look at all the details.
What’s “The Warriors & Wizards Compendium” Young Adventurer’s Guide about?
The latest D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide is 272 pages and published by Ten Speed Press (an imprint of Penguin Random House). The book is written by popular comic book creator and longtime D&D contributor Jim Zub, his wife, writer Stacy King, and British comic book writer Andrew Wheeler. Notably all three have collaborated on all the past Young Adventurer’s Guides.
The official publisher page synopsis for the latest book in the series reads as follows:
Create your next Dungeons & Dragons character with this comprehensive illustrated guide to classes and backgrounds, gear and magic, and embarking on new adventures. Learn everything you need to know about creating characters and starting to adventure in Dungeons & Dragons with this helpful collection of information from the Young Adventurer’s Guide series. Inside this handy tome, you’ll gain inspiration for choosing your new character’s class and background, as well as guidance for selecting the weapons, gear, and magic spells they’ll use. The Warriors & Wizards Compendium includes profiles of ten playable species, including three new types (Aasimar, Goliath, and Orc) that were recently introduced to the game. With beautiful illustrations and helpful advice on how to use characters to tell your own stories, The Warriors & Wizards Compendium provides the perfect guide for young fans and new players traveling through the worlds of D&D.
When will “The Warriors & Wizards Compendium” be released?
The book will be released on November 4th, 2025, at which time it will be available at both online and physical retailers.
How much is “The Warriors & Wizards Compendium”?
The hardcover version of this latest Young Adventurer’s Guide retails for $25.99 USD, with the digital Kindle version selling for $12.99 USD.
What are the D&D Young Adventurer’s Guides?
Over the past few years there have been nine books published in the series. All are designed for readers between the ages of 7 and 13 and can be read in any order, covering the basics of D&D lore without really getting into any rules. They are as follows:
- Monsters & Creatures (2019)
- Warriors & Weapons (2019)
- Dungeons & Tombs (2019)
- Wizards & Spells (2020)
- Beasts & Behemoths (2020)
- Dragons & Treasures (2022)
- Places & Portals (2023)
- Characters & Quests: Workbook (2023)
- Artificers & Alchemy (2024)
Notably, Penguin Random House has also release two box sets which collect all of the books (with the exception of the Characters & Quests Workbook):
- Young Adventurer’s Collection: Box Set 1 (Released in 2020)
- Young Adventure’s Collection: Box Set 2 (Released in 2024)
Final Thoughts
It’s great to see the Young Adventurer’s Guides continue to go strong as they’re the perfect way to get the next generation of players into Dungeons & Dragons and the TTRPG hobby as a whole. This particular entry also seems like a unique way to bridge the gap between the lore of the game and actually playing it.
You can pre-order The Warriors & Wizards Young Adventurer’s Guide now from your local bookstore, game store or on Amazon.
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Jason Volk is the Publisher of Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics and lives in the wilds of Western Canada. He has been playing D&D for over 25 years and is a huge fan of Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms. His favorite character of all time was a Necromancer named Neek who spent most of his adventuring career resurrecting the corpses of slain monsters. When he’s not playing TTRPGs, Jason enjoys video games, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40K, watching football and spending time with his wife and adorably nerdy children.
