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Monty Python and the Holy Grail's official board game includes a working catapult
Fend off the roaming Black Knight, French style.
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Use a tarot deck to weave stories of magical academia and personal growth in solo RPG The Covens of Midnight
Choose your patron, study hard and trust the cards.
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Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City brings a colourful upgrade and expansion to the road-balancing board game
I wonder if you know how they build roads in Tokyo.
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Disney Lorcana's new set will let you have (almost) all 101 Dalmatians in your deck
Is this a Lorcana Commander format tease?
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RPG pioneer Jennell Jaquays to be memorialised with megadungeon inspired by D&D classic Caverns of Thracia
Return to Perinthos, a book full of user-submitted dungeons, will benefit Jaquays’ family and Trans Lifeline.
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Votes for Women’s second board game print run stymied by banned Facebook ads
Publisher disappointed at Meta’s lack of communication over repeated banning with no explanation.
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Pokémon TCG returns notorious Van Gogh Pikachu card to the Netherlands game stores
The popular collectible will likely Van Gogh quickly.
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Cooperative battler Regicide announces a legacy edition with stickers and campaigns
Regicide Legacy takes the monarchical struggle to new, fantastical locations.
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Weird sci-fantasy RPG Troika makes its core rules free
A digital PDF of the core rules available on publisher Melsonian Art Council's website.
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Chick-fil-A - yes, that Chick-fil-A - is looking for someone to help make board games
The chicken slinger anti-equal rights funder is on the hunt for the next Sneak King.
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Jennell Jaquays, Dungeons & Dragons and video game designer, has passed away
Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia creator dies following battle with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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Halo Infinite player turns video game into a Master Chief-themed Heroscape clone
Trade Halos for hex grids.
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Solo But Not Alone’s fourth annual bundle collects 124 solo RPGs to support mental health charity
All proceeds of the $10 bundle will benefit Take This, a gaming-focused nonprofit.
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Legend in the Mist turns City of Mist into a rustic fantasy RPG that's more than another D&D
Son of Oak’s dip into the fantasy waters trades endless stats for description-based move sets.
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Call of Cthulhu RPG humble bundle unleashes a world of charity-supporting eldritch horrors for $5
Starter set and beginner scenarios accompany a Chaosium-approved colouring book.
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Lorcana makers’ new board game is a Disney princess team-up from an all-women design crew
Crystal-clear girl power.
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Exploding Kittens studio’s new titles reskin popular party games Love Letter, Top Ten and Happy Salmon
Brand new title Danger Danger dares players to draw cards on a hidden timer.
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Magic: The Gathering maker backpedals on AI use in promotional art: “Well, we made a mistake earlier”
Wizards of the Coast’s deleted posts were adamant the company’s promotional images were human-created.
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AI-Powered Trivial Pursuit Infinite is a mostly harmless canary in the tabletop coal mines
New Infinite mode turns players into playtesters for Hasbro’s digital board game app.
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YouTube’s favourite dungeon master earns $4.6 million to create a fantasy RPG beyond the influence of D&D
Matt Colville’s MCDM RPG escapes fantasy heartbreaker territory with a mega-successful crowdfunding campaign.
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Undaunted and Consulting Detective designers make a “choose-your-own-adventure” board game set in WWII France
Who spilled all this clue gathering in my tactics game?
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Two new Ruins of Symbaroum 5E books beckons players into Davokar’s menacing depths
Throne of Thorns begins a grand campaign, while The World of Symbaroum views the setting from 100 miles above.
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Kelp maker urges players not to purchase counterfeit board games circulating online
Wonderbow’s asymmetric title won’t release until late 2024, but scammed copies are popping up on Amazon and other online retailers.
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Warhammer co-creator and Citadel Miniatures founder Bryan Ansell has passed away
Ansell’s sculpted miniatures and game design paved the way for Games Workshop’s domination
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Elijah Wood and Sean Astin indulge a dark urge while playing Baldur’s Gate 3 together
They’re taking the Hobbits to the Nautiloid!
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New board game from Scythe and Wingspan makers trades doves for dragons
Wingspan designer Elizabeth Hargrave helped develop Wyrmspan's high-fantasy alternative to her popular avian engine-builder.
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Artist lawsuit alleges Midjourney scraped copyrighted Magic: The Gathering art to train AI
New evidence includes a list of artist names, thousands long, full of MTG veterans and fan favourites.
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The world's most valuable Pokémon card, Pikachu Illustrator, sells for $580,000
One of less than 50 known to exist, this brush-wielding Pikachu once again breaks auction house records.
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Another set of Pokémon TCG Trophy Pikachu cards sells at auction for nearly $800,000
Gold, silver and bronze-toting rats collectively set a record for the 1997 promotional cards.
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From D&D’s Planescape return to Zelda roleplaying in all but name, these are 2023’s tabletop RPG highlights
Knightly valour, planar chaos and Final Fantasy XIV with pen ‘n’ paper.
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7 indie tabletop RPGs released this year that you shouldn’t miss
Radio waves, wizard keggers and beautiful, violent death.
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Terminator RPG makers catch and remove AI generated artwork from upcoming sourcebook
“We are a small company who focus on good and original art and pay well for it. We find this situation abhorrent, upsetting and depressing.”
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Dungeons & Dragons says “no generative AI was used” to create artwork teasing 2024 core rulebooks
Artist Nestor Ossandón defends their process amongst social media allegations fanned by anti-Hasbro sentiment.
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Amazon inks deal to produce Warhammer 40,000 films and television starring Henry Cavill
Games Workshop signs over rights for “series, film and more”, while Cavill will produce and star in multiple projects.
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VOID 1680 AM creator talks comic books and tabletop RPG similarities and exploring the lonely airwaves
You’re not alone out there, caller.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s three stainless steel Egyptian God cards will set you back $399
Mind like a stainless steel trap card (I’m sorry).
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Warhammer maker gives all its staff an end-of-year £2,500 bonus
Da Red Gobbo says Games Workshop’s staff deserved a treat.
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The Brooklyn Strategist becomes third New York board game and RPG cafe to establish a union
The Brooklyn Strategist Workers United won their election in a 17-1 decisive victory
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Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy”
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks blames the “difficult” decision on toy market malaise affecting the company throughout 2023.
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Building a community in Our Fantasy Town genuinely takes a village… of crowdfunding backers
Grassroots grass lawns.
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D&D and MTG designers, artists and producers lose jobs among over 1,000 Hasbro layoffs, former devs confirm
Deep, sweeping cuts to toymaker’s staff includes senior employees and at least one vice president.
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You can now play a free Catan clone on Discord
Colonist.io joins the roster of multiplayer games you can play from inside Discord's interface.
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Disney Lorcana designer says popular TCG was initially designed with Location cards in mind
New card type will add complexity to limited and allow deeper themes in constructed decks.
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Explore Pathfinder 2E’s classic adventure settings on the cheap with $5 RPG charity bundle
Proceeds from any tier benefit US-based Comic Books for Kids
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The Walking Dead Universe RPG creators talk swarms, post-apocalyptic Robin Hoods and watching Daryl fall off his horse
“Fighting the swarm is always about making it out alive, one way or another.”
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MTG’s Cluedo-inspired crossover lets you win by fingering a murderer
Swinging at face isn’t very gumshoe of you.
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Disney Lorcana’s third TCG set travels Into the Inklands with dogs, DuckTales and a brand new card type
Piglet's a pirate captain, now!
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MTG gathers detectives, suspects and clues in first look at upcoming set Murders at Karlov Manor
It’s a cardboard whodunnit with everything but a body.
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The Electric State RPG channels Tales from the Loop’s techno-nostalgia through a dystopic American lens
From sea to neuronic sea.
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Dark Souls board game’s third attempt at tabletop adaptation isn’t for established players
NG+, this is not.
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Payday developer is working on a co-op, live service Dungeons & Dragons video game
Can’t wait to strap a clown mask and assault rifle on Elminster.
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Dungeons & Dragons' next core books given a 2024 release date, only to vanish
Wizards of the Coast quickly pulled images dating several products, but the internet doesn’t forget so easily.
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D&D’s historical book will contain “never-before-seen correspondences” between Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson
The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1976 is a 500-page monster of annotated pages and letters between D&D’s co-creators.
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D&D’s 2024 adventure slate includes a face-off with Vecna and an anthology of updated classic dungeons
Wizards of the Coast planning a series of distilled dungeons from RPG’s past reimagined as one-shots.
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Dungeons & Dragons 2024 will cram its books full of art, fantasy shopping and the Blob of Annihilation
The core rulebook trio will be the biggest in the tabletop RPG’s history thanks to a maximalist approach.
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One D&D’s final class playtest aims to solve the problematic Druid, Monk and Barbarian
Hello short rest Rage; goodbye one-size-fits-all Wild Shape.
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Nature board game Cascadia is getting a series of flip-and-roll-and-write spin-offs
There’s dice in them thar hills!
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Eldritch Horror creator reminisces on Omens, money and easter eggs for the board game's 10-year anniversary
Corey Konieczka’s “globetrotting Arkham Horror game” remains a high mark of collaborative tabletop design a decade later.
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Magic: The Gathering’s top designer talks word creep, ‘jokey’ sets and possible future Archenemy support
Along with a lengthy discussion on the impact Play Boosters will have on common cards and the Pauper format.
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Moonrollers is a new, risky dice game from Mythic Mischief makers
Set in the same tabletop universe as Moonrakers, this push-your-luck dice game searches for the perfect crew.
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Dark Souls board game maker picks up Streets of Rage-inspired board game beat 'em up Street Masters
Street Masters joins Altar Quest as another orphaned Blacklist title rescued by the Manchester-based Steamforged Games.
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Exploding Kittens’ Netflix show transforms the popular party game into a battle of biblical proportions
The word of God is apparently, “meow”.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel invites three Egyptian God cards to the TCG’s 25th anniversary
Obelisk would rock a black-tie tuxedo.
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Flesh and Blood’s 2023 world championship crowns a new TCG winner and launches a personal documentary
Alexandros Argyriou claimed a $100,000 purse while Legend Story Studios tells their own story.
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Ticket to Ride and Exploding Kittens maker to take part in owner's restructuring that has already cut 900 jobs
Despite leading a strong quarter for Embracer, one of tabletop’s largest publishers will join Embracer Group's wide scale, cost-saving initiative.
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D&D co-creator’s son just launched a fantasy shoe line as part of his lifestyle brand for gamers
Beloved early D&D artist Erol Otis provides an illustration for one of the tabletop-themed trainers.
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Chris Pine is “pretty confident” in a Dungeons & Dragons film sequel
Hot off voicing the villain in Disney’s Wish, the former bard says he’d absolutely return for another session.
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New York officials slam eBay for removing pro-union language from human rights policy amidst TCGPlayer union
The e-commerce company consistently blocked worker unionisation efforts and inquiries into its acquisition of TCGPlayer earlier this year.
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Monopoly and Dungeons & Dragons owner announces trio of winners for 2023 Women Innovators of Play Challenge
All three will have their original designs workshopped by Hasbro next year, along with a $10,000 prize.
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The Walking Dead Universe RPG shambles onto your kitchen table next week
American zombie horror by way of Swedish tabletop designers.
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Boyfriend Dungeon RPG designers chose not to push romance or sex in video game adaptation
Kitfox Games instead looks to include a curated list of safety tools and outside resources.
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Disney Lorcana online sales hit by “most aggressive” attack ever seen by queue provider
Ravensburger says it plans to “reallocate” Rise of the Floodborn cards to other channels before the holiday rush.
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Boyfriend Dungeon’s official tabletop RPG makes sexy weapon smooching a group activity
Always wear protection, such as a fencing glove.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ delayed Deck of Many Things won’t be home for the holidays
Production on replacement decks have begun but will miss a holiday release by a matter of days.
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Disney Lorcana publisher pulls online sales for new set Rise of the Floodborn after DDoS attack
Ravensburger ends TCG sales directly through its website for the foreseeable future.
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MTG artist apologises after allegedly stealing artwork for Lost Caverns of Ixalan card
David Sondered has stepped away from social media following allegations from fellow MTG artist Lorenzo Lanfranconi.
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Adventure Time RPG punts its new ‘Yes And’ system in favour of D&D 5E rules
More like ‘No, But’.
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Adventure Time Card Wars’ ultimate reprint celebrates the competitive card game’s 10th anniversary
One whole decade of flooping the pig.
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Disney Lorcana Set 3 leaks appear online after cards stolen, publisher seeking any information
A Ravensburger representative confirmed the leak would not affect the third set’s release date.
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Heads up: Disney Lorcana’s second set, Rise of the Floodborn, hits store shelves today
The First Chapter’s follow-up shouldn’t suffer the inventory woes that affected the TCG’s launch.
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Pokémon TCG’s Paldean Fates expansion includes shiny versions of Pikachu, Ceruledge and 130 more critters
Shiny Pokémon - more than a gorgeous face.
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The first of Pathfinder’s remastered RPG books are now available, sans D&D influence
New paths for new players.
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Sonic Roll looks like a faithful board game adaptation of the blue blur’s retro video game world
Rolling around at the speed of sound.
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New York board game cafe Hex&Co wins vote to join rising tide of tabletop unionisation
Hex Workers Unite is the latest board game-related business to organise for better working conditions.
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MTG players accuse Wizards of the Coast of using AI art in Tomb Raider Secret Lair advertisement
A now-deleted tweet caught major flak for using what many are calling an obvious use of AI-generated assets.
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Tomb Raider and MTG crossover includes an all-new Lara Croft commander card
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider is a Temur-coloured creature that synergises with legendary lands and artefacts.
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Monikers’ new 330-card expansion promises the “weirdest and best cards” in the party game’s history
CMYK claims this is the cheapest Monikers expansion yet (adjusted for inflation).
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Critical Role prequel novel delves into the backstory of Bells Hells’ favourite undead warlock
Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn’t Break drops in 2024 and explores Laudna’s lost adventures.
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Munchkin maker revives classic board game Revolution! in the world of Pathfinder RPG
Viva la revolución, Korvosa!
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Play deadly hide-and-seek as a shark and octopus in two-player board game Kelp
Kelp yourself to a bite.
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Wingspan designer’s new board game is all about the symbiotic relationship between trees and mushrooms
Elizabeth Hargrave translates another personal hobby into a theme-heavy tabletop title.
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Dungeons & Dragons wants its 2024 rulebooks to stay relevant and compatible for another decade.
D&D is a “living thing” that will continue to grow.
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Into the Odd RPG’s Arthurian-inspired prequel is a mix of Elden Ring and The Green Knight
Escape to The City.
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Tales from the Loop RPG maker to adapt Simon Stålenhag’s art book sequel The Electric State
Imagine Cormac McCarthy's The Road but with less suffering and more advertisements.
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ChatGPT will soon let an AI teach you board game rules
Open AI’s new GPT program allows premium users to create their own AI agents for any purpose - such as teaching your friends to play Twilight Imperium.
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Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic lead developer releases a hellish D&D adventure for charity
All proceeds of James Ohlen and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Chains of Asmodeus will support ExtraLife.
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Magic: The Gathering changes more card wordings to keep the TCG as "inclusive and welcoming as possible"
Naga can finally be snakes, and Rakshasa can retire their litter boxes.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free TV shows launch later this month with cooking, character deaths and Patton Oswalt
Two actual play series and a cooking show will fill D&D’s latest attempt at a primetime television takeover