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Fresh from Stranger Things and Critical Role, D&D villain Vecna shows his hand in Dead by Daylight
Voiced by Matthew Mercer.
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Books for D&D’s newest edition pay homage to classic heroes of the RPG’s past
And its villains.
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Here’s what the cover of Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 Player’s Handbook looks like
Surprise, there’s a dragon!
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D&D Red Box artist rejects “stupid” reveal of female warrior, then accepts “you can interpret it however you want”
“That is the magic of art,” Larry Elmore says after initially insisting the anonymous figure was painted as male.
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Behold(er): Dungeons & Dragons invades horror video game sensation Dead By Daylight
Keep your eye on this Killer.
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The Legend of Vox Machina’s third season will deliver more animated Critical Role this fall
No, there’s no official trailer, yet.
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Critical Role’s new subscription service includes two exclusive shows and live event presale access
Beacon corrals all the Critters into one membership-based barn.
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Over 40 years later, the warrior on Dungeons & Dragons' iconic Red Box has been given a face
Red Box Warrior gets the Samus Aran treatment.
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Dungeons & Dragons will release its 2024 ruleset under a Creative Commons licence
Fears of a future OGL are DOA.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker says it doesn’t publicly address every AI allegation to protect artist privacy
“Our preference is to handle the issue and the artist relation internally where possible.”
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Critical Role’s best Campaign 3 arc yet just stumbled with a clumsy crossover
A mid-stream twist left viewers confused and lessened the gut-punch of a recent plot point.
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Roll20’s beta app will allow you to play Dungeons & Dragons and other RPGs within Discord calls
Everyone’s favourite community server platform just built a digital gaming den for users.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ new Player’s Handbook is nearing completion, will contain four psionic subclasses
Mind bullets, that’s telekinesis!
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The best Ghibli-inspired D&D 5E adventures and settings for fans of Spirited Away, Totoro and more
Get into some Miyazaki-style Dungeons & Dragons shenanigans.
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D&D maker continues to lean on MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 during 2024's “turnaround” phase
Monopoly Go! surpassing $2 billion in revenue doesn’t hurt, either.
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D&D’s massive Vecna adventure gets a new trailer voiced by Astarion’s actor in Baldur’s Gate 3
Neil Newbon really lays on the evil pedal.
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Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams departs D&D and Magic: The Gathering's maker
An SEC filing confirms that Hasbro is searching “both internal and external” for her replacement
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Dimension 20 addresses Madison Square Garden “nonsense”, won’t use dynamic pricing at future live shows
One plan includes a “Dimensioneer ticket” lottery where select fans can purchase fixed-cost tickets.
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Dimension 20 will bring The Unsleeping City’s fantasy NYC to Madison Square Garden
Ticket presales for the live one-shot adventure are planned for April 12th.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free LEGO-themed adventure is full of evil wizards and hot wings
The perfect combination of goofy and thrilling.
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D&D 5E vs Pathfinder 2E: Which RPG should you play?
Can there be a winner in the D&D vs Pathfinder debate, or is it more a matter of preference?
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D&D’s Quests from the Infinite Staircase adventure anthology is chockablock with beloved crawls
One mustachioed genie, six classic adventures.
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LEGO’s official Dungeons & Dragons set will launch with an actual play one-shot featuring the designer
The fantasy-themed inn will include an adventure booklet starring its heroic patrons.
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Early D&D designer and co-author of Deities & Demigods James M. Ward has passed away
Ward sat at Gary Gygax’s Greyhawk table and created sci-fi and fantasy tabletop RPGs at TSR for 20 years.
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D&D and MTG have "compelling use cases for AI", says Hasbro CEO
Chris Cocks envisions “mining” tabletop adventures and TCG cards for the toy company’s AI-powered future.
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Dungeons & Dragons survival sim video game on the way from studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley
Plowshares to swords.
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Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming too late?
Slow and steady has not won this race.
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NASA (yes, that NASA) has released its first D&D-compatible tabletop RPG adventure
Science and magic meet to solve the mystery of the missing Hubble Telescope
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Inject some Elden Ring into your D&D 5E campaigns with Kobold Press’ Soulslike Roleplaying
Souls, bonfires, and rude invaders - this book does exactly what it says on the tin.
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10 best feats in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
D&D feats that will see your party carving through your enemies.
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Community megadungeon honouring late D&D designer Jennell Jaquays seeks an expanded physical book
Proceeds from Return to Perinthos will first benefit Jaquays family to offset medical bills and funeral costs.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ first stage show mixes improv, adventuring and Jackbox-style audience participation
Producer Curious Hedgehog promises trivia, charades and fantasy beer pong amongst high fantasy hijinks.
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Dungeons & Dragons 2024: Everything you need to know about the next Dungeons & Dragons edition
Dive into new dungeons.
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D&D and MTG owner’s $1.06 billion loss dwarfs strong performance from Wizards of the Coast
Layoffs, inventory shedding and the sale of its entertainment branch still leave Hasbro leaning hard on its golden geese.
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D&D models its digital future on MTG’s Universes Beyond pop culture crossovers
More dolls in the fantasy sandbox.
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Dungeons & Dragons teases an official LEGO set, Converse shoes and Pop-Tarts
The breakfast of champion-subclassed Fighters.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ next official adventure Thanos-ifiies Vecna in a multiverse-spanning campaign
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: all worlds are in peril!
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Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 core rulebooks get official release dates
D&D 2024's three core books strangely stagger their releases months apart.
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Studio developing Dungeons & Dragons RPG video game lays off 44 workers, shelves project
Hidden Path sought additional funding for six months amidst a “challenging environment”.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker kills Dragonlance live-action series, according to Joe Manganiello and series author
Margaret Weis and Manganiello say Wizards of the Coast is not interested in producing anything set in Krynn, at present.
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Charisma in D&D isn't just about confidence - and that goes for real life, too
What a charmer.
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D&D head designer says 2024 books won’t release before summer: “we will still be working on the books in May”
Jeremy Crawford breaks down the very last Unearthed Arcana playtest and kills early 2024 launch wishes.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker reportedly looks at Tencent to sell future video games like Baldur’s Gate 3
UPDATE: Wizards denies rumours of IP sale
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SPONSORED: Gothic RPG adventure Veil of the Eternal Night brings Castlevania vibes to D&D 5E
Horror supplement includes dozens of monsters, 13 new subclasses and a huge campaign spanning levels 1 to 20.
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The first-ever copy of Dungeons & Dragons was bought by another RPG industry legend
RuneQuest co-creator Greg Stafford still remembers the one that got away.
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Dungeons & Dragons is adventuring into its first virtual reality video game
I cast Ray of Motion Sickness!
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The most popular D&D character is a human fighter called Bob, according to the RPG's makers
No love for smallfolk, but y’all really appreciate the ‘magic’ of a sharp stick.
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Former D&D designer brings Elden Ring's most iconic (and difficult) boss fight to 5E tabletop RPGs
Roll the dice against the Goddess of Rot.
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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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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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The biggest D&D 5E problems that One D&D still hasn't fixed
Even One D&D can’t solve everything: here are the key offenders unlikely to change before the new edition comes out.
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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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SPONSORED: Hot Fuzz and X-Files meet D&D, our comedy-mystery actual play series Storybreakers is back for Season 2!
Our party of fantasy journalists are back for a new mystery in the big city.
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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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Dimension 20’s first trailer for Fantasy High: Junior Year reveals a rocking theme song and premiere date
“We just saved the world, I feel like that should count for a couple classes!”
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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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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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7 best D&D 5E Christmas one-shots to play over the holidays
Some seasonal D&D sessions to make the midwinter gay.
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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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One D&D changes vs 5E: What's new in the next Dungeons & Dragons edition?
From creating your character to casting spells, here’s how One D&D is different to 5E.
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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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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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Adventure Time RPG punts its new ‘Yes And’ system in favour of D&D 5E rules
More like ‘No, But’.
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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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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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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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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
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MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 pull Hasbro’s bacon out of the fryer as toy giant doubles down on tabletop brands
Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.
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Critical Role's live show nailed the rare pleasure of playing D&D at Level 20
Gods, gates and Gelidon.
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D&D delays Deck of Many Things release due to extensive manufacturing defects
Wizards of the coast apologises to those who pre-ordered the $99 physical deck of cards for its fantasy tabletop RPG.
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Buster Bluth and Veep’s Richard Splett will play D&D with Critical Role for charity
Actors Tony Hale and Sam Richardson take a seat at the roleplay table as part of Red Nose Day 2023.
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One D&D's Bastion minigame has loads of potential for long-term 5E fans – but not everyone will play it
Finally, an adventurer flatshare.
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Dungeons & Dragons' latest playtest wants to sell you the dream of being a fantasy landlord
NIMBY subclass not yet included.
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Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy 16 and The Witcher actors party up for D&D actual play series Natural Six
Join the performers behind Clive, Geralt and more on a fantasy adventure.
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Dungeons & Dragons might be about to vanish from your local bookstore - here's why
Wizards of the Coast drops longtime distributor ahead of the RPG's next edition.
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This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons
Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero.
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Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year
The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January.
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Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art
Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.
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D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game
Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.
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Folk-horror D&D 5E campaign setting The Crooked Moon channels The Witch, Midsommar and The Wicker Man
From the folks behind actual play series Legends of Avantris.
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Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats
Furry with a chance of sorrow.
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Critical Role’s Mighty Nein Origins series to conclude in 2024 with Beauregard and Caduceus’ backstories
Co-written by Matthew Mercer and the Critical Role cast.
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One D&D shakes up 5E's most popular class with Brawler - but will it make the cut?
For the new One D&D Fighter subclass, everything is a weapon.
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Dimension 20 announces a spate of D&D actual play live shows in the UK and Ireland
Confusing ticket sale system left fans believing shows sold out in a matter of seconds.
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Phandelver and Below promises a nostalgic romp through Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s beginnings
You can’t go back home to old Phandalin.
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D&D races and species guide: Which to choose in 5E
Pick between pointed ears, horns, tusks and more.
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Dimension 20 resumes production of RPG actual play series after SAG-AFTRA contract clarification
Dropout CEO Sam Reich gives Mulligan and co. the go-ahead to roll more dice on-camera.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker will revise AI-processed artwork in upcoming sourcebook
Midjourneys in the Forgotten Realms.
