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Here’s what the cover of Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 Player’s Handbook looks like
Surprise, there’s a dragon!
Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Dungeons & Dragons 5E is the latest edition of the world's best-known tabletop roleplaying game. Players create characters and go on adventures led by a dungeon master (DM), who controls non-player characters (NPCs), monsters and events in the world.
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Dungeons & Dragons 5E Spotlight
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Practical effects and lore true to the RPG shine over derivative writing and bland characters.
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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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7 essential D&D tips for first-time players
5E etiquette from almost a decade of tabletop roleplaying experience.
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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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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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Dungeons & Dragons creator promises future video games will be “something like” Baldur’s Gate 3, invests over $1 billion to make it happen
“People really like a well-executed D&D game.”
Opinion
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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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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Dungeons & Dragons publisher plans to make Baldur’s Gate 4, once it finds the right developer for the job
“We certainly hope it’s not another 25 years.”
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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.
Opinion
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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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.
Opinion
Worlds Beyond Number is the slow-burn D&D actual play I didn't know I needed
Sometimes, slower is better.
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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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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.
Opinion
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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7 essential D&D tips for first-time players
5E etiquette from almost a decade of tabletop roleplaying experience.
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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.
Best Games
Best tabletop RPGs 2024 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)
Explore worlds beyond the Forgotten Realms.
Opinion
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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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.
Best Games
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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D&D title Baldur’s Gate 3 rolls a critical at The Game Awards, scooping up six accolades
Including Game of the Year.
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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.
How To
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.
Deals
Best Black Friday 2023 board game and tabletop deals
Deal with these discounted dice-rolling diversions.
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SPONSORED: D&D map set Dungeon Craft helps you create dungeons, battles and cities for your fantasy world in seconds
Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes.
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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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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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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.
Opinion
Call of Cthulhu’s d100 dice rolls offer far more roleplaying freedom than D&D’s d20
When failure isn’t the end.
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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
Opinion
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.
Best Games
7 best D&D 5E horror one-shots to play this Halloween
Halloween - the DM's excuse to scare the absolute bejesus out of their players.
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Iconic D&D treasure The Deck of Many Things returns for the price of $99
Chaos comes with a cost.
Opinion
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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SPONSORED: 5 RPG maps to inspire your next D&D 5E campaign
From a Coral Throne to Hell's Tax Office.
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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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New Planescape adventure and sourcebook will be D&D’s own Marvel-esque multiverse
“A fantastic time to bring Planescape back for a new audience.”
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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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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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Baldur’s Gate 3 tips from a seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player
These are invaluable to your quest in the Forgotten Realms.
Opinion
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.
Deals
Physical and digital versions of D&D Player’s Handbook and DM’s Guide are both on sale
Alongside several other books.
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Almost 40% people are playing more tabletop games since before the lockdown, with interest in D&D increasing to 85%
Interest in Warhammer also up.
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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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