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In our last post, we talked about how one-on-one play works best when the PC is flexible in both melee…

Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme Chris Perkins…

Posted on Jul 8, 2020 | I’m gonna cut right to the heart of the matter here: we want to…

Owlbear: Creature in D&DThe Monster Professor returns to the podcast for the third time. We start our wide-ranging conversation with…

Empire of the Ghouls is the latest offering from Kobold Press and their first hardcover 5th Edition adventure. It’s a…

Art by Larry Elmore At the beginning of last year, I was body-snatched and convinced that doing something for the…

Some news from the warrens! Starting today, I have the privilege of stepping into the role of Editorial Director for…

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Ending a Year of Rotting Ruin Friday, July 03, 2020 First, the elephant: Let me say that we did not…

I created a homebrew setting for my current campaign. My favorite campaigns are, without fail, the ones where I make…

Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme Chris Perkins…

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The Underworld of Theros beckons. You can use this encounter as a standalone one-shot, or as a follow-up to the…

Never Gonna Stop Adventurin’ Who wants something a little less serious and a little more… gross? Well then, my friend,…

Just announced live on-stream at D&D Live 2020, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is this year’s new D&D adventure. Join us…

Theros is a brand-new D&D setting crossover with Magic: The Gathering, inspired by Greek mythology. Mythic Odysseys of Theros is…

Mark Meer Mark is known worldwide for his work as Commander Shepard and more in the Mass Effect Trilogy, and…

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms has partnered with D&D Beyond to create a series of encounters that you get…

Rare and Magical. Welcome to Beadle & Grimm’s. The Dungeons & Dragons Special Editions from Beadle & Grimm's: Produced by…

From Dark Horse comics, see the moment the boys meet Dustin for the first time. Later in the series, Eleven…

Dungeons & Dragons teaches that diversity is strength, for only a diverse group of adventurers can overcome the many challenges…

My players wanted to research a monster, so I made this handout using image resources from D&D Beyond. Here’s how…

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms has partnered with D&D Beyond to create a series of encounters that you get…

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms has partnered with D&D Beyond to create a series of encounters that you get…

The continuing story of old friends, now Heroes, as they explore Wildemount in the world of Exandria!

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80 recipes inspired by the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons—perfect for a solo quest or a feast shared with…

80 recipes inspired by the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons—perfect for a solo quest or a feast shared with…

Dr. Michael Drout is a professor of English as well as a leading Tolkien scholar. In our conversation on the…

Community Manager at D&D Adventurers League Amy is an obsessive baker and avid gamer who thrives when herding cats and…

Community Manager at D&D Adventurers League Amy is an obsessive baker and avid gamer who thrives when herding cats and…

Take our latest Unearthed Arcana survey. Last time, Unearthed Arcana presented revised versions of the Revived, Noble Genie, and Arcivist…

Unlock two brand-new sets of digital dice for your collection: the colorful Pigment Pack and the fully-animated Mythic Set. As recent events…

All art featured in this article is owned by Nosolorol After 25 years, one of Spain’s most prestigious and critically…

After 25 years, one of Spain’s most prestigious and critically acclaimed tabletop RPGs is finally available for English-speaking players. Aquelarre…

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June 18-20, 2020 Help a Good Cause at the Most Star-Studded D&D Event Ever! People all over the world continue…

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June 18-20, 2020 Help a Good Cause at the Most Star-Studded D&D Event Ever! People all over the world continue…

James Introcaso is a tabletop role-playing game designer for D&D and the host of the Table Top Babble podcast. He…

Three subclasses reappear today in Unearthed Arcana, each with a new form. After studying your feedback on the Revived, Noble…

Sometimes, for whatever reason, you can't get together with your Dungeons & Dragons group in person. Long before D&D came out…

Time to level up your 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons games?  We have a range of adventures, selection of new classes, races,…

Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters grows closer. Here's a look at the trailer for the 5th Edition sourcebook!More

Community Manager at D&D Adventurers League Amy is an obsessive baker and avid gamer who thrives when herding cats and…

Dungeons & Dragons had its best financial year in 2019 and now they have officially announced that there is a…

Dungeons & Dragons had its best financial year in 2019 and now they have officially announced that there is a…

The Dungeons & Dragons tournaments run at the 1970s Origins conventions are the stuff of legends: there was the Tomb…

Shine with the power of the mind in this installment of Unearthed Arcana! Today we revisit several psi-themed options that…

Posted on Apr 10, 2020 | To coincide with the release of Saltmarsh Encounters — written by the Dungeon Masters…

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 | To coincide with the release of Encounters in Avernus — written by the Dungeon…

Over the past few weeks, we have been monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and closely following the situation and adjusting…

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 | Something different is happening in the Oracle of War campaign for the D&D Adventurers…

Conjure forth new magic in your D&D games with the spells and tattoos introduced in today’s Unearthed Arcana. Many of…

We're continuing to record remotely as we shelter in place here in the Seattle area. Greg & Shelly hash out…

COVID-19 is changing the daily lives of many of us in the Wizards of the Coast community and the world…

Posted on Mar 13, 2020 | Online tabletop gaming sessions have become increasingly more popular, thanks to online chat and…

Posted on Mar 13, 2020 | As our community members reconsider meeting in person for their weekly games and larger…

Listen to the D&D liveplay podcast community telling stories inspired by Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. The liveplay podcast community brings…

In the most recent canonical lore, the World of Darkness events that occurred in London paved the way for the…

[embedded content]How can you recognize a polyhedral gaming die made in the 1970s? The video above gives my tips for…

When it comes to streaming RPG shows, we all have our favorite game masters. Matt Mercer usually comes to mind…

Featured photo by Ray Kachatorian The internet’s most popular and successful streaming D&D show is now giving Critters a look…

NBCUniversal is launching a streaming service in April called Peacock and there is talk of a potential animated series starring…

Penny Arcade, the company that has produced a long running web comic and the Acquisitions, Inc. D&D franchise, launched a…

Whether you're a new player or a veteran of the game, finding a Dungeons & Dragons group can be challenging. If…

The Illusionist in Dungeons & Dragons was created by Peter Aronson, an early Boston-area fan. In 1975, Aronson submitted an initial…

Back when D&D turned 40 in 2014, I put up a post about the date I favored for celebrating its…

Dungeons & Dragons grew out of a tradition of miniature wargaming, and distributors of figurines were among the first companies…

It is no exaggeration to say that Greg Bell was effectively the first staff artist of Tactical Studies Rules. Not…

Before any daring cartographer mapped underground dungeons in pursuit of fantastic adventure, Chainmail described a system for subterranean tunnels on…

Old school Dungeons & Dragons fans know that Greg Bell's beloved lizardman from the inside cover of Greyhawk (1975) served as…

One of the great riddles that has vexed D&D players for generations is this: why did armor class in original…

Sometimes chunks of gaming history come down to us without much context. That is the case with today's specimen, a…

Sometimes you need to stop dissecting the roots of Chainmail for long enough to appreciate the humor that the authors…

Just months before Chainmail came out, when Gary Gygax put together the seventh issue of the Domesday Book, he included…

This weekend at the Wizards of the Coast "Stream of Many Eyes" event I got my hands on a copy…

"We're known down here as the strange people with the funny dice," begins Bob Waltman, describing the reputation of the…

Early in 1980, TSR Hobbies circulated a slender booklet containing graphics and copy for hobby stores to reuse when advertising…

Gary Gygax explicitly called the Guidon Dungeons & Dragons document the "first draft" of the game in a cover letter.…

If anything could draw the attention of the mainstream press of 1976 to an obscure pastime like Dungeons & Dragons, it…

Early in 1976, no one had any idea that Dungeons & Dragons would go on to transform the gaming hobby.…

Of the gamers who assembled and self-published variant fantasy role-playing rules in the 1970s, few showed the dedication of Michael…

Early press about D&D rarely has the luxury of wading deep into the play of ongoing campaigns. That is what…

It was early in November 1979: the publication of the Dungeon Masters Guide had recently completed the core Advanced Dungeons &…