Mar 26, 2024

  A new anthology is coming out in 2024 entitled Quests from the Infinite Staircase. Announced in December 2023 at the PAX Unplugged “50 Years of D&D Adventures” panel, the book will be similar to Tales from the Yawning Portal in that it features six updated versions of classic DnD adventures from past editions. The book will be officially released on...

Feb 15, 2024

  Pick up your favorite dice and get ready to play! March kicks off our gold anniversary celebrations with a return to the tournament-style play the original creators of D&D once loved.   Fans around the world will enjoy a free classic dungeon-delving experience with Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, an excerpt from an upcoming adventure...

Feb 14, 2024

  Wizards of the Coast has revealed details and dates for its Dungeons & Dragons releases in 2024, the game’s 50th anniversary year     Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth March 2024 Vecna: Eve of Ruin – May 21, 2024 The Making of Original Dungeons and Dragons: 1970-1976 – June 18, 2024 Quests from the Infinite Staircase – July 16,...

Feb 14, 2024

  Hasbro reported a $1.06 billion loss for Q4, despite a positive contribution from its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment. Both of Hasbro’s other segments, Consumer Products and Entertainment, showed big losses. Entertainment showed a $1.11 billion loss as Hasbro completed its sale of eOne assets, taking a loss, and wrote down the...

Jan 11, 2024

  Penguin Random House will release Dungeons & Dragons: Mimic Treasure Chest Notebook Set, a new officially licensed D&D stationery box, into retail on August 13, 2024. Need to protect some game secrets from the prying eyes of players? This notebook set includes five 4″ by 6″ blank notebooks, which are stored in a clamshell box that...

Dec 5, 2023

  Wizards of the Coast revealed the Dungeons & Dragons book release lineup for 2024 at PAX Unplugged last weekend.     Next year, D&D will celebrate its 50th Anniversary, and WotC has announced a slew of new books coming to market to mark the occasion. They begin the year with Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. This...

Oct 28, 2023

  DM’s that want to add the deck of many things into their 5E game, will have to wait a bit longer.     The Deck of Many Things is the physical embodiment of a magical set of playing cards first added to the lore of D&D in 1975. The elaborate boxed set, dubbed an “innovation product” by the Seattle-based publisher, includes 66...

Oct 18, 2023

  After running a very successful Kickstarter, you can now purchase Rultmoork over at the AAW Games web store.     Four years in the making, Rultmoork is the new deluxe adventure by award-winning writer Jonathan G. Nelson of Rise of the Drow fame!  Extensively playtested and created to provide versatile, nonlinear playing experiences, Rultmoork...

Sep 18, 2023

  It’s been a while since we talked about the D&D Classroom And After School Program WOTC is offering to schools.   A new set of fun activities for the Dungeons & Dragons classroom learning program has been released for Grades 4-6 and 6-8. These teaching aids are specifically themed in line with the new D&D Fifth Edition supplement,...

May 31, 2023

  Wizards of the Coast revealed a price hike in its books as it unveiled the release dates and new details for five upcoming Dungeons & Dragons sources and campaign settings launching in 2023.   Beginning with the release of Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants on Aug. 15, the price for physical copies of the books will jump to $59.95. The Dungeons...

May 15, 2023

  Critical Role and Darrington Press announced Candela Obscura, a horror TTRPG show premiering on May 25th. Candela Obscura, roughly translated to “Dark Candle”, is not only the show’s name but also the game created using Darrington Press’ recently announced Illuminated Worlds system. The premise of Candela Obscura is that a group...

Apr 13, 2023

It’s been awhile! So we have a SUPERSIZED size for you! Patrick and Evilbeeker join us this week we cover Update 59 and beyond on Lamannia, The D&D 5e road map, One Magic card to rule them all, and we review the D&D Honor Among Thieves movie. Plus much more! Timestamps for video version (Audio should be fairly close to these) 0:00 Start 02:25 Game...

Apr 11, 2023

  The path to Middle-earth will soon open for new adventurers. Free League Publishing today revealed that the 5E adaptation of the award-winning second edition of The One Ring™ RPG, entitled The Lord of the Rings™ Role-playing, will be released May 9th.       The Lord of the Rings™ Role-playing is 236-page beautifully designed and...

Mar 30, 2023

  At the D&D Direct, we got a bit of a tease as to what the next 4 books will be, and that a famous villain will be making a comeback…       Glory of the Giants: an adventure that explores multiverse character Bigby and the origins of the giants. Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk: A Phandalin adventure, which will...

Jan 19, 2023

  The fall from the OGL Leak is rolling along.     Wizards of the Coast has announced a new process for revisions of the Open Gaming License beginning January 20. The new process is the result of the firestorm created by the leak of the original draft of OGL revisions “Starting now, we’re going to do this a better way: more open and transparent,...

Jan 4, 2023

  Wizards of the Coast will re-release D&D Tyranny of Dragons, a classic 5E adventure campaign collected into one volume, into retail on January 17, 2023, For the 4th time for those keeping score at home!   This was one of the first 5E adventures originally released as the Tyranny of Dragons series of adventures back in 2014. It was later...

Dec 7, 2022

  In the next generation of D&D books (D&D One), “races” will be replaced with “species” as a game term. The term “race” had been used as a game term to describe the general ancestry of a character since the first edition of the game. However, the playtesters and Wizards of the Coast believe it is time to leave...

Sep 25, 2022

  Wizards of the Coast has a new initiative to provide a platform using Dungeons & Dragons for social activities and educational learning.     As kids and teens return to the classroom, some for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020, parents and educators are concerned about how the children will interact with each other and their...

Aug 16, 2022

  Wizards of the Coast has officially unveiled Spelljams, a full-length musical album produced by Chris Funk, the lead guitarist of The Decemberists. The album contains music by Reggie Watts, Magic Sword, Mikaela Davis, and Wizard of Waz among many others. Each track in the new album references a story beat from Light of Xaryxis, the new adventure found in...

May 25, 2022

  WizKids has opened pre-orders for a new statue of Dungeons & Dragons villain Vecna     Wizkids will be releasing a new premium statue of Vecna, depicting the lich in golden armor adorned with rubies. The pre-orders for the Dungeons & Dragons: Vecna Premium Statue are open now on the DnDMinis with the eye-gouging (see what I did there) ...