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Dragon's Dogma II Director Promises More Of What Fans Love
13.6.2023
Just weeks after its first gameplay reveal during the recent PlayStation Showcase, Capcom showed more of its eagerly anticipated action-RPG sequel Dragon’s Dogma II in today’s Summer Game Fest Capcom Showcase stream, with director Hideaki Itsuno showing up to share new details.Read more
D&D Books Are About To Get More Expensive
24.5.2023
You technically don’t need to spend a whole lot of money to play Dungeons & Dragons or other tabletop roleplaying games. But like most hobbies, the game is more than happy to welcome your investment with endless maps, minis, countless dice, and, of course, rulebooks to purchase. Now, it seems...
The Tetris Movie’s Main Character Also Made A Hugely Important Role-Playing Game
18.4.2023
According to its description on Apple TV, the new film Tetris is the story of “American video game salesman Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) and his discovery of Tetris in 1988.” Now, I’m no Tetris historian, so I don’t know quite where the true story of the hard-fought negotiations for the rights...
The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Is Better Than It Has Any Right To Be
3.4.2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves opened in theaters on March 31 and it spent the weekend dominating the box office, besting John Wick 4 and Scream VI. The film, an adaptation of the tabletop RPG starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Regé-Jean Page, Hugh Grant,...
Dungeons & Dragons Owners 'Sorry' After Week Of Very Bad Press
19.1.2023
Wizards of the Coast, the company responsible for Dungeons & Dragons, have not had a great week. As io9 reported, plans for a revision to D&D’s Open Gaming License—through which other games from other people can borrow some of D&D’s systems—went down terribly, facing opposition from...
D&D CEO Thinks Hobby Is 'Under Monetized' Compared To Video Games
12.12.2022
Dungeons & Dragons is so synonymous with its hobby that I, like many people who play TTRPGs other than D&D, often just refer to such games as “D&D” for short. But apparently that kind of name recognition and dominance in the field isn’t enough for publisher Wizards of the Coast. Based...
Dungeons & Dragons Ditches 'Race', Wants To Use 'Species' Instead
2.12.2022
Earlier today Wizards of the Coast made an announcement that a lot of people have been waiting a long time for: Dungeons & Dragons is going to stop using the word “race” in its rulebooks, and would instead prefer to use the term “species” instead.Read more
What To Know Before Getting D&D's New Starter Set
16.11.2022
Getting into tabletop roleplaying isn’t always easy. With thick rulebooks that mirror math textbooks and the need to find at least one other player (but ideally three others), simply getting to the table, ready to roleplay is enough of a challenge. Enter the concept of the Starter Set:...
New Stranger Things Game Stars Vecna, Will Reveal More About The Villian
7.11.2022
Netflix has announced Stranger Things VR, a new game that will let fans of the show play as Vecna, the big bad from season four. Tender Claws, the developer, promises that the game will provide some more information and backstory about the creepy villain who terrorized Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas...
Wizards Of The Coast Go After Space RPG Accused Of 'Racist And Transphobic Content'
15.9.2022
Wizards of the Coast, the company that owns and runs Dungeons & Dragons, is taking the publisher behind a new sci-fi RPG to court in an attempt to halt the game’s release. They’re arguing not only does it infringe on D&D’s intellectual property rights, but that it contains “blatantly racist...
Amid Criticism, Wizards Of The Coast Quietly Removes Racist Lore From Dungeons & Dragons
2.9.2022
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has quietly removed language from its newly released Spelljammer setting that came under fire for racist overtones. While its D&D Beyond online tools no longer contain references to a primate-like race becoming “sapient” through enslavement...
Path of the Planebreaker Is A Worthy Addition To Your D&D Campaign
26.8.2022
Originally announced and funded via Kickstarter last October, Path of the Planebreaker is the latest foray into the fifth edition set of rules for Dungeons & Dragons from Monte Cook Games. This time, veteran D&D designers Bruce R. Cordell, Sean K. Reynolds, and Mr. Cook himself treat...
Subnautica Devs And Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Team Up In Cool-Looking Miniatures Battle Game
24.8.2022
If you like miniature battle games and enormous fantasy books that are sure to do a d12’s worth of damage if you throw them at someone, then fantasy author Brandon Sanderson and Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds might just have something cool in store for you. Moonbreaker, a new “turn-based...
The Next Big D&D Experience Looks Like A Video Game, And That's A Problem
22.8.2022
Last week, Wizards of the Coast announced its plans for what the world’s most popular roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, will look like in the next few years. Alongside a refresh of the rules (which Wizards promises will be fully compatible with every fifth edition book that’s been published...
Five Steps For Learning Even The Most Daunting Tabletop Roleplaying Game
2.8.2022
Tabletop roleplaying games can be intimidating. With hefty tomes of rules that can mirror and outpace the size of a college textbook, even veterans of the hobby can sometimes be overwhelmed when they just want to dive in quickly and get to the point of a new game. And look, I won’t name names here...