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One of the ongoing goals from the Wizards team over the past 11 years has been to make it easier for new players and DMs to get started. While the prior starter sets have clearly focused on that goal, the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands is clearly the next step in that...

As promised, the revised editions are not required to play through Dragon Delves, though they can be used if you wish. In fact, the “Running the Adventure” section in the introduction only specifies that “you need the Fifth Edition core rulebooks” without specifying the 2014 or the 2024...

Like many Ravenloft tabletop adventures, five adventurers are plucked from the realms by the mists to find themselves in Barovia. As usual, Strahd sends one of his minions to invite the newcomers to his castle to enjoy his hospitality, a.k.a. for Strahd to mess with their minds and tempt them...

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Critical Role began on Geek & Sundry, setting actual play video on fire, and launching companies, games, an animated series, and a lot of fiction. So it’s only fitting that it’s celebrating with the anthology, Critical Role — Vox Machina: Stories...

The revised and expanded Monster Manual completes the 2024 anniversary editions of the D&D core rule books. My MM preview has already provided a lot of information on the new bestiary so this review will focus on what I didn't know when I wrote the preview or things that I can elaborate on more...

The last of the 2024 expansions of the core 5E D&D rule books, the Monster Manual, is set to arrive in February. So right on time, Wizards is starting to drop information about what it contains, including a press preview, where we were able to ask some questions. Interestingly, though, this was...

When Wizards of the Coast announced new versions of the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual for the 10th anniversary of 5E and the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons itself, it was not met with cheers. Lots of fans thought it was unnecessary, and I was skeptical...

After all the back and forth of the public play tests and listening to the Wizards of the Coast team talk about their plans for the 2024 revised core rulebooks, I've been eager to jump into the new Player's Handbook. Originally, I even planned to go through the 2014 and 2024 books to explain all...

When the 2024 versions of the core D&D trilogy were announced, Creative Director Chris Perkins said that he planned to tear apart the Dungeon Master's Guide and reassemble it in a way that's more user friendly for both experienced and new DMs. I can't comment as to whether Perkins succeeded or...

Another entry in Wizards' celebration of D&D's 50th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of 5E is Quests from the Infinite Staircase. Introduced in 2nd Edition, the Infinite Staircase is a plot device that allows DMs to send players to whatever setting suits the DM's purpose. For this...

To further celebrate the 50th anniversary of D&D, Wizards is releasing another adventure anthology, Quests from the Infinite Staircase, specifically one akin to Tales of the Yawning Portal or Ghosts of Saltmarsh wherein old adventures are revised and updated for 2024. “I always try to treat...

This nearly 600-page book is no mere tome, it's an artifact. A Historical Artifact While many may compare The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 to a tome – and at 576 pages that's not an inaccurate description – a more accurate assessment would be to compare it to an artifact...

It's not surprising that Wizards' releases for 2024 largely center around the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. In Vecna: Eve of Ruin, Wizards' goal was the biggest adventure 5E has seen, with one of the game's oldest villains. With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977...

For its first book of D&D's 50th anniversary year, Wizards is going big with a multiverse-spanning, multiverse-threatening adventure where players will face off against one of the game’s most legendary villains. Designed for characters level 10-20, Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a 256-page book that...

Wizards' first book for its 50th anniversary year is aiming for the stars, which is appropriate for a multiverse-spanning adventure. The infamous lich Vecna has a plan to recreate the D&D Multiverse in his own image, with cultists on every plane of existence working toward that goal. That's...

If the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Road to Neverwinter novel whet your appetite for D&D fiction (or more D&D fiction), the new novel, Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin will satisfy that urge. Both novels were written by Jaleigh Johnson, a veteran of Forgotten Realms'...

Once wasn't enough this year for authors Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Michael Witwer, and Sam Witwer. In addition to their recent release, Dungeons & Dragons Lore & Legends, which focused on the history of 5th edition thus far, the foursome also have a followup to their 2020 book Heroes Feast The...

2023 was a big – and difficult – year for Dungeons & Dragons, but if a D&D lover is on your holiday gift list, you have a lot to choose from this year. No matter your budget, there's something for every taste in a wide variety of categories. A lot of D&D items this year, understandably, tie...

If you're a Critter or just a fan of the world building in Critical Role and Matthew Mercer's often luscious setting descriptions, including the food, Exquisite Exandria is for you. This hardcover combines a cookbook with setting resources for fans, much like Heroes Feast did for the food of...

The magical item, The Deck of Many Things, has a long history within D&D, first created for the Greyhawk setting and then appearing in every edition of the game in some fashion, either among magic items in the DMG or as part of various adventures. The new Deck of Many Things product set for 5E...