Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. This column we are going to take a look at the one of the two Big Dogs of Fantasy […]
D&D TTRPG news and articles
Dungeons & Dragons is more than a game; it's a cultural titan and the gateway to fantasy adventure for millions worldwide. At its heart, D&D is a collaborative storytelling experience. Players create unique heroes, from mighty barbarians to wise wizards, and embark on perilous quests in a world brought to life by the Dungeon Master. The rules provide structure, but the real magic comes from the shared imagination of the group. Every roll of the dice and every player decision shapes a unique narrative, making each campaign a truly personal epic forged in creativity and chance.
The game’s enduring appeal lies in its powerful social core. In an age of digital screens, D&D brings people together to cooperate, solve problems, and build legends face to face. This spirit has fuelled its explosive resurgence in pop culture, introducing the magic of tabletop roleplaying games to a new generation. Yet for all its grand legacy, D&D remains wonderfully accessible. All it takes is a set of dice, a few friends, and a spark of imagination to unlock infinite worlds of adventure. It is the ultimate engine for heroic storytelling.
Flexible or flawed? Oath of the Frozen King review
Absolute Tabletop’s Oath of the Frozen King’s goal is to persuade DMs like me that it solved the pre-written adventure dilemma. I don’t buy pre-written adventures. They’re never written in the same flexible style as my own prep notes and then, once adapted to suit, become an adventure I could have written myself. Does that […]
35 year AD&D game goes viral
Robert Wardhaugh is one thoughtful DM. He wanted to make the best possible game for his friends and now, 35 years later, he has great friends, a great mini collection and even some great tech for remote play. At the time of writing Great Big Story‘s video on the Never-Ending Game of Dungeons & Dragons […]
Stat Trackers: Organise the heck out of your D&D
I don’t even use a GM screen but I think these stat tracker are a good idea. Scribble PC stats on them, enjoy the pre-printed set of monsters, and use them to help organise your game. The Kickstarter campaign is asking for $10,000 and at the time of writing has $9,500 with 26 days to […]
Check out Dungeons and Doggos
Dungeons and Doggos is a webcomic published on Tumblr. You can tell at a glance how it works – we’ve a friendly pack of dogs getting together to play some D&D. Makes total sense! It looks new, certainly I’ve not seen the trips before, and the archive goes back to June 2017. Not a Tumblr […]
How D&D is played in US prisons
Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
Tell me about your character
A funding principle of Geek Native is that tabletop gamers care about more than just their character. We’re not all dweebs who’ll force a three hour epic ‘And my character did this’ story on you if you let your guard down. That said… Nameless PCs might have a point with this one.
Star Wars set designer builds D&D gaming table
The AWEsome channel is branching out. We might know the channel for weapon builds like crafting Mjonir or even the more recent AWE Artist series which has hosted projects like this steampunk R2-D2 kettle but there are even more strings to their bow. AWE also builds works of collector art for superfans and this week […]
Amazing D&D Kenku costume
Kenku are bird people. Dungeons & Dragons 5e give you the option to have them as playable characters. Seattle based illustrator and video game artist Rah-Bop took things further and turned her D&D Kenku, Rue, into a costume. If you pop over to Rah’s Deviant Art page you’ll be able to tell that she’s full […]
IDW rollout 40% discount on Dungeons & Dragons comics
IDW Publishing have a big 40% off sale over at DriveThruComics. The discounts are available from the sale page and includes Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms classics once published by DC Comics. The sale also includes new titles like Abraxis Wren of Eberron and Legends of Baldur’s Gate by Jim Zub. As the sale […]
