The burning dice design has a large white d20 with the D&D ampersand in the centre. It’s flanked by 19 and 74, as Dungeons & Dragons will turn 50 this year.
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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.
RPG Worlds: Grow your library and support Kobold Press and friends
Right now, presumably months (or more) that game engine is ready to look at, you can boost your library for current systems and support the publisher and allied third parties by investigating the Humble RPG Worlds bundle.
FandomSpot benchmark: One in ten D&D players have quit for good
FandomSpot wisely run a survey to benchmark the impact of the D&D OGL crisis.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Catilus
Catilus is an artist whom you can support through Patreon, but there’s also a growing collection of tabletop RPG successes.
Wizards of the Coast backtrack on OGL 1.1
Wizards of the Coast have seemingly backtracked on most of the most egregious changes to the document.
Studio Agate vs OGL: Fateforge becomes a Pay What You Want protest
The ENnie-winning fantasy that took years to make is a love letter to Sword & Sorcery and (once) Dungeons & Dragons. The game is set in the world of Eana, which while familiar, is also exotic with new twists and turns.
One GM and one player RPG: Beowulf – Age of Heroes bundles victories, wyrd and heroes into a discount deal
As studios like Handiwork look to decouple from 5e and investigate their alternatives, we might see more of this; quick bundles of ‘days before’ content put up on offer.
Wizards of the Coast silently edit their latest OGL update
A D&D nerd on Twitter, @Maatlock noticed that Wizards of the Coast had edited their Update on the Open Game License post of Friday the 13th.
Award-winning Nightfell setting summons Children of the Moon
Children of the Moon have already been summoned by the Kickstarter community, smashing targets and Mana Project Studio are on board to help.
Advanced 5E investigates divorcing 5e’s OGL
EN Publishing’s Level Up: Advanced 5e was a Kickstarter success and well-received by the community. As the name implies, Advanced 5e builds on the core 5e rules for D&D.
