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Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e: Playtest 7 u-turns on magic

September 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Class spell lists are added again, with magic no longer grouped under Arcane, Divine and Primal. Wizards said it was a fun experiment. The sorcerer-exclusive spells, arcane eruption and sorcerous burst return, with changes and are joined by updated counterspell and jump.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

D&D’s Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants! uses AI art, and WotC has changed the rules

August 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans spotted details in the illustration, tell-tale signs that a machine had rendered the image in the D&D sourcebook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

Everyday Arcana: Evil Genius confirm WotC copyright clash

August 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The rebooted Urban Arcana is now Everyday Arcana and Geek Native asked Evil Genius to confirm why the Everyday Heroes supplement changed names.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: everyday heroes, free to download, Rambo, urban arcana, wizards of the coast

Shadows Surrounding wins the Urban Arcana setting competition

August 3, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shadows Surrounding was one of the three finalists, and it was a close vote between it, Suba Rosa and Terra Arcana.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: evil genius productions, urban arcana, wizards of the coast

Giant rollout: Wizards of the Coast bring the entire D&D 5e catalogue to Roll20

July 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Wizards of the Coast and their partners at DMsGuild have been busy this week. The complete, as near as I can see it, 5e range for Roll20 is now available. These aren’t downloads and are integrated with the Roll20 platform. Roll20 is now the parent of OneBookShelf and the DMsGuild. The typical purchase includes maps […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons, roll20, wizards of the coast

D&D Belongs to You: Use Foundry and Roll20 et al but not WotC’s VTT, argues 5e publisher

July 1, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Chris Dias owns Dias Ex Machina and created Ultramodern5, the most successful non-fantasy book for 5th Editoins D&D not published by WOTC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, foundry vtt, roll20, ultramodern5, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Amazon: There’s a Wizards of the Coast co-published D&D Monster 2024 calendar

June 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Showing a different monster every weekday and combined on weekends on tear-off sheets, the calendar is 5.25″ by 4.375″ with an easel back so the calendar can sit on a table or desktop.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, calendars, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

TSR files for bankruptcy, and WotC’s lawyers hit pause, say reports

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a messy case that started when the TSR trademark was snatched up, forged into an RPG publisher, and sued Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal, TSR, wizards of the coast

Dungeon Scrawlin’ are official D&D mobile stickers

May 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Boston-based creative agency Bare Tree Media has partnered with Wizards of the Coast for some official animated mobile stickers.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, stickers, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #202

April 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly recap of RPG news. This week we look at official Dungeons & Dragons ducks that will look awfully similiar, the new Pathfinder edition, the new Valiant RPG but not that Valiant RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: edge, routinely itemised, twilight imperium, wizards of the coast

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