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WizKids apologises for botched BG3 minis and offers a refund

May 17, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yesterday, a thread on Reddit began to reveal how off the pre-painted but highly anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 minis set was.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate III, Dungeons & Dragons, icons of the realms, minis, wizkids

Alliance wins, then quits the Diamond Comic purchase

April 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There is speculation, but no confirmation, that Trump’s tariffs have damaged the geeky merchandise economy to such an extent that the deal no longer makes sense for Alliance.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, neca, wizkids

Dungeons & Dragons Gamelings are due in November

July 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Gen Con season, and we’re getting D&D news aplenty. As ICv2 points out, WizKids is releasing a new range called Dungeons & Dragons Gamelings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, wizkids

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #240

January 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Routinely Itemised: A daily dose of geeky news, reviews, and insights, delivered in bite-sized chunks.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, routinely itemised, wizkids

D&D Direct recap: Minecraft, Menzoberranzan and the official D&D VTT

March 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re incredibly excited to partner with Wizards of the Coast, to introduce a brand new, story-driven Dungeons & Dragons DLC to Minecraft!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Joe Manganiello, Minecraft, R.A. Salvatore, virtual tabletop, wizkids

Gargantuan Tarrasque: D&D’s most terrifying monster gets an 11″ model

November 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In D&D 5e, the Tarasque is a Challenge 30 monster with an incredible array of defences and weapons

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, models, monsters, wizkids

A closer (dangerous) look: WizKids’ premium Vecna statue

August 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vecna might turn out not to be the villain in the forthcoming D&D movie, but the lich was the namesake and inspiration for the baddie in Stranger Things.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, models, shopping, wizkids

D&D official book tabs for faster games with less faff go on pre-order

June 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The pitch for the tabs is that your games will be faster and more efficient as you’ll be able to more quickly find that chapter or even section of note.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, wizkids

Discounted: Dungeons & Dragons Icons Of The Realms – Spelljammer: Adventures In Space (Collector’s Edition Box)

June 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spelljammer is an old D&D sci-fi setting of sail ships, powered by magic, that fly from planet to planet. It’s space opera, fantasy in space, and it’s coming back to D&D 5e.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, icons of the realms, models, spelljammer, wizkids

D&D Direct’s big news in 90 seconds

April 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I reckon it’ll take you 90 seconds to scan this and see what Wizards of the Coast announced in D&D Direct today.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate III, Dragonlance, Dungeons & Dragons, Neverwinter, spelljammer, wizards of the coast, wizkids

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