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The drow Drizzt Do'Urden is one of Dungeons & Dragons' most beloved characters ever, and the story behind his creation makes his popularity even better – and more unlikely. Originally created by R.A. Salvatore for the Icewind Dale trilogy, Drizzt first appeared in 1988. Since then, Drizzt has been in almost 40 books, graphic novels, RPGs – Drizzt was even supposed to be in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves before rights issues necessitated scrapping him from the script and replacing him with the character of Xenk. His enormous popularity belies his smaller beginnings, however.

Drizzt Do'Urden, with his array of powers and abilities, is one of the best-written and fleshed-out characters in the entire Dungeons & Dragons pantheon. His backstory and history are rich and detailed, and his adventures and relationships have filled thousands of pages. As much time has been spent on crafting Drizzt's arc as on any fictional character. Care that deliberate...

Dungeons & Dragons has to confront its drow problem so it can finally reward the adventuring parties loyal to The Legend of Drizzt books with an adaptation, which has been overdue since 1988. Dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden was introduced in 1988 in R.A. Salvatore's The Crystal Shard, the first book in The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Drizzt is the center of a lot of D&d gameplay and is also important to many who have never played a D&d game in their lives. Adapting Drizzt for the screen may be D&d's biggest commercial opportunity, but a drow controversy stands in its way.

Salvatore's books frequently appear on The New York Times bestseller lists and have sold upwards of 30,000,000 copies. The powerful drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden is a dark fantasy institution in his own right beyond D&d, and a movie or TV adaptation may be the awareness spike that D...

Wizards of the Coast are now more heavily focusing on the world of Greyhawk for Dungeons & Dragons. This is actually the setting designed by D&d founder Gary Gygax. Originally played in his personal home games, Greyhawk was used in several editions of the official rules. But, for a long time the Forgotten Realms had overtaken Greyhawk in published works. But, there is a great place to jump into the world: The Temple of Elemental Evil adventure.

This module storyline has been a part of D&d across its 50-year history. It began with the 1979 adventure The Village of Hommlet and expanded outwards. Much like the current Dungeon Master’s Guide, during the 2000s the third edition rules focused on Greyhawk. Eventually, the game developer Troika Games decided to combine the older The Temple of Elemental Evil with this new ruleset, releasing a unique computer game in 2003. Both the pen...

The Dungeons & Dragons franchise has one of its best book series in The Legend of Drizzt, but it could have spent more time on the saga's key romance. The Legend of Drizzt is R.A. Salvatore's creative tour of the Forgotten Realms, as seen through the eyes of one Drizzt Do'Urden. Although invented by Gary Gygax, the drow were brought to life by Salvatore's 36-year-old series, which shows no signs of stopping. Launched in 1988 with The Crystal Shard, Salvatore's books focus on Drizzt and his companions. However, they could have focused more on one companion in particular.

Powerful drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden traveled the Underdark, Icewind Dale, Gauntlgrym, and beyond in The Legend of Drizzt, but wouldn't have got far without help. From his complex relationship with his father to his first tentative alliance with Belwar Dissengulp, Drizzt proved the value of friendship, love, loyalty, and trust in over 40 books...

The Drizzt Do'Urden books have occupied a special place in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise since 1988 and one October 2024 release suggests how this could continue. The Legend of Drizzt is the name of the book series by R.A. Salvatore spanning over 40 novels, graphic novels, and short stories, telling the story of D&d's favorite Dark Elf. The drow, as a species, was invented by D&d creator Gary Gygax, but Salvatore popularized them as playable characters through his legendary books. As Salvatore proved in 2024, he is still full of surprising material.

Salvatore introduced Drizzt and his scimitars in 1988's The Crystal Shard, the first book Salvatore ever published for D&d or anyone else and the first book in The Icewind Dale Trilogy. The series was originally meant to focus on Wulfgar the barbarian, but Salvatore realized Drizzt's unique potential and made his next move a prequel series focusing on Drizzt.

Within a certain area of Baldur's Gate 3, players may stumble upon the kuo-toa, a strange group of fish folk in the middle of an even stranger ceremony. A cluster of the creatures are praising a bloody altar, upon which a powerful redcap will appear if players get close enough to trigger the cut scene. Depending on how players handle the interaction, they may end up fighting the whole group, or they could gain a powerful new ally.

It's an entirely optional encounter, and due to how strange the kuo-toa are, it's one that sticks out for those who find it. But what exactly are these creatures, and why do they have the powers they do? The kuo-toa are lifted directly from Dungeons & Dragons, and the existing lore surrounding the tabletop RPG can provide a bit more info on these fishy folk.

Who The Kuo-Toa Are In Baldur's Gate 3 The...

There are at least 10 drow that deserve a spot on a Legend of Drizzt TV show. Invented by Gary Gygax for Dungeons & Dragons, the drow are a race of elves with ebony skin and white hair. They have been around since 1977, however, they didn't become widely known until R.A. Salvatore published The Crystal Shard in 1988. This was the first book published in a series that would become known as The Legend of Drizzt, and it was the world's introduction to Salvatore's character, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. He is probably the most famous fictional drow around.

Drizzt wasn't the main character in The Crystal Shard or its two follow-ups. However, Salvatore realized Drizzt's popularity and made his next trilogy a prequel series focused on Drizzt. The Crystal Shard was Salvatore's first book for Dungeons & Dragons and his first book in general, and it launched Salvatore's D&d writing career. Salvatore's...

Over the past six decades Lucca Comics and Games, which is held annually within the medieval ramparts of the Tuscan town of Lucca, has expanded exponentially to become the largest geek meet in Europe.

This year they are pulling out all the stops with a lineup that comprises the first global event teasing the second season of “Squid Game” with talents in tow, massive celebrations for the 50th anniversary of “Dungeons & Dragons,” and the 40th anniversary of “Tetris” with their respective creators on hand.

Lucca’s director Emanuele Vietina spoke to Variety about the event’s theme, which is “The Butterfly Effect,” and why naming a street after the creators of “Dungeons & Dragons” is part of the event’s DNA.

The theme of this year’s edition of Lucca Comics is “The Butterfly Effect.” What’s its significance?

It means many things to us. First of all, it...

Exclusive: Jon Hamm, fresh off his two Emmy nominations, has been set to star in and exec-produce scripted podcast series Dungeon Masters, which heralds from QCode and Smile and Twilight producer Temple Hill.

Created, written and directed by journalist and author David Kushner, the series is based on his research and writing about hit game Dungeons & Dragons, inspired by the real-life missing person case which inadvertently made the game (in)famous.

Set in 1979, the series gives listeners a behind-the-curtain look into the world of Dungeons & Dragons, told through the lenses of private investigator William Dear (Hamm), a swashbuckling style tough guy and creator of the game Gary Gygax (Wil Wheaton). The series follows Dear on his quest to find Dallas Egbert, a Michigan State student, who supposedly disappeared in the steam tunnels under his University while enacting a real-life version of D&d.

Multiple QCode podcasts have been...

New Player's Handbook release in September, lucky few can get early copy at Gen Con 2024. Major update after using 2014 edition for a decade, significant changes expected. Dungeons & Dragons, popular tabletop game since 1974, continues to evolve with new editions.

The new Player's Handbook is set for release in September, but Dungeons & Dragons has just revealed a way for a lucky minority to get the book way ahead of time. After ten years of using the 2014 Player's Handbook, the new edition is a significant shake-up for the popular tabletop role-playing game.

The first 3,000 copies of the new Player's Handbook will be made available at Gen Con 2024, featuring a commemorative Gen Con 2024 bookplate and a 50th anniversary logo in gold foil.

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Dungeons and Dragons is a popular tabletop game originally invented in 1974 byErnest Gary Gygax and David Arneson.The fantasy role-playing game brings together players for a campaign with various components,...

Quests from the Infinite Staircase offers six adventures for levels 1-13, with flexibility for insertion into other campaigns. The anthology includes classic adventures from various sources, offering diverse experiences from dungeon crawls to roleplay-focused scenarios. Standout adventures like When a Star Falls showcase timeless strengths in their updated iterations.

The new Dungeons & Dragons anthology Quests from the Infinite Staircase presents a greatest hits reel of updated classic adventures, but some of them are more likely to prove truly memorable in a campaign than others. Following in the tradition of books like Tales from the Yawning Portal and Ghosts of Saltmarsh, Quests from the Infinite Staircase arranges six adventures that can carry a party from level 1 to 13 when played in sequence. They can also be inserted into other campaigns or played standalone, giving the compilation more flexibility than standard campaign books.

Quests from the Infinite Staircase's adventures pull from a variety of sources,...

Quick Links An Impressive Look At D&d's History The Early Drafts Of Dungeons & Dragons Artwork, Correspondences, & Character Sheets

It's been 50 years since Dungeons & Dragons changed the tabletop gaming landscape, and to celebrate, Wizards of the Coast has released The Making Of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977. The new book is a comprehensive and extensive look at the earliest era of D&d, often shown from the perspectives of its co-creators Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax through reprinted drafts, letters, and drawings.

The Making Of Original D&d is a massive book. Compared to the rulebooks and campaigns D&d releases, it's nearly triple the size. Compared to other behind-the-scenes books, like Arts & Arcana: A Visual History, it's still noticeably thicker. In fact, for nearly 600 pages, fans are invited to get a close-up look at the creation of the most popular fantasy roleplaying game of all time. With creation and commentary...

The Making Of Original D&d is a comprehensive look at the earliest days of Dungeons & Dragons, including never-before-seen documents and concept art. The book showcases early character sheets, rules, spells, and personality traits from the 1970s era of D&d, offering insight into the game's evolution. This thick and detailed book is a must-have for Dungeons & Dragons fans, providing a deep dive into the history of the beloved tabletop RPG for its 50th anniversary.

Of all the Dungeons & Dragons books releasing this year, The Making Of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977 may be the most unique. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the series, Wizards of the Coast is releasing this collection of the earliest DnD materials from Gary Gygax and others from the earliest days of the now-beloved tabletop RPG. At a press-only event, Screen Rant was given an early glimpse at the upcoming book.

The Making...

Vecna: Eve of Ruin pays homage to DnD's history by adapting a classic dungeon. Tomb of Horrors is an iconic DnD dungeon, but it doesn't hold up to modern design philosophy. The Tomb of Wayward Souls in Eve of Ruin is a much better reimagining of the dungeon, keeping its high difficulty but introducing more interesting elements.

The epic Dungeons & Dragons module Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a tribute to 50 years of tabletop RPG history, but it also highlights how much adventure design has improved, especially with its homage to the infamous Tomb of Horrors. As DnD evolved from its wargaming roots in Chainmail, the focus on individual heroes undertaking fantastic quests emerged. Dungeon exploration was the primary mode of play, hence the games name. Multimedia adaptations like the movie Honor Among Thieves, the long-running Legacy of Drizzt novel series, and even works like Critical Role, showcase modern DnDs emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Over the course of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End , Frieren learns a lot of lessons. One she never learns, though, is how to spot a Mimic. Her head-first dives into danger live on as a new set of accessories, now available for pre-order online. The goods , made by Akros Ltd., include a vanity pouch and a pass case, each styled to resemble Gary Gygax's infamous fantasy monster: Related: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime Exhibition Announced for April 2024 The pouch is large enough to hold your daily carry or your overnight toiletries. The pass case is made of synthetic leather and will hold multiple cards and passes. Both have visible teeth peeking out, and each comes with an acrylic keychain of Frieren to chomp on. Related: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime Inspires Magical Escape Room Experience Both items are now available for pre-order from the Akros website , as well as other spots around the web.

When a Dungeons & Dragons adventure clicks, it’s a truly magical thing. This year, as long-time players and newcomers to the hobby are coming together in celebration of the 50th anniversary of rolling dice and sharing stories, it’s a great time to look back at all the adventures we’ve shared over the game’s decades-long history.

While everyone has their favorites, and game masters often write their own adventures or change the contents of published ones to fit the players at their table, there are a few undisputed classics from D&d‘s history that everyone should know. Below are seven of the most memorable Dungeons & Dragons adventures ever made that are still worth revisiting today…

Tomb of Horrors (1978)

Tomb of Horrors, written by Gary Gygax (one of the creators of Dungeons and Dragons), is one of those iconic Dungeons & Dragons adventures that was originally used...

Gary Gygax drew inspiration from EC Comics, shaping the dark and ghoulish world of Dungeons & Dragons. D&d's iconic elements like opportunity attacks define modern gameplay, influenced by famous authors and comic creators. The legacy of D&d extends beyond the game, inspiring a plethora of comics and RPGs that continue to captivate fans.

Dungeons & Dragons started a revolution when the first edition was released in 1974, inventing a new world that an untold number of fans have participated in for five decades since. Gary Gygax has never been shy about the fantasy influences behind the franchise's original creation, but fewer know the comic books that inspired much of D&d’s world.

1979’s D&d Dungeon Master’s Guide contains the now-legendary Appendix N, a list of works that inspired co-creator Gary Gygax in the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. Authors like J.R.R. Tolkein, Robert E. Howard...

Get a taste of D&d history with a free download of a classic adventure penned by the co-creator himself, Gary Gygax. Dive into a dungeon crawl in the Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, complete with updated monsters, magical items, and pre-made character sheets. Celebrate D&d's 50th Anniversary with this one-session adventure, showcasing the game's evolution from s niche hobby to mainstream success.

Dungeons & Dragons fans looking to play through a piece of history or just embark upon a classic quest are in luck as a version of one of Gary Gygax's original adventures is now available for free. While Wizards of the Coast does encourage role-players to create their own fantasy worlds, the company also releases plenty of pre-written tales to flesh out its fantasy world and serve as prompts for those who may not wish to create entire worlds. Fortunately, those who may be...

New core rulebooks will aim to enhance player experience without a complete overhaul. Exciting new D&d adventures, like Vecna: Eve of Ruin, offer diverse settings and challenges. D&d celebrates its 50th anniversary with upcoming books, including an archival resource and early access plans for local stores.

Dungeons & Dragons is an ever-changing, ever-growing game, and this ability to reinvent itself is part of why it's able to celebrate a 50th anniversary this year with an audience that's bigger than ever. It's also taking the opportunity to shake things up once more with a cavalcade of new books, including several core rulebooks that freshen up the ideas governing DnD's fifth edition for the past decade. Publisher Wizards of the Coast dropped the One D&d branding originally intended for the new products about a year ago, but it doesn't seem like it's reneged on any of its ambition.

Of course,...

Because "Futurama" is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode, the head of Dick Clark hosted a televised New Year's Eve special to ring in the year 3000. Clark played himself. Since then, multiple other celebrities have played their own severed heads, including the Beastie Boys, the cast of "Star Trek," Al Gore, Conan O'Brien, Beck, Lucy Liu, Penn Jillette, and most recently, Bill Nye. 

Of course, Cohen and Groening were more creative than merely storing severed heads in jars, and multiple other notable actors have continued to appear on "Futurama" as robots, aliens, space deities, and other sci-fi creatures. John Goodman, for instance, played the homicidal...

Unearthed Arcana playtests introduce changes to the counterspell in DnD. These alterations focus on the interruption aspect of counterspell, aligning gameplay mechanics with the logic of spellcasting. The changes aim to make counterspell less frustrating for players but may disappoint magic users who relied on it.

Counterspell is a huge shutdown technique in Dungeons & Dragons, but changes in the latest Unearthed Arcana playtest tweak it in a way that makes it less frustrating to deal with. Taking its name from a 1985 rules expansion book by Gary Gygax, Unearthed Arcana provides a way for DnD publisher Wizards of the Coast to make changes to the game and let the community test them out without committing to overhauls in an official book. The current Unearthed Arcana playtests are leading up to the 2024 release of One DnD, which will officially implement any overhauls to DnD 5e that are deemed successful.

Most of...

The Forgotten Realms campaign offers a wealth of diverse adventuring parties that would make great movie adaptations, such as "The Cleric Quintet" and the Order of the Burning Dawn. The Heroes of Waterdeep and Moon Daggers stand out as exciting and underdog adventuring parties that would capture an audience's attention. Force Grey and the Men of the Basilisk provide unique perspectives on adventuring parties, combining fantasy with crime and dark dealings. The Nine Swords Company and Ladies of Renown offer intriguing stories that explore tradition, history, and themes rarely seen in fantasy. Drizzt Do'Urden's party and the Heroes of Baldur's Gate already have a dedicated fanbase, making them strong contenders for D&d adaptations.

After the release of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, there's no doubt that the iconic roleplay game can be just as entertaining on the big screen as it is on a tabletop, however the question remains,...

From Paramount and eOne, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has been playing in theaters for over a month now, and it’s coming home this week.

Honor Among Thieves will be available on PVOD ($19.99) beginning tomorrow, May 2.

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”

Meagan writes in her review for Bd, “Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein pack in elaborate set pieces in an epic-sized fantasy adventure, assembling a Rogues’ gallery of stars to deliver a charming and amusing introduction to the lore.”

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, co-directors of 2018’s hilarious comedy Game Night and writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming,...

Back in early December 2022, Sean McCoy, one of the game developers from Tuesday Knight Games, who made the sci-fi horror Ttrpg Mothership, created a design challenge for himself and encouraged aficionados of RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to take it up as well. This Dungeon23 challenge, where participants create a simple dungeon map for DnD style TTRPGs every day until the end 2023, has led to an outpouring of dungeon concepts posted on social media sites like Twitter, design spaces like SubStack, and game sale sites like Itch.io. Many of these dungeon rooms are free for Game Masters to use in their next session. Furthermore, Dungeon Masters who study these dungeon maps can learn a lot about Ttrpg campaign designs.

The concept of dungeon-crawling - i.e., a group of fantasy adventures delving into ruins in search of treasure and secrets - is as old as role-playing games themselves. Dungeons & Dragons...

This article contains spoilers for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves potentially killed off one of the eponymous Ttrpg's most famous heroes in a surprising twist. Based on the Wizards of the Coast role-playing game, originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Honor Among Thieves has proved itself a more than worthy adaptation, and an incredibly fun blockbuster in its own right. Much of this positive reaction is down to the killer ensemble cast, led by Star Trek's Chris Pine, and the gorgeous effects work that brings the game's numerous fantastical creatures to life.

Honor Among Thieves has received a positive reception from both die-hard fans of the game and general audiences alike, even if some players took issue with the film's depiction of Doric's transformation into an owlbear. While the film has plenty to offer newcomers to Dungeons & Dragons, Honor Among Thieves...

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among Thieves is at last here, and as led by Chris Pine with a song in his heart, and a lute in his hands, the film acts as a massive introduction to the Forgotten Realms of early D&d lore for a wider audience. That’s right, the game that was once accused of promoting evil is going mainstream with a feel-good comedy! Which is definitely one valid approach to the material.

Indeed, over the many, many years that Dungeons & Dragons has existed, a vast array of worlds (known to tabletop gamers as “campaign settings”) have presented players with a variety of universes, settings, storytelling techniques, and arguably even “genres.” They can be funny, scary, and often always thrilling. They also represent a rich tapestry from which filmmakers at Paramount Pictures can draw.

While the term “shared universe” hasn’t been explicitly thrown around since...

In the final episode of the seminal high school TV comedy-drama Freaks And Geeks, titled ‘Discos and Dragons’, teenage nerd Sam Weir (played by John Francis Daley) is fed up. “I'm sick of being called a geek,” he complains to his friends. “I mean, what's so geeky about us, anyways? We're just guys.” Then, with perfect comic timing, his equally nerdy friend Harris (Stephen Lea Sheppard) approaches him in the school corridor and announces: “Gentlemen. Good news! New Dungeons & Dragons handbook. ‘Deities And Demigods’. We’re gonna have a fun Friday night!”

Criminally cancelled in 2000 after just one season, Freaks And Geeks was at the time perhaps the most accurate on-screen depiction of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. For a long time, D&d — with its high fantasy tropes, its fair maidens, its complex magic, its many-sided dice and its opaque, labyrinthine rules — seemed solely the domain of geeks.

Back in the 1970s, when Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson were figuring out the gameplay for Dungeons & Dragons, they added several rules for how a player's characters could hire underlings and recruit followers as they leveled up. As DnD was updated to new editions and drew farther away from its tabletop war-gaming roots, the game mechanics for hirelings and recruitment receded to the background, and adventuring parties ceased to enlist them as a matter of course. There are, however, still ways that players of DnD 5th Edition can recruit followers in their games and make them a fun part of the overall role-playing experiences, without being too mechanically awkward.

Few of the exploration and combat gameplay mechanics in first edition Dungeons & Dragons came out of thin air. The notion of moving warrior figurines around a map and rolling dice to determine their effectiveness in battle was common in...

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley's upcoming fantasy film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," due in theaters on March 31, will be the fourth live-action film to be based on the celebrated role-playing game first published by Gary Gygax and Dave Arenson in 1974. The game version of "Dungeons & Dragons" has had a colorful and fraught history, offering a popular activity that both nerds and metalheads could enjoy, while also often attracting the ire of right-wing censorship groups who felt its themes of magic and pretend were somehow damaging the minds of the nation's youth.

It remains popular to this day, periodically appearing in popular media. It was featured in an episode of the short-lived but beloved 1999 TV series "Freaks and Geeks" which, maybe not incidentally, starred co-director Daley when he was 14. More recently, the characters on "Stranger Things" played a "Dungeons & Dragons" campaign, ostensibly bringing the game...

Regé-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Photo: Paramount Pictures and eOne At some point in my youth I heard the old cliché that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” For me—and probably for a great many...

From Paramount and eOne, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31, 2023, and the film’s Final Trailer has been unleashed today.

This trailer spotlights the rave reviews the film has received thus far, with Bloody Disgusting’s own Meagan Navarro agreeing that the new D&d movie is indeed a fun ride.

Meagan writes in her review for Bd, “Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein pack in elaborate set pieces in an epic-sized fantasy adventure, assembling a Rogues’ gallery of stars to deliver a charming and amusing introduction to the lore.”

Watch the Honor Among Thieves final trailer below.

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary...

The Dungeons & Dragons universe spans vast underground realms, impossible outer planes, and kingdoms as beautiful or corrupt as you can imagine. It’s fertile ground for our imaginations, where player characters can overcome almost any plot or puzzle your dungeon master can throw at you.

But along the way, there are many dangers to face. Some are almost indescribably terrible hordes of monsters led by something insensate and terrible. Other times, your campaign leaves you face-to-face with a legendary villain that looms over your adventure and, more often than not, shapes its ending.

There are thousands of beasts and baddies for a dungeon master to pick from when setting up a campaign, but we’re going to introduce you to fifteen of the biggest, baddest, and coolest dangers you’ll ever have the misfortune of meeting during your D&d campaign. No dice necessary; just bring your imagination along for the ride.

From Paramount and eOne, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31, 2023, and a brand new trailer has arrived today.

This latest international trailer for the new Dungeons & Dragons movie goes heavy on the monster-sized action, while also highlighting a humorous encounter with a skeletal corpse.

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, co-directors of 2018’s hilarious comedy Game Night and writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming, directed the live action movie.

Chris Pine leads the cast alongside Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), and Sophia Lillis (It,...

Before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the tabletop roleplaying system has inspired countless player-made adaptations, which the movie will inevitably be held up against. By design, D&d is one of the most prolific methods of collective storytelling. From the first adventurers who journeyed based on Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson's initial system, to the maximum security prisoners of the Sterling Correctional Facility using D&d as a form of therapy (via Vice), Dungeons & Dragons has always been a prominent cultural mover - except when it comes to movies. While Stranger Things' D&d-inspired plot have turned Dungeons & Dragons mainstream, the official movies leave a lot to be desired.

All of this underscore several huge problems that await the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves cast. Prior to this iteration, all previous attempts at making official D&d movies have been largely considered to be failures, and...

From Paramount and eOne, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31, 2023, and a brand new featurette has arrived today.

This one is titled “Meet the Creatures,” and it’s the coolest preview of the film we’ve seen to date. Why? Because it’s loaded with strange Dungeons & Dragons monsters!

Which of them will you be seeing on screen next month? Find out below…

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, co-directors of 2018’s hilarious comedy Game Night and writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming, directed the live action movie.

Back when "The Simpsons" was still good, celebrated theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking guest starred as himself in the season 10 episode, "They Saved Lisa's Brain." That 1999 appearance was the first of three guest roles on the show, and demonstrated what showrunner Al Jean described to The Hollywood Reporter as the late cosmologist's "tremendous sense of humor."

And while the appearance showed that Hawking didn't take himself too seriously, the writers on the show certainly did. Jean went on to explain how the esteemed physicist "was certainly a hero to all of us," and how the writers admired the work he'd done to "popularize science for people who may not have been interested in it," especially since they themselves had tried to do the same with their show.

And of all the writers in the history of "The Simpsons," none represented that passion for math and science more than David X. Cohen.

From Paramount and eOne, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31, 2023, and the film will have its own Super Bowl spot.

But why wait? You can watch this Sunday’s Big Game spot below!

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, co-directors of 2018’s hilarious comedy Game Night and writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming, directed the live action movie.

Chris Pine leads the cast alongside Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), and Sophia Lillis (It, It Chapter Two, Gretel & Hansel).

Additionally, Hugh Grant...

At the height of the controversy over Wizards of the Coast's planned changes to the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, the game studio Paizo, publishers of the DnD-inspired tabletop RPG Pathfinder, announced their plans to create a new Open RPG Creative License that would retain the third party developer-friendly features Wizards of the Coast planned to drop. After a massive fan backlash, Wizards of the Coast publicly recommitted itself to the terms of the original DnD gaming license; even so, Paizo and other Ttrpg developers are still committed to their Open RPG Creative License - similar to the DnD Ogl, but also subtly different.

The original Open Gaming License, first released for Dungeons & Dragons third edition at the turn of the century, was an attempt by Wizards of the Coast to promote its major Dungeons & Dragons franchise (acquired from the defunct Tsr company founded by Gary Gygax) and make DnD more accessible.

With the rise of the internet culture and positive exposure in shows like Stranger Things, Role-Playing Games have acquired a reputation as a fun hobby that virtually anyone can enjoy. Of course, it wasn’t always this way. There was a time when weekend warriors and wizards were frowned upon by society, with these innocent gamers becoming associated with crime and the occult during the infamous “Satanic Panic” – “Stranger Things 4” touched upon this very thing.

Believing that young gamers are secretly devil worshippers simply because they enjoy getting together to collectively tell fantasy stories about slaying monsters in faraway lands is obviously ridiculous, but old-school Dungeons & Dragons did in fact have plenty of horrific inspirations behind the game. That’s why it makes sense that some sensitive teachers and parents might have been scared off by the manual’s allusions to the horror genre.

And with Hollywood once again...

From Paramount and eOne, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has received a new trailer today, ahead of the film’s release in theaters on March 31, 2023.

Check out the brand new official trailer below, which gives us a better idea of the storyline. In addition to a plethora of giant monsters, the characters will also be battling the undead!

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, co-directors of 2018’s hilarious comedy Game Night and writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming, directed the live action movie.

Chris Pine leads the cast alongside Michelle Rodriguez...

The original Dungeons & Dragons pioneered the concept of role-playing games back in the 1970s, and inspired tabletop and video game designers alike to create their own, original RPG systems and settings. To this day, Dungeons & Dragons, currently published by Wizards at the Coast, remains the most popular and successful tabletop RPG franchise worldwide. This raises the question of if D&d's dominance in the tabletop RPG industry is drawing attention away from other, less popular RPGs. Or if instead, it actually gives novice players an opening to experience the many alternate tabletop RPG products available on the game market.

The earliest editions of Dungeons & Dragons, the brainchild of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, took established rules for tabletop miniature strategy games centered around simulating combat between medieval European armies and scaled into a cooperative experience where each player controlled a single character and tried to overcome challenges set out by the game's referee.

In addition to this year’s upcoming feature film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Deadline reports that Paramount+ has also boarded a “Dungeons & Dragons” TV series.

“The streamer has landed an eight-episode series based on the ever-popular role playing game,” Deadline explains. The series comes from Entertainment One and Paramount Pictures.

Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) wrote and will direct the pilot episode.

Designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 1974.

Deadline reminds, “Featuring humans, elves, orcs and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts and campaigns, the Dungeons & Dragons game, one of Hasbro’s key franchise brands hailing from Wizards of the Coast, is overseen by a host, known as the Dungeon Master, and employs a signature multisided dice.”

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, meanwhile, arrives in theaters on March 31. No word on whether or not the movie,...

Dungeons & Dragons has been around for over 40 years, and in that time, there have been many wonderful and imaginative adventures created for players to enjoy. But sometimes it's nice to go back to the roots and see where it all started. The 1st edition of DnD had tons of adventure modules ranging in difficulty and themes and there are first edition campaigns that have stood the test of time, holding up to those in 5e today.

Many 1st edition modules fell firmly into the category of dungeon crawlers, where players face enemy after enemy in search of enough treasure and magic items to make the DnD party rich. While there is nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned dungeon crawl, there were also more unique modules that offered players and DMs a little something extra. Whether because of plot, characters, or atmosphere, there are other more fondly remembered 1st edition campaigns.

From Paramount and eOne, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has received a new featurette video today, showcasing how the iconic game was brought to the big screen. The Dungeons & Dragons movie will release in theaters on March 31, 2023.

“The Dungeons & Dragons world has amazing creatures. In this one, I think they outdid themselves,” star Michelle Rodriguez says in the featurette. Sophia Lillis adds, “These creatures are insane. You really can tell they put a lot into this.” Chris Evans raves, “This is just big, fun moviemaking.” Rodriguez notes to cap off the video, “Yeah, it’s pretty badass.”

“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying...

Before Dungeons & Dragons, the world's first role-playing game, fantasy media was full of fantastical creatures and enemies, but after D&d, there were also slimes. First conceived as a mindless but dangerous foe a Dungeon Master could plop into any subterranean catacomb, the humble Slime soon became a staple threat in fantasy books, other tabletop RPGs, and video game RPGs such as Dragon Quest. This article will take a look at concept of a slime monster and speculate on just why this unassuming enemy "oozed" its way into so many works of fantasy.

Conflict between differing moral character alignments lies at the root of D&d and other works of fantasy – the struggle to find balance between Law and Chaos, the struggle to grow as an individual, but more often the struggle between a side that is "good" and a side that is "evil." To create embodiments of evil...

Halloween is coming up fast and given that Dungeons & Dragons is known for its scary monsters, magical spells, and dark dungeons, a one-shot D&d adventure is a fantastic way to celebrate this spooky holiday. Dungeon Masters seeking to scare their parties with horror-filled quests, or looking for light-hearted spookily festive escapades can find a lot of pleasure with the resources available this time of year. Halloween has sparked the imagination of many creators and players alike, and special holiday one-shots are great for new D&d players or for offering a fun change of pace to an experienced group.

Generally, one-shot adventures are designed so that they can be played from start to finish in one or two sessions. This format means that they work well for occasions such as Halloween because the creepy adventure shouldn't have to be dragged out all the way to Valentine's Day before completion.

Hasbro’s entertainment studio Entertainment One is producing a new documentary on the classic tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, billed as the definitive take. Dungeons & Dragons writer and official ambassador Joe Manganiello has come aboard to direct with Kyle Newman (1Up), with the film to be released in 2024, as the game celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons was first published by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. in 1974, and has been distributed by Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast since 1997. The game, overseen by a player known as The Dungeon Master, sees others form an adventuring party that will embark on quests through fantasy worlds, in order to take their experience to the next level. More than 50 million fans have interacted with or played D&d — one of Hasbro’s key brands — since it was first published 48 years ago, including via videogames...

Matt Groening has never been shy about making fun of even the most powerful political figures. The classic "The Simpsons" episode "Two Bad Neighbors" is a parody of former President George H.W. Bush, and not an affectionate one. When Bush moves across the street from the Simpsons, the uptight stick-in-the-mud suffers indignity at Bart's hands, in the vein of Mr. Wilson and Dennis the Menace.

In "Futurama," Richard Nixon himself is a recurring character. Thanks to technology that preserves the heads of historical figures, Nixon lives and, since the episode "A Head In The Polls," has reigned as president of Earth.

For most of these parodies, the real subject wasn't the one acting as themselves. Harry Shearer voiced Bush in "Two Bad Neighbors," while Billy West does a pitch-perfect Nixon impression on "Futurama." There is one major exception though. Former Vice President Al Gore has appeared on "Futurama" a handful of times,...

“Stranger Things 2” returns just in time for Halloween, both in the real world and in the eerie town of Hawkins, Indiana conceived in the nostalgic minds of The Duffer Brothers. The action picks up three days before Halloween 1984, which means that the year will soon be coming to a close. For those who may not have been alive or perhaps have a shaky memory of the time, 1984 was a big year for memorable events and in pop culture.

The first season reveled in bringing the time period alive in all of its totally ‘80s glory, from Dungeons & Dragons gaming sessions and Eggo waffles to homages to “E.T.,” “The Shining,” and “Rambo.” Hell, even star Winona Ryder’s presence is a timely tribute since she made her early career in such iconic ‘80s films as “Lucas,” “Beetlejuice,” and “Heathers.”

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Even though “Game of Thrones” fans are in for a very long hiatus before its final season, “The Simpsons” filled the void by paying homage to HBO’s fantasy epic on Sunday night. The animated series’ Season 29 premiere is set in an alternate world called “The Serfsons,” in which fantasy references abound from popular TV shows, movies, novels, video games, and RPGs.

First, it’s important to make the distinction between any general Medieval or fantasy reference and an actual homage to actual properties like “Lord of the Rings” or “Game of Thrones.” Even though J.R.R. Tolkien is accepted as the father of modern fantasy (high fantasy specifically), he did not invent the genre, and therefore many hallmarks of the genre – such as flying fire-breathing dragons – seen in the episode are not credited to any particular source.

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