Turns out that D&D’s missteps go back even further. In August 2022 the team inadvertently rebranded its seminal role-playing game’s next version to One D&D. It even commissioned a new logo that was ...

Dungeons & Dragons may never be the same — but that doesn’t mean the last decade of 5th Edition is going to become obsolete. The original D&D launched back in 1974 but branched off into a rules-light ...

“Orcs are human beings who can be slaughtered without conscience or apology.” This damning assessment of one of fantasy’s most ubiquitous villains comes from N. K. Jemisin, titan of modern fantasy and ...

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Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a Tabletop Role-playing Game, or TTRPG; a collaborative storytelling and board game experience where various dice rolls help to decide how the game and story progress.

Dungeons & Dragons is drifting toward a digital-first future — and not everyone is thrilled about it. If Dan Ayoub’s recent reassurance during a press conference at Gary Con 2026 that "face-to-face ...

Of all games ever to capture the hearts of outcasts, misfits, and ne'er-do-wells around the world, none has had an impact as powerful as "the world's greatest role-playing game": Dungeons & Dragons.

The tabletop gaming industry has fallen into crisis. As is often the case in fantasy stories, that crisis involves a king and a magic artifact. The king is Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro-owned, ...