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The history and cultural significance of board games

Tabletop gaming has a long and illustrious history stretching back thousands of years

GamesRadar

Generative AI is dividing RPG fans: Can AI really play Dungeons & Dragons, and should it?

You taught an AI to play chess? Great. Now teach it to run a Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition campaign in the Planescape setting using the 2024 rules.

PC Gamer

Official Baldur's Gate 3 miniatures are coming, but the 6 origin characters plus Withers will set you back $50

You can also get a pack of four randomly-assorted minis for $25.

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D&D newbies will have to wait more than a year for an up-to-date starter set

Learning to be patient

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Everything revealed at D&D Direct 2024, from new adventures to Project Sigil details

Here's everything you need to know about the announcements from this month's D&D Direct

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The first edition of D&D conjured magic from a mess, and changed gaming forever

What if I told you that D&D started as a supplement for another game entirely?

GamesRadar

Forget classes, my favorite thing about the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook is its art

The 2024 Player's Handbook feels like a revelation compared to the old version, and we catch up with D&D art director Josh Herman to find out why

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Britons splash out on get-togethers as events industry toasts summer boom

Venues and companies report rise in bookings, from family bashes and weddings to date nights, book clubs and Dungeons & Dragons

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Project Sigil is "the Minecraft of D&D" according to developers

Interview | The team behind D&D's new virtual tabletop explains all

GamesRadar

2024 D&D Player’s Handbook nerfs one of the best Cleric spells (but that’s actually for the best)

Details are emerging from GenCon 2024 about how the new PHB will work

GamesRadar

After 14 years at IDW, the license for Dungeons and Dragons comics is moving to Dark Horse

The publisher will also be releasing new Magic: The Gathering comics

GamesRadar

"I realized very quickly this was D&D": Astarion actor Neil Newbon sniffed out Baldur's Gate 3, or maybe Icewind Dale 3, and put in for 10 of the RPG's 12 races mid-Final Fantasy 16

"I'll play a goblin holding a pint"

GamesRadar

Hasbro Appoints WoW GM John Hight as New President of Wizards of the Coast

Hasbro announced that it was appointing former World of Warcraft GM John Hight as the new president of Wizards of the Coast.

Player One

Best PS5 games to play in 2024

Strap in for some of the best games to play on your PlayStation 5

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D&D's lead rules designer admits he changed some spells because of how 'painful' and 'excruciating to cast' they were in Baldur's Gate 3

"I thought: 'we are going to redesign Produce Flame.'"

PC Gamer

Oh for goodness' sake—D&D has early access periods and pre-order bonuses now, like a 3D model of a dragon for a virtual tabletop that doesn't exist yet

The worst habits of videogame storefronts are making their way to pen and paper.

Creative Bloq

This artist shouldn’t have to prove that her Dungeons and Dragons art is real

"This witch hunt is making me sick”, says artist of AI allegations.

PC Gamer

The new Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons book is a vital piece of gaming history

Compiling unpublished documents from 1970s, it's an incredible window into the origins of the entire RPG genre.

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The Developer of 2023’s Best RPG Could Have A Surprise In Store for the Next Game

The developer of 'Baldur's Gate 3' is working on two new RPGs, but a recent interview suggests they could take a different form from its hit turn-based strategy games.

Tom’s Guide

LEGO's first-ever The Legend of Zelda set is a towering 2,500-piece homage to two iconic games—how to preorder

The first The Legend of Zelda LEGO set was just announced in partnership with Nintendo. It will bring the Great Deku Tree to life with two build options inspired by iconic Zelda games.

GamesRadar

Lego and Wizards of the Coast tell us how Red Dragon's Tale went from dream to reality

Designers reveal how the monstrous Lego D&D set was made

GamesRadar

2024 D&D core rulebooks will be under creative commons, if that helps you forget the OGL drama

The upcoming revised and expanded D&D rulebooks are confirmed to be included in the SRD 5.2, allowing third-party creators to make compatible D&D modules

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3's principal narrative designer is also the man who decades ago coined the D&D term 'XP' in "like 20 minutes on a Thursday afternoon"

"It just became the global standard"

TechRadar

Larian Studios doesn't want to make another Baldur's Gate sequel, so Hasbro is looking elsewhere

Hasbro is looking for potential partners to work on the future of the Baldur's Gate series.

Windows Central

AI in gaming dominated GDC 2024, and some of it actually won this skeptic over

AI is the latest buzzword that you can find practically everywhere, along with plenty of controversy. At GDC, though, I saw potential uses that actually interested me.

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