The RPG hobby scored a hit this week as Gen Con broke attendance records. A successful convention, whether you love it or loathe it, helps prove to companies that the industry is busy and worth paying attention too. This year Gen Con expanded by 14% which makes it the fourth consecutive year which the convention […]
The art inside the D&D 5e Player’s Handbook
Today is the launch of Tyranny of Dragons. This is the storyline from Wizards of the Coast that goes with the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. First out of the gate is the Player’s Handbook for D&D 5e. This is the book you need to create a character. Also out today is Hoard of […]
D&D 5e: Warlock Class
The Warlock Class has been out for a while, just hidden in Boing Boing‘s own Wizards of the Coast gifted exclusive collection D&D goodies. The warlock is illustrated by Rob Rey. Some geek native readers suggest the class is under powered. What do you think? Previously in the teaser release series we’ve had Supporting roles […]
D&D 5e: Barbarian, Paladin and plenty more previews
Wizards of the Coast are keeping the stream of Dungeons & Dragon’s teasers up. We’ve had the Table of Contents from the Player’s Handbook, the Sorcerer Class, the Bard Class and a peak into Wild Magic. There’s a lot more. We’ve got the Barbarian Class, Paladin and supporting roles like soldier, hermit, brawler and others. […]
D&D 5e: Wild magic
The D&D 5e previews keep on sneaking in. Recently, Codename: Morningstar had the preview of the Wild Magic system that comes bundled with the first 5e Dragonborn art to be seen. The table shows the effects that might happen when a Wild Magic cast goes wrong. Codename Morningstar are the folk building the digital tools […]
D&D 5e: Bard class
We’ve had a peek at the Sorcerer Class and the table of contents which Wizards of the Coast offered up to the Escapist as an exclusive. Reddit spotted that the team at d20 Monkey had another. This time it’s the bard! The first paragraph reads; Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument […]
D&D 5e: Table of Contents and Sorcerer class
Wizards of the Coast have favoured the RPG team at the Escapist with an exclusive look at D&D 5e. They’re showing off the table of contents from the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons as well as two pages of the Sorcerer Class. The full list of races are; Dwarf Elf Halfling Human Dragonborn Gnome […]
A sneak peak at Codename: Morningstar
Codename: Morningstar is the digital element of Dungeons & Dragons 5e. Beta sign ups for the system are openn and over 3,000 gamers joined the queue on Monday. Still to do it? You can register here. In blog post today the team shared a look at what the beta tool suite will look like. They […]
Necromancer Games Kickstarts D&D 5e range before agreeing license with WotC
Dungeons & Dragons 5e is barely out; you can download D&D Basic or buy the Starter Set. You would think that without the licensing rules for the game that third party publishers can’t yet write products either. Necromancer Games, though, is back from a torpor to produce D&D 5e books and have raised nearly all […]
Adventure Awaits: A review of the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set
Wizards of the Coast have made the Basic Rules for D&D 5e available for free in PDF form. That’s great news for gamers but the document is bare bones, without illustration, and it could be argued such a presentation isn’t for beginners. If you’re curious about D&D, have no previous experience in the hobby but […]
