Divinations from the Collective

WOTC releases playtest material for “One D&D”: What it Includes, What it Drew From, and What We Think About It
About a year ago, Wizards of the Coast announced that they had begun work on a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Some called it 6e, some called ...

The Case for Combat (or Encounter) XP Leveling in DnD
Recently, I came across a short video of celebrity Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan. He was speaking into a microphone, clearly on a podcast of ...

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Trailer Looks Like Goofy Fun – If a Little Disappointing for Fans of Forgotten Realms Lore
Just a few days ago at San Diego Comicon, Wizards of the Coast launched the first trailer for the upcoming movie Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among ...

4 Things We Hope We See in Spelljammer 5e
This week, the D&D Direct Youtube channel surprised long time DnD players with a huge announcement – Spelljammer is finally making its way into...

Smart is the New Sexy – Making Intelligence a More Valuable Stat for Better Games
For many Dungeons and Dragons players, Intelligence is an immediate dump stat.
For a while, Wizards were just about the only class that really reli...

5 Gods of the Faerun to Include in Your Next D&D Campaign
The continents of the Forgotten Realms are perhaps the most popular, and most frequently used of the official settings for Dungeons and Dragons. It...

New Campaigns for the New Year: How to Prep for a DnD Campaign
The new year is right around the corner, filled with new friends, new resolutions, and (hopefully) new games of Dungeons and Dragons. We’ve been ta...

Dungeons and Dragons' Science Fiction Campaign Setting: Spelljammer
Wizards of the Coast just released a brand-new Unearthed Arcana titled Travelers of the Multiverse. It’s content includes several extra-planetary r...

Types of Maps and Terrain for Tabletop RPGs
There are a lot of pros and cons to playing DnD online versus in-person, not least among those being the ease with which you can make and use grid ...

Why does Dungeons and Dragons Use So Many Different Dice?
A lot of new members of the tabletop gaming world enter through play of Dungeons and Dragons – it’s the most visible, and probably also the most pr...

Including Time Travel in Your Tabletop Game
It appears in sci-fi, fantasy, steampunk, horror - practically every non-realistic genre you could ever think of. The ability to move through time, to see the future or experience the past, has captured the human imagination for centuries.

How Many Gaming Dice Does a DM Need?
Getting started as a Dungeon Master can be a little bit intimidating – there’s a lot to keep track of.
Not only do you have to build the world, but...